Wikinews-l January 2010

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Office hours this Friday, October 9
by Cary Bass 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

Hi everyone, This Friday's office hours will feature Mike Godwin, the Wikimedia Foundation's Legal Counsel. If you don't know Mike Godwin, you can read about him at <http://enwp.org/Mike_Godwin>. Office hours this Friday are from 2230 to 2330 UTC (3:30PM to 4:30PM PDT). Mike will also be taking the following Thursday from 1600 to 1700 UTC (9:00AM to 10:00AM PDT). The IRC channel that will be hosting Mike's conversation will be #wikimedia-office on the Freenode network. If you do not have an IRC client, you can always access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. Go ahead. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Strategic Planning Office hours
by Philippe Beaudette 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Hi everyone, The next strategic planning office hours are: Tuesday from 20:00-21:00 UTC, which is: Tuesday, 12-1pm PST Tuesday, 3pm-4pm EST There has been a lot of tremendous work on the strategy wiki the past few months, and Task Forces are finishing up their work. Office hours will be a great opportunity to discuss the work that's happened as well as the work to come. As always, you can access the chat by going to https://webchat.freenode.net and filling in a username and the channel name (#wikimedia-strategy). You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It's fine. More details at: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours Thanks! Hope to see many of you there. ____________________ Philippe Beaudette Facilitator, Strategy Project Wikimedia Foundation philippe(a)wikimedia.org mobile: 918 200-WIKI (9454) Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Request update on ETA of answers to Project INDECT ethical questions for ACC Drew Harris of PSNI (was: RE: : indect request)
by Brian McNeil 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

Mr Devlin, It is now nearly a full month since I submitted the below questions for Assistant Chief Constable Drew Harris of the PSNI. A PDF copy is also attached to refresh your memory. Elected officials within the European institutions are making noises concerning citizens' privacy that, while related more to corporate abuse of personal data, would seem to apply equally - if not moreso - to a massive Internet and real-world surveillance and data-acquisition system for law enforcement and intelligence services use. In response to my earlier request for an update on the expected time at which answers would be forthcoming, you talked of the distribution of these questions to others; you did not respond to my followup query as to who these questions were distributed to, nor to my concern about who outside the EU may be involved in Project INDECT work. I am sure you are, by now, aware of the earlier report I published in October [1], and the German translation [2]. I have, since initially submitting my questions, been brought up to speed on developments at the University of Wuppertal by investigative journalists with Germany's public broadcaster. This included pointing me at the coverage published by Telepolis [3], [4], [5], [6]. In addition to this, I have several academics, albeit reluctant to go on the record, who are quite clear on the point that, any respectable university involving themselves in INDECT research, with a senior police officer as head of the Ethics Board, is in breach of the near-universally accepted ethical review standards relating to academic research without subject consent or where a possible breach of privacy has taken place. I have received photographic evidence of such breaches in progress; namely, Polish researchers installing computerised data-acquisition devices in an apparently normal GATSO speed camera. I have sufficient information from the below links, other published reports subsequent to Wikinews', my own deep-web research into involved researchers' university web presences, and comments on the dubious legality of the proposed system, to produce a fairly damning article. This is unreasonable without a right to reply, the attached questions were intended as such. It would be most reassuring to know if you actually intend to provide honest, non-evasive, answers to my questions in short order (i.e. before Friday coming). Or, that such will not be provided and I should go ahead, publish, and provide full copies of my notes to the German public broadcaster. On the latter point, it is simply a matter of time until they collate the same information as I have and reach similar conclusions. [1] http://enwn.net/0718 [2] http://enwn.net/3F261 [3] http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31176/1.html [4] http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31425/1.html [5] http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31802/1.html [6] http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31855/1.html On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 00:53 +0000, Brian McNeil wrote: > On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 13:58 +0000, ken.devlin(a)psni.pnn.police.uk wrote: > > Brian, > > > > If you send me your questions, I'll do my best to ensure they are > > answered. > > Ken, my questions for Assistant Chief Constable Drew Harris are below. > > I would really appreciate if you can indicate some sort of timeframe > within which I can expect answers. > > ---- > > > > * What are the responsibilities of the Project INDECT ethics > board? > > * How does the ethics board reach decisions on what research to > proceed with? > > * Who are the members of the Project INDECT ethics board, and who > selected them? > > * What are the academic requirements of the ethics board? > > * What progress has there been on the project in recent months? > > * What are the kinds of situations where an alert or alarm might > be triggered? And who would set those kinds of parameters? > > * Are you concerned that at least one European University has been > petitioned by their student association to refuse to cooperate > in any Project INDECT research? > > * What are the measures you'll be using to determine the success > of the large-scale trial planned for the Euro 2012 football > tournament? > > * How would you detect someone misusing access to INDECT data? > > * If fully implemented in Northern Ireland, approximately how many > CCTV and speed cameras would be connected to the system? > > * Would the records on email and web browsing habits that UK ISPs > are required to keep be included in the INDECT database? > > * Would it be possible for private businesses to make website > activity or CCTV feeds available to INDECT? > > * Would you support private companies watermarking, or otherwise > flagging, content to ease monitoring its reuse on the Internet? > > * Which non-public databases from police and security services > would be added to INDECT to complement more public information? > > * Would you expect implementation of INDECT to improve collection > of evidence leading to prosecutions? > > * Would data normally requiring a warrant or court order be held > in INDECT? Would such be usable in a prosecution without an > equivalent legal process to deem such evidence admissible? > > * Is the data collection required for INDECT not in violation of > the privacy clauses contained within the European Convention on > Human Rights? > > * Would implementation of an EU-wide version of INDECT with > Europe-wide data sharing require UK parliamentary legislation? > > * Would actively seeking to keep browsing habits private, using > tools such as The Onion Router (TOR) developed by the US Navy, > be reason to flag someone for further investigation? > > ---- > > > Depending on the answers, I may have a short followup with an additional > two or three questions. > > > -- Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org>|http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Content of this message in no way represents the opinions or official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its projects.

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End of competition day 1
by bawolff 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

First day of competition saw lots of success. We had an even 30 articles published today (with quite a few more pending review. 29 of the published articles appear to be contest related). To compare, on day 2 of the first international wikinews writing contest (september 2, 2005) we had our previous record [to my knowledge] of 24 articles. There was some initial confusion about where to record the scores, but they are now being recorded at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Writing_contest_2010/Standings/log and http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Writing_contest_2010/Standings . The top 3 at the end of day one: Rank User pts articles 1 Tempodivalse 31 10 2 Bencherlite 27 5 3 Dendodge 21 3 (full list: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Writing_contest_2010/Standings ) With a ~4 points pending for tempodivalse depending on how a combined effort is divided up. Also congratulations to Blood Red Sandman for opening the competition with the article http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/%22Osama_to_Obama%22:_Bin_Laden_addresses_US_Pr… Good luck to all the competitors p.s. Its not too late to join see http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Writing_contest_2010 for details -- - Bawolff Caution: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight.

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Wikinews contest has started - good luck to everyone
by Brian W 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

I just wanted to write a letter wishing everyone in the contest good luck. So far in the first day/day and a half ~ 13 articles have already been generated!! Tempodivalse is off to an early lead with 14 points, however. Bencherlite is not far behind with 12. Full standings are at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Writing_contest_2010/Standings/log To anyone who wants to join, its not to late - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Writing_contest_2010 for more information. -- - Bawolff Caution: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight.

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RSS feed in Ta Wikinews
by Sri Sritharan 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

Hello I'm Kanags, sysop in Tamil Wikinews. I need some help in RSS feeds. How can we include a short description of each news item (like in English wikinews) in the feed? http://feeds.feedburner.com/LatestTamilWikinews We would like to have one such feature in our Tamil Wikinews. Any suggestion is much appreciated. Thanks Sri Sritharan (Kanags)

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Re: [Wikinews-l] How to write an article [was: Wiki News]
by bawolff 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

Hi. Anyone can write Wikinews. (we're a wiki :). http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Writing_an_article is the official guide on how to write an article. It would also probably be beneficial to look at how other articles are written to kind of get the idea. We do not cite our sources quite in the academic way, but we still cite our sources. (in short, we have a bibliography, but we do not have any inline citations). There are slight differences between print and online (and for that matter Wikinews and other online news sites). The most significant difference is that online news is less pressed for space, where print newspapers are sometimes very crammed. Hopefully that answers your questions , if you have any more, please don't hesitate to ask. There is also an irc (chatroom) that you can try as well to get in contact with wikinewsies, if your interested: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/WN:IRC -- Cheers, - Bawolff Caution: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight. On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:38 AM, S S <totme26(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Do we have to qualify for writing and contributing to the wiki-news? Can > someone explain me in brief the guidelines to post an article? I also have a > question. The print newspapers do not cite references and sources of > information the way they are sited academically or online news. Are there > different standards for online publishing of news versus the print newspaper > editions. Please clarify. > Thanks! > Totme > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > Wikinews-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > >

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Wiki News
by S S 15 Jan '10

15 Jan '10

Do we have to qualify for writing and contributing to the wiki-news? Can someone explain me in brief the guidelines to post an article? I also have a question. The print newspapers do not cite references and sources of information the way they are sited academically or online news. Are there different standards for online publishing of news versus the print newspaper editions. Please clarify. Thanks! Totme

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[Fwd: Re: New Joournalist.com message]
by Brian McNeil 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

Can people take a look - see they've done okay? Oh, and someone poke Benny about it - I don't think he's on the list. -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: the Joournalist <info(a)joournalist.com> > To: brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org > Subject: Re: New Joournalist.com message > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:11:10 +0100 > > Hi, > > We are add on every page where wikinews exist at bottom wiki license > note and link, see example: http://www.joournalist.com/interview_other/5007/ > > I believe all is by 'rules' now.. > > Best Regards! > Goran P. > Joournalist Volunteer Project > > > noreply(a)joournalist.com wrote: > > We received a new Joournalist message. > > Subject: Reproduction of Wikinews articles > > Country: United Kingdom > > Message: Please note that there are specific terms under which > > articles published on Wikinews (http://en.wikinews.org) may be > > reproduced. The requirements you must fulfil to legally reproduce > > Wikinews material are laid out on the following page: > > http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/WN:COPY Generally, Wikinews contributors > > are delighted to see content reused, but it is important it is > > correctly attributed and listed clearly as under a liberal license. > > Both the Wikinews and Wikipedia logos are reqistered trade marks which > > should not be reproduced without permission. This is mentioned in the > > above-linked page on copying and you may have to consult your own > > legal representatives on claiming a fair use defence. > > Email: brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org > > > > -- Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org> Wikinewsie.org

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The Joournalist copyright violation
by iain.macdonald＠wikinewsie.org 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

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