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Coat of Arms of Spain
Coat of Arms of Spain



  • Police raids the home of Cypriot MEP, Marios Matsakis. Matsakis will be charged with the smuggling of antiquities and attempted blackmail against a police officer. Ok, I don't know if it qualifies as headline material here, but it is the front page of the internet edition of Cyprus Mail (www.cyprus-mail.com, 30 October 2005). Last week, his home was been raided twice by CID and police officers. The European Parliament has lifted his immunity and he will be charged with smuggling illegal antiquities from the Turkish controlled part of Cyprus. He will also be charged with attempted blackmail against a Drug Squard officer. It is apparently an unfolding story, I believe I've found four relevant articles in the newspaper's archive from this month. --Valentinian 11:30, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The Dresden Frauenkirche
The Dresden Frauenkirche
This is a great item, and belongs on ITN irrespective of "displacing" anything else. Posted.--Pharos 22:03, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hurricane Beta
Hurricane Beta
  • Train Derails in Southern India - Death toll reaches 100 (BBC)
PUSH the Iraqi flag down, and add the White Sox LOGO. (preceding unsigned comment by WikiDon (talk · contribs) 05:06, 27 October 2005 (UTC))[reply]
  • Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to be relocated from the south island of Okinawa to the main island, affecting thousands of U.S. Marines. Protests from residents, environmental groups, and local businessmen and politicians on both sides are likely to ensue. The move is partially due to the rape of a local Okinawa girl, a helicopter crash into a university campus in Ginowan last year, and racial tensions between locals and soldiers.

WikiDon 17:25, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bombing in Hadera should be on main page Tomassophia 16:04, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The results of the recently drafted and voted on Iraq constitution seems to be a major story in world news, and the article is well developed too. --Brendanfox 12:48, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

      • Was Ronald Reagan's death omitted from the front page on this basis? This is not some obscure old entertainer. This is a major figure in U.S. 20th Century history.--Pozole 13:01, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Brazil will held an guns and amno ban referendum in sunday

  • I think this piece of news should be added:
A United Nations investigation headed by Detlev Mehlis has found that high-ranking members of the Syrian and Lebanese governments were involved in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. (ABC). CG 17:00, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]


For Hurricane Wilma, the unit abbreviation should be mbar, not mb. And, mbar redirects to Millibar. ---Aude 15:45, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest an entry about Trafalgar Day celebrations in the UK and around the world? One page from the BBC [[1]] shows about the service on HMS Victory this morning, but there will be more later.

No suggestion, but hoping to find here someone who can do someting about this: Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/October 21 --de:User:Interpretix 09:09, 21 October 2005 (UTC)(one of those German quality freaks)[reply]

  • Two weeks after the Kashmir earthquake that killed more than 79,000 people, United Nations estimates that half a million affected people are still being cut off from relief aid. The UN appeals to the international community for more aid and warns that tens of thousands of people could die if aid do not reach them in time as the harsh winter is approaching. (Guardian) (preceding unsigned comment by Vsion (talk · contribs) 23:20, 20 October 2005. UTC)
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean. I'm fairly new to wiki Ordinary Person 04:41, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
please see Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page. --64.229.178.215 16:34, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Man charged with trespassing on farm in horse-sex death: A truck driver identified in court papers as taking part in an incident in which a friend died after having sex with a horse on an Enumclaw, Washington farm was charged Tuesday with having trespassed on the farm.[2] (preceding unsigned comment by 24.18.218.239 (talk · contribs) 23:24, 19 October 2005)


  • On October 17 the Garbuna volcano in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, erupted without warning after being dormant for 1,700 years (see Garbuna Group). (preceding unsigned comment by 58.104.143.251 (talk · contribs) )
Helen Clark
Helen Clark

Shenzhou 6 has landed and the astronauts are reported "in good health"

  • Shenzhou 6, 2nd China manned space mission, launched successfully at 01:00:00 UTC. [3]
Is this better ? I found it at WCommons. -- PFHLai 09:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • The 2005 Kashmir earthquake map on the main page needs to be changed and look more like this one:[[4]]. The map on the main page barely shows the quake area and instead shows India with Pakistan and Afghanistan cut-off! Makes no sense. (preceding unsigned comment by Tombseye (talk · contribs) 04:45, 2005 October 11 UTC)
Yes? No? Good idea? Bad idea?--Cyberjunkie | Talk 06:45, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Here are some more image options: Image:2005 Bali Terror-scene1.JPG; Image:2005 Bali Terror-victims1.JPG; Image:2005 Bali Terror-jimbaran1.JPG; and, Image:2005 Bali Terror-scene2.JPG. See 2005 Bali bombings for captions. The image needs to be changed.--Cyberjunkie | Talk 15:39, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I've posted the Flag. Besides the map, do we have any PD, non-fairuse pics to choose from ? -- PFHLai 16:26, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Not as of yet.--Cyberjunkie | Talk 16:36, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Helen Clark
Helen Clark
Thanks, Pharos, for adding. -- 199.71.174.100 07:34, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • For the first time, researchers observe wild gorillas using tools.
  • Two female gorillas in the Congo have been observed using tools in the wild, meaning that all the great apes are now known to use tools.
    • This was added, but the word "(pictured)" should be removed. Judge John Roberts cannot possibly be a female gorilla who uses as a stabilizing stick while dredging aquatic herbs, as the ALT text indicates. Please fix. -- 199.71.174.100 07:34, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yeah, thanks, I just noticed this now.--Pharos 07:35, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
        • That was quite amusing. Let's revert the fixing. :-) -- 199.71.174.100 07:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
          • Maybe we should establish consensus first... is there any objection? :) BTW, it's really a great thing that the study was published in an open-access journal under the Creative Commons Attribution License. It's just fantastic to have the free images from the paper.--Pharos 07:48, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
            • That is good. I didn't notice the open-access bit when I was adding the story - just that it was possible to read the original article. I guess that's a side effect of banner advertising on the web, which leads you to tune out anything in a box at the top of the page. -- Solipsist 08:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've made a slight rewording to the main page string, since the news item is that this is the first time tool use has been observed in the wild. Wild gorillas have presumably been using tools for many years, and gorillas have previously been taught to use tools in captivity. I've also temporarily removed the reference to Congo, as we've got some organisational problems there. Ideally we probably want to say 'The Congo' which I believe (but am not sure) is an area of jungle that spans both the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (where the gorillas actually wereweren't) and possibly a wider area still. We don't really want to tie the one line summary down to an individual country, since the location isn't particularly relevant and it could end up implying that this is the first time tool use was observed in that particular country. -- Solipsist 08:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • Actually, the study was done in the Republic of Congo (this is in the paper). I don't really think "the Congo" has much meaning in a modern context, except as the river. I would think, though, that a geographic context is important for any story we have here, and tying it to a country on a map can't hurt. I tend to think "for the first time" was implicit (why else would it be news?), but I guess that's alright.--Pharos 09:06, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
        • You're right, it looks like I've got the Congos back to front. I've no objection to mentioning the country, if it can be phrased in such a way that it doesn't detract from the 'first time' element - which I think does need to be emphasised, as these days, people tend to assume that tool use is normal amoungst all apes (as the page history illustrates). -- Solipsist 14:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]