Wikinews:Submit a story/Submission log/Archive1

March 31

• The consequences of the Schiavo case - removed cut & paste press release

March 30

• Poll: Iran not a nuclear threat - removed, cut and paste from CNN.com
• Romanian journalists kidnapped in Iraq -Used
• thehopetrust - contacted, unverifiable
• eLearning Challenges Survey - deleted, wikispam not article or press release

March 29

• Johnnie Cochran Dies & Johnny Cochran Dead at 67 - Used

March 28, 2005

• Quake hits off Indonesia - Used
• Crowded House drummer dies - Used
• Disney Goes On A Witch Hunt - Unverifiable
• Israeli parliament rejects disengagement referendum - Used

March 27, 2005

• Five wounded in Lebanon blast - Used
• Sehwag dominates, but India trails - Used
• Church Report Finds Rumsfeld, Bush Ordered Torture - Possible hoax.
• Global Study: Top 10 Most Confusing (yet widely used) High Tech Buzzwords - Used
• Israel and Palestine united in music - Developing
• Noted stamp engraver Czeslaw Slania dies at 83 - Used
• New Zealand Labour Party announces list - Used
• Sri Lanka accept “one China” policy - Used
• White Whale - Developing
• Eight killed in church serial murder/suicide - Used
• Pakistan admits scientist sold centrifuges to Iran - Used

March 23, 2005

• New Speed Camera on A14 - serious POV and poorly sourced.
• Noted stamp engraver Czeslaw Slania dies at 83 - duplicated submission (removed one copy of two).
• Water day - no article, no source.
• Pot Club Goes to City Council, Santa Rosa, California - no article, no source.
• Paris Hiltons Phone Book Hacked Off Of Her Side Kick - not news, no article just cut and past list.
• Prince Says "Au Revoir" To Australia - no source, seriously out of date.
• All is set for Elections in Malta - no source.

March 19, 2005

• Tongan election - no content just source, moved to requested articles.
• Plot to kidnap David Letterman's son - no sources.
• Anti-war march in London Used

March 17, 2005

• McCartney campaign changing minds about IRA Used.

March 15, 2005

• To A New Generation of Spiritual Entrepreneurs, the Multi-Billionaires of the Future - spam/advertisment.

March 13, 2005

• Surf Junky SCAM - personal rant, sources were the same article posted in a fourm.
• Defendant shoots Judge, 3 others at Atlanta courthouse - Used.

March 11, 2005

• Judge threatened Michael Jackson with jail - Used

March 10, 2005

• United Nations calls for a ban on human clothing - Used

March 7, 2005

Bolivian president resigns amid protests - This is a direct cut and paste from CNN.com. Destroyed.

March 5, 2005

• Freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena Shot By Americans - added to talk page of already existing article on the same event.

March 4, 2005

• The Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena released - Used
• Original complaint adressed to Supreme Court in the interest of peace for humanity - Appears to be a letter from a lawyer, not a news story.
• Liberalization of trade in oils and fats with Romania and Bulgaria in sight - Copyvio dispute, no action in several days
• Speech on receiving the Wadden Forum's final report - Copyvio dispute, no action in several days
• Star Trek fans contribute $3,000,000 to TrekUnited - Used, but not sure about large quote used with "permission from the author"
• DPRK's Stand on Six-party Talks Reclarified - No sources, loaded with opinions. Could be resurrected if someone wanted to do the work.

March 3, 2005

• Pedestrian killed on I-70 - local news, no sources or follow up details.

March 2, 2005

• Bush/Putin summit - just a request
• Gmail down - it isn't/wasn't

March 1, 2005

• Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Released - Used
• CLIMATE CHANGE - AUSTRALIAN MEDIA GROUNDSWELL - Opinion, not news, no links
• Montserrat Refugees Risk Deportation from United States - Used
• Can polarity rebirth regulation? - Opinion, not news.
• Pope John Paul II goes back to hospital - Used

February 25, 2005

• Princeton student - Local news, no links, no follow ups
• Hunter S. Thompson - See Template:Editor tasks articles under dispute
• Dublin Airport quarantine - Wish I'd seen this earlier, no longer current
• Australian tennis website - No link, no followup
• Tourists at Ft.Lauderdale airport - No links, patent nonsense
• Tsunami Disaster - Excellent concept for a 3-month investigative report on an expense account.
• Pak Test team - what is this about?
• Presidents in Indian Ocean region - no longer news
• Portugal PM - no context, no one willing to write

February 15, 2005

Kyoto Protocol to come into effect Wednesday - copy vio straight from source :( Dan100 (Talk) 23:43, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 14, 2005

• Great Grey Owls Appearing Just North of Toronto - non-news Dan100 (Talk) 01:38, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 13, 2005

• ABC program on UFOs - advert Dan100 (Talk) 09:31, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Aiding our enemies may be an intended consequence - opinion piece; not suitable for Wikinews Dan100 (Talk) 21:09, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 10, 2005

• All clear in the solar pathways - joke Dan100 (Talk) 21:55, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)