Steve,
It's actually great to hear someone missing it (you weren't the only one
worried).
That's English Wikinews available again via RSS, Twitter, and Facebook.
Please consider making use of the social bookmarks available at the foot
of published articles; Wikinews has an advertising budget of, ...
er, ... zero dollars. We rely on readers to pick stories their friends
might find interesting and promote us via word of mouth.
Several of the other language editions of Wikinews also offer RSS feeds
- the first on that springs to mind is French Wikinews but, I believe,
some of the Eastern-European language versions also have feeds.
On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 19:57 +0000, Steve wrote:
>
> Thank you for the clear explanation Brian and sorry to have pulled you
> away from your sterling work.
>
> By the way, the news feed is now working :-)
>
> Steve
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Good news on joornalist!
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> To: brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org
> Subject: [Fwd: New Joournalist.com message]
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:20:56 +0100
>
> thanks for advice! our programmer start work to add details required by
> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/WN:COPY
> within next 72 hours all will be fixed..
> Regards,
> Goran P.
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>
>
> We received a new Joournalist message.
> Subject: Reproduction of Wikinews articles
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> requirements you must fulfil to legally reproduce Wikinews material are
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> Generally, Wikinews contributors are delighted to see content reused,
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Wikinewsie.org
Hi, I do not know if anyone else has said but you news feed (RSS) is not working as it used to. You do not get the list of news items just the option to 'Open Wikinews'.
Thanks,
Steve
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This is a last-chance to review the questions for Assistant Chief
Constable Drew Harris of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, head of
the INDECT ethics board.
I know there were concerns with the last article I did on INDECT, a
number of people felt it wasn't suitably NPOV. Please, there is a need
to have an introduction on this (5W+H on who Harris is and what INDECT
is). Please make suggestions on that's format and content; there may be
points I pull out of my currently private OR which people consider POV,
or possibly even illegally obtained.
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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?
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Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org>
Wikinewsie.org
Strategic Planning Office Hours this week are Wednesday from
04:00-05:00 UTC, which is:
Tuesday, 8-9pm PST
Tuesday, 11pm-12am EST
As task forces start to move toward recommendations, things are really
starting to get interesting. We invite everyone to join and get
updates about process, where we are, and what we're learning.
You can access the chat by going to http://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.
Another option is http://chat.wikizine.org.
It's worth noting that all strategic planning office hours chats are
logged and you can review old ones at http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours
Hope to see you there!
____________________
Philippe Beaudette
Facilitator, Strategy Project
Wikimedia Foundation
philippe(a)wikimedia.org
mobile: 918 200-WIKI (9454)
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This is a reminder about this evening's Wikivoices.
Mike Peel of WMUK is a participant and from following him on twitter has
only recently submitted his PhD thesis.
This looks like today's biggest physics story[1]. I'm sending the link
to Mike as he'd possibly be persuadable to write an article on this and
can give it more from a physicists' perspective.
One point I do want to touch on related to that is the wiki community
having people like Mike. Most likely everyone remembers the mess that
was the "Balloon Boy" story/hoax. If I recall correctly it was 3-4 days
after this was top news non-stop that someone bothered to find out from
a physicist that, in all probability, the balloon was incapable of
carrying the child's weight. *That* would have been a very nice bot of
OR to include early-on and avoid getting sucked into a media
circus/publicity stunt.
I'm still looking for Wackynews. If anyone has seen some truly silly
stories (with two or more independent sources) let me know ASAP.
[1]
http://news.google.ca/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=ca&hl=en&ncl=di5wulnPbEPvG…
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Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org>
Wikinewsie.org
This is, well, sorta sad.
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> From: JUS-G-MAG-CSD-Civil and Family Policy and Programs
> <CSD.CivilFamilyPP(a)ontario.ca>
> To: brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org
> Subject: Civil Matter - Our Reference: M09-09495
> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:44:40 -0500
>
> Dear Mr. McNeil,
>
> Re: Court File # 08-CV-00360651-00CP The Estate of Chesney Henry
> "Chet" Baker Junior et al;
>
> Thank you for your e-mail sent 15th December, 2009 to the Ministry of
> the Attorney General regarding the above court file. Your e-mail has
> been forwarded to this office for response.
>
> The court file to which you refer was commenced in the Superior Court
> of Justice in Toronto, Ontario, under the Class Proceedings Act.
>
> Each court has jurisdiction over its own files. For the prescribed
> fee(s), a search for information about a file can be made at the court
> of origin and, subject to a judicial order to the contrary,
> a photocopy of a document can be obtained. If you wish, you could
> arrange for a local law firm to act as your agent, attend at the
> Toronto court house, review the file, and make photocopies of any
> documents your require. Those photocopies could then be faxed, or
> scanned and e-mailed to you by your agent
>
> .
>
>
> If you wish to retain an Ontario lawyer, you may contact the Lawyer
> Referral Service operated by the Law Society of Upper Canada. The
> Lawyer Referral Service will provide you with the names of lawyers who
> practice in Ontario in the relevant area of law. You can contact the
> Service at (416) 947-3330, choose your language and then press 1 to
> speak to an operator. Advise the operator that you are calling from
> outside Ontario. The Law Society of Upper Canada also maintains a
> list of lawyers in Ontario which may be viewed at the LSUC website at
>
> http://www1.lsuc.on.ca/LawyerParalegalDirectory/index.jsp .
>
>
>
> You may also wish to visit Justice Ontario, a Ministry website which
> provides answers to basic questions about Ontario’s justice system.
> Justice Ontario provides information on many aspects of Ontario’s
> justice system, including lawsuits and disputes, family law, criminal
> law, going to court, human rights, wills and estate planning, tickets
> and fines, and how to find a lawyer. To access Justice Ontario
> on-line, visit:
> http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/justice-ont/ . For
> access to legal information in over 170 languages, you can also reach
> Justice Ontario by toll-free telephone at 1-866-252-0104.
>
>
>
> I trust the above will be of assistance,
>
>
>
>
>
> Civil Policy and Programs Branch
>
> Court Services Division
>
> Ministry of the Attorney General
>
>
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Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org>
Wikinewsie.org
The next strategic planning office hours are:
Wednesday from 04:00-05:00 UTC, which is:
Tuesday, 8-9pm PST
Tuesday, 11pm-12am EST
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.
Hope to see 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