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October 29, 2007 the Free-Content News Source That You Can Write! Page 1 October 29, 2007 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events Voting started this morning at a series of crash landings. 8:00 local time, and Cristina •2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Kirchner was the favourite Tropical Depression Sixteen candidate to succeed her husband, forms 195 miles (310 kilometers) current President of Argentina south-southeast of Port Au Néstor Kirchner, who decided not Prince, Haiti. A tropical storm to run for a second four-year term, warning is issued for the without giving any explanation. southwestern peninsula of Haiti, Mrs Kirchner consequently used and a tropical storm watch is her first name during her electoral campaign, just like in the United Polls: Cristina Kirchner issued for the southeastern coast States, Hilary does -who is also a becomes Argentinian of Cuba. lawyer and a senator wanting to President •Voters in Argentina go to the succeed her husband as President. polls for the Argentine general But Cristina replied recently: "I BDSM as business: Interviews election, 2007. Exit polls showed don't want to be compared with with Dominatrixes that First Lady Cristina Fernandez Hillary Clinton or with Evita Peron, In the second installment of our de Kirchner with a clear lead over or with anybody... There's nothing two part series on the S&M Elisa Carrio. better than being yourself." industry, Wikinews interviews three dominatrixes about both Cristina Kirchner set to win Mrs Kirchner's husband is very the mundane and shocking Argentinian presidential popular because of the succesful aspects of their elections economic reforms after the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of economy collapsed six years ago. Featured story the center political front Frente The current President oversaw para la Victoria won over 45% of Gay Talese on the state of steep reductions in poverty and votes in today's Presidential journalism, Iraq and his life unemployment rates. This was the elections in Argentina, according to Gay Talese has had trouble reason for Cristina's campaign exit polls of the national media finding an agency to give him slogan, Sabemos como hacerlo, agencies. credentials to report in Iraq. 'we know how to do it.' However, "Even if I was on Al-Jazeera with accusations of corruption have Elisa Carrió, her main adversary, is a gun to my head, I wouldn't be emerged during the last year, and predicted to have won some 24% pleading with those bastards! I'd rising inflation rates are becoming of the estimated 27 million votes. say, 'Go ahead. Make my day,'" problematic, while there are If this would be the case, 'Cristina' said the 75 year old legendary concerns that the government's would win the elections in the first journalist. inflation statistics are flawed. round, as the Argentinian electoral Crime rates have also been a key law states that to win the Wikipedia Current Events campaign issue. elections, someone has to obtain Israel reduces the flow of oil to more than 40% of votes, and the Several voting offices had long the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. difference with the next candidate waiting times and voting was •Scandinavian Airlines decided to has to be over 10%. The exit polls extented for one hour until 19:00 immediately and permanently say the in the province of Buenos local time (UTC 16:00). There discontinue services based on the Aires, Daniel Scioli has gained were also various protests because use of its 24 Dash 8 Q400 a after more than half of votes. of the lack of voting forms. A If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Monday, October 29, 2007 Wikinews Page 2 spokesperson for candidate officially open the conference. trips outside for those with a Roberto Lavagna, who might nicotine addiction, the conference become third in the Presidential Morning sessions split into a number of talks. race, said there was a "systematic Kicking off at 10:00 a.m., the Cormac Lawler, from the lack" of voting forms. Anibal opening speaker was Elly University of Manchester in the Fernández, Minister of the Interior, Waterman. The introduction was a United Kingdom, introduced the said that this was the mixture of Dutch and English, with Wikimedia Foundation's youngest responsibility of the provincial Elly commenting on how project, Wikiversity. Cormac, who authorities. Wikimedia, or more specifically is writing his PhD thesis on Wikipedia, is gaining increasing Wikiversity discovered the While voting, Mrs Kirchner told the coverage in mainstream press. Not Wikipedia project about three press how important the right to all this coverage is positive, one years ago and was fascinated. He vote was for her, in a reference to anecdotal case was a town mayor described how Wikiversity was the military dictatorship of being described as "boring" in the initially incubated within the 1976-1983. "When I was 18 I Dutch Wikipedia. Unfortunately, Wikibooks project and properly couldn't vote, so this [voting] is this made headline news in one of launched in August 2006, like very important... It's important the country's papers. One of Elly's Wikinews there is scope for that in the tranquility of slides referred to "Living in original research, but as was democracy, citizens can decide in exponential times", a sound bite admitted this is not yet clearly what kind of country they want to that encapsulates the explosive defined. In delving further into live," Mrs Kirchner said. growth of available information as how Wikiversity may end up well as the computing power to sift working, Cormac highlighted one Eight new provincial governors and through and process it. aspect of online resources which new members for half the differs from hardcopy. An axiom of parliament and a third of the Following Elly was the Foundation all projects is "wiki is not paper", senate will also be elected today. chairwoman, Florence Devouard. so despite the "versity" suffix that Her speech was on "The Wiki most people will assume means Wikimedia Netherlands 2007 Potential for Education". This was tertiary level material, an online conference held on wiki's and a new presentation with a video resource can cover everything - education used a number of times in the right down to how to paint your Yesterday, a chilly Amsterdam past, but as Florence admitted she house. hosted the Wikimedia 2007 deviates from the script and Netherlands conference. Held at rewrites parts a day or two before In parallel with Cormac's talk, the the Aristo centre in a suburb of the giving her presentation. At an first lightning 10 minute talks city and run by Wikimedia early stage in her presentation, session was given, speakers Netherlands, the conference was a she pulled up a photo from included Walter Vermeir who short train ride from Amsterdam Wikimania 2007, highlighting a spoke on the topic of Wikimedia Centraal railway station. The topic, couple of people huddled over Stewards, and Harm Dillen who Wikis And Education (Wiki's En laptops and unwilling to leave the discussed the competition for Educatie in Dutch). This was an virtual world long enough to look MediaWiki, the software used for opportunity for Wikimedians and into the camera. Following this Wikipedia and its sister projects. people in education to come those with laptops were requested Another room held Erwin together and see how collaboration to close them and stand up, the Kroekenstoel's presentation about could help both. attendees then were told to the Toolserver, a special server introduce themselves to each which is used to write software to Wikinews freelance reporter Brian other. Later on, a prolonged period automate wiki editing and analysis McNeil caught a train from speaking caused Florence's laptop tasks. Erwin's session was shared Brussels in Belgium and attended, to start up its screensaver, with Bryan Tong Minh speaking making an impression on the revealing the more human side about MediaWiki. An extended Wikimedia Foundation chairwoman with pictures of her children, and session kicked off in room D, a Florence Devouard by spilling her some of her favourites from workshop on MediaWiki. coffee over the first two speakers Wikimedia Commons. approximately three minutes After another coffee break for all before they were supposed to After a brief recess for coffee, and but those in the workshop, a set of If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Monday, October 29, 2007 Wikinews Page 3 Dutch-only presentations were is using Wiki's in it's projects, why Suspect "Rembrandt" sold for given; Creative Commons while in Kennisnet is so involved with £2.2 million in English auction school by Martijn Arnoldus and Wiki's and the Wikimedia projects, house practical applications of a school and WikiKids, a Dutch website On Friday afternoon in Moore Allen wiki by Dries Declercq. Room B where kids write together on an & Innocent's Cirencester, England saw Inge Habex giving a encyclopedia for kids. At the same auction house a suspect presentation on Wikibooks, with time, in room C the second session "Rembrandt" painting was sold for Walter Vermeir giving a of the Lightning Talks started, £2.2 million, after being estimated presentation entitled A Wikimedia including a presentation about by many experts at just £1000 to Community? Conquering Babel, Wikinews, Jurispedia, Wikipedia in £1500. This is the most expensive about the difficulties of study books and Wikimedia Rembrandt to ever be sold in a communication between Commons. provincial auction house in all Wikimedia-communities. There England's auction history. have been some initiatives, like One of the latest sessions was the Wikimedia Embassy and the about using the wiki-module in Bidding started at £4500 and Wikizine, the success of which, Moodle, presented by Hans de quickly galloped upwards, by the however, has been limited.
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