Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/December 2005

• Already posted. (not by me) -- PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude rocks Pakistan again, the earthquake is said to have originated from Afghanistan and tremros were felt all the way to New Delhi. Full details can be found on USGS Earthquake Information website

• Where is the updated article ? -- PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Would the new supporting articles suffice? -- Drawab

• No, sorry, we need an article within Wikipedia, not in one of the sister projects. And since this earthquake has not done too much damage, there isn't much to write about, so I am not sure if there should be an encyclopedic article in Wikipedia for it. Thanks for the suggestion, though. -- PFHLai 07:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• I've found
  December 2005 Afghan-Pakistan earthquake. Please feel free to expand the stub. -- PFHLai 08:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Please put the Lebanese flag instead of the Chilean flag, regarding that the front news is lebanon-related. CG 20:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• The
  Sixth Ministerial Conference (MC6) of the World Trade Organization begins at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. — Instantnood 21:14, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• I like this candidate, but this is 2 days too early. While we wait, please take care of the {{copyedit}}-related problems on the
  WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 page. Articles with known quality problems really should not be featured on the MainPage. Thanks. -- PFHLai 08:34, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • That's exactly why it was nominated in advance. :-) — Instantnood 08:39, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • I hope no one is expecting administrators who manage ITN to do the copyediting there. ^_^ Anyway, I've posted a link at
      Current events under "Upcoming events". Hope this helps. -- PFHLai 09:44, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
      ]
  • The article has in the past few days been edited by some university students. Different views have to be balanced by efforts of wikipedians from different parts of the world before it makes its way to be featured as ITN. :-) — Instantnood 10:57, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Still waiting for the removal of the {{copyedit}}-tag. Would be nice if there is some mention of what happened at the opening. -- PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • I think the aritcle is OK now. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 10:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
        • Alright, I've posted it.--Pharos 01:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

December 12 2005

• People's Republic of China and Japan. — Instantnood 21:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• ASEAN Summit#December 2005 summit could use more updating than the 2 senetnces there right now. -- PFHLai 02:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• The chief minister of the Indian state of Karnataka, Dharam Singh announces that the state government will rename Bangalore to it's colloquial name, Bengaluru, with effect from November 1, 2006, following a suggestion from Jnanpith awardee U. R. Ananthamurthy. --Pamri • Talk 08:03, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Pamri, you are an admin. Are you asking for a peer review ? Hmm... I don't know. How about posting this on ITN when the name change takes effect ? I mean, after all the page moves are done ? -- PFHLai 07:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Gebran Tueni, a prominent Lebanese anti-Syrian member of parliament and managing editor of the leading liberal An-Nahar newspaper, has been killed in a car bomb attack in Beirut. CG 12:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Already posted (not by me). -- PFHLai 07:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Mob violence erupts in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. The crowd targetted anyone who looked Middle Eastern in retaliation for the assault of two lifeguards by Lebanese gangs. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:16, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]

Looking at the current ITN entry, I don't think

Brendanfox 15:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply

]

December 11 2005

• Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King and in front of the first two Lord of the Rings films. With this news, Disney has officially greenlit the second book in the series, Prince Caspian
  to be made into a movie by 2007.

I'll pass on giving free advertising space for the hit movie. Maybe I should go and see it.... -- PFHLai 07:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• A large
  UK
  near junction 8 of the M1 just after 6 am; with the blast heard and flames visible from more than 12 miles away. A fuel refinery/storage area seems to be the centre of the blast; with broken windows and damaged buildings more than 0.5 mile away. The cause is not known as yet although there was a report of an aircraft prior to the blast, casualties are unknown.

Already posted. (not by me) -- PFHLai 08:35, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Race Riots in Cronulla beach, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Anti-middle-eastern australians held a massive near-riot in retrebution for the bashing of Lifesavers last saturday

• December 2005 Sydney Suburb Unrest ? Any admins from Australia around ? Is this a big news ? Anyway, we need a better news headline. -- PFHLai 21:31, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Now
  Ben Aveling 06:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Now
  2005 Sydney race riots. -- PFHLai 07:38, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]

10 December 2005

• The 2005
  Economics), Harold Pinter (Literature), and the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (Peace). -- PFHLai 11:10, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• American comedian Richard Pryor dies at age 65.
• American statesman and former presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy dies at age 89.

Sorry, we usually don't post

Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page. Thanks. -- PFHLai 08:36, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply

]

9 December 2005

• The full group draw for the
  2006 FIFA World Cup to be held in Germany is decided in Leipzig. [14] [15]

• I almost posted this on ITN. This was reported very widely. There definitely is an international interest. However, it's only a draw. The whole event in Leipzig was, IMO, designed and presented to generate publicity for the games next year. (Why was Heidi Klum involved ?) As much as I'd like to see more well-done sports-related articles featured on the MainPage, I will have to pass this time. -- PFHLai 09:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

8 December 2005

• Yahoo! 7 (Official Site). Link 1 Google News listings Media Releases

• M&A transactions like this happen every day in the business world. Not sure how significant this is. And not sure if we really should help these big corporations in their advertising. I'll pass. Does any other admin want to post this ? -- PFHLai 17:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• This isn't even a real merger. It's a corporate "partnership" in Australia and New Zealand. Noone outside of Oceania will notice the difference in Yahoo!--Pharos 17:16, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• The
  handguns in Canada, if re-elected. (National Post)

• This is just an election promise. Nothing has actually been done yet. I think we should wait till something is actually done. Where's the updated article, anyway ? -- PFHLai 17:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• The
  Red Cross and Red Crescent
  .

• Already posted yesterday. -- PFHLai 17:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

7 December 2005

• Potential for disaster in Vanuatu, volcano predicted to erupt
• Why is Saddam quote about the court being "agents of America" between quotation marks? Is it because Wikipedia is criticizing his quotes? If it is the fact, according to NPOV they should be removed. CG 21:18, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • NPOV isn't the question here. The fact is that Saddam did call the court agents of America, and the news item would be perfectly neutral without the quotes. However, since he used those exact words, the addition of the quotes serves simply to provide more information to the reader. They are not scare quotes. — Dan | talk 21:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Medellin, Colombia shot and killed a man who was acting in an agressive manner. The man was reportedly threatening to detonate a bomb in his carry-on luggage while disembarking at Miami International Airport. (CNN)
• American Society of Newspaper Editors. Seigenthaler was critical of the Wikipedia submission process, citing potentially slanderous articles allegedly linking him with the asssassination of both Kennedys, and anonymously edited into the Wikipedia article bearing his name.(BBC)
• Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet

6 December 2005

• New medium-sized species of mammal found.[16]
• David Cameron is elected leader of the
  British Conservative Party
  .
• A civil law suit resulting from the death of a 27 year old woman race riots that occured in 1969 in York, PA has been settled for $2 million (US). [17] (See List_of_subjects_investigated_by_the_FBI.)
  • additional reference material: [www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772272/posts convictions resulting from continued investigation]

5 December 2005

• Posted.--Pharos 05:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

4 December 2005

• 250,000 takes part in a rally in Hong Kong for universal and equal suffrage. (BBC News Online) — Instantnood 18:32, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Has an article been updated? The most relevant article I could find is
    Pro-democracy camp, which so far has nothing about it. Perhaps you could give as bit more context so the rally's significance in the politics of Hong Kong (i.e. how does it compare to previous marches?) is clerarer.--Pharos 05:57, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • It's not even on
    Current events. English Wikipedia may not have any relevant content. This item cannot be posted on ITN. -- PFHLai 06:22, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    • December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong. — Instantnood 16:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • And
        2005 Hong Kong march for universal suffrage ? Please merge. -- PFHLai 00:09, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
        ]
        • Now that it's been merged, I've posted it.--Pharos 08:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• SUGGESTION: From www.msnbc.com, I found an article about "The recipient of the world’s first partial face transplant was thriving medically and psychologically a week after her groundbreaking surgery, one of her doctors said Sunday.

The woman, whose face had been partially disfigured by a dog, appeared relatively normal after the operation and doctors were pleased with her mental state, Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard said in a telephone interview." from [18]

• We generally don't put up relatively minor updates on previous items like this.--Pharos 05:57, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• nixie 06:50, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Posted. -- PFHLai 16:17, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2 December 2005

• Political tension increases in
  U.S.A. government of causing the withdrawal of those political parties (ABC News, BBC News
  ).
• Hurricane Epsilon strengthens from a tropical storm to become a record breaking fourteenth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. (CNN) (Reuters via Yahoo)

1 December 2005