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Notices

Oh! Hai! Have you Read The Fine Manual?

Please note, that if I have remarked on your talk page, it is most likely on my watchlist; please do not use templates such as {{replied}} on this page.

• This space intentionally left blank. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

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About the Article"The Bitter Reality of BITS-Pilani,Dubai

Well about the article, i have cited the source article from Gulf News. Actually i want to change the Article's main heading to "The Insight story of BITS-Pilani,Dubai" can you suggest me how to change the story's name?

Herman Van Rompuy named as first permanent EU President (sic)

May I suggest that you add "accuracy" to your check-list? Ten seconds on Wikipedia would have told you that there is no such post as "EU President". (He is President of the European Council, essentially just a chairman).

#cablegate links

From sundry places,....

Assange legal pursuit

• Kevin Polson, Wired. "Interpol issues arrest notice for WikiLeaks' Julian Assange" — ars technica, December 1, 2010
• AFP. "Mother of WikiLeaks chief: 'Don't hunt my son'" — The Swedish Wire, December 1, 2010
• Glenda Kwek. "Sarah Palin tells US government to hunt down 'anti-American operative' Julian Assange" — Sydney Morning Herald, December 1, 2010
• "Assange appeals Swedish arrest warrant - again" — The Swedish Wire, November 30, 2010
• Ellen Nakashima, Jerry Markon. "WikiLeaks founder could be charged under Espionage Act" — Washington Post, November 30, 2010
• Deborah Hastings. "Where in the World Is Julian Assange?" — AOL, November 30, 2010

Next WL target?

• David Mildenberg. "Jitters on next Wikileaks target" — Herald Sun, December 2, 2010 [Australian TZ]
• "Bank Of America Stock Takes Hit After WikiLeaks Rumors, Then Rebounds" — Huffington Post, December 1, 2010

Notes and links

• Wikinews:Requests for CheckUser/Archive 3#Saki
• Wikinews:Requests_for_CheckUser/Archive_3#Request_on_Bhaskar_Virusxxx_.28talk_.C2.B7_contribs.29

PCS Presser

/PCS-Presser

Review Request

Brian,

I am only posting this on your talk page because these stories need a quick and fair review. I was hoping you might have the time to take a look at the following two stories:

Sixteen killed in Marrakech bomb blast

• Heavily copyedited

Deadly tornadoes rip through southern US, killing close to 300 - Matisses story

Thanks for your help. Tadpole256 (talk) 14:46, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

• The copyedit is probably all I'll manage; I'm still at work and keep getting distracted. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:37, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

re lead article

The German wikinews, which scooped us on Deadly tornadoes rip through southern US, killing close to 300, has it as the lead article Tornados in USA: Zahl der Todesopfer auf über 300 gestiegen Mattisse (talk) 16:25, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

• Uh, what? Responding in random places kinda destroys the point of threaded discussions. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:35, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Dispute resolution

I was suggested to me that I file a Wikinews:Dispute resolution with you because of the check user you filed against me.[1]

I have ceased to write anymore articles, or to work on the articles of others. If you have "off wiki" information about me that justifies your filing a check user on me, please disclose it to me so I can resolve your concerns. If you do not want me to edit here, please participate in Dispute resolution so I can understand why you felt you had to humiliate me by filing a check user with no evidence. I understand that you do not like my article writing, but I was under the impression that wikinews wanted articles writers. Thank you, Mattisse (talk) 20:52, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

• The checkuser was filed in response to your over-reactionary challenge that I do so when sockpuppetting elsewhere was brought to my attention as a cause for concern by another user. No, I'm not naming that user - you similarly badgered them, and utterly misinterpreted their remarks. Go ahead and raise dispute resolution if you so wish; I can, grudgingly, then spend a few hours this weekend picking apart your interactions with myself and others where you completely misinterpret things. Otherwise, let things lie and don't provoke further drama.

This is, I expect, to be my final response to yourself on my user page regarding this issue. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

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Critical information for anyone sucked into this "nonsense"

This diff shows two edits to Mattisse's talk page; one by myself, and a tart response which provoked me to file the CU request.

I believe, that in response to the remark "...In fact, I appeal to you to do a checkuser. ..." is perfectly reasonable grounds for me to have made the request.

Would someone with considerably more patience to exhaust than myself please draw diagrams, explain in words of one syllable, or whatever else is required to stop this user from causing needless disruption? --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:21, 4 May 2011 (UTC)