Rest in peace to all the souls who lost their lives in the Tsunami. Prayers to the families with lost loves.
-D.
Please read Wikinews:Writing an article for ways to write appropriate content for this site. Davodd | Talk 22:45, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I have read relevant discussions at Wikinews:Water cooler, Wikinews:Deletion requests, and SEA-EAT bloggers' project mailing list discussions. I am not sure if the current revision of this page is what people can agree on. 
Here are suggestions that I think is acceptable to most of us. 
Tomos 12:45, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Sensible. :-)
TaranRampersad 14:43, 2 Jan 2005
This is not a bad idea, but not the Wikinews namespace. We should have a Project: namespace, or similar, for in-depth and more permanent wikinews structures. Justification: Tsunami Help is not an exclusive Wikinews project, but a Wikinews supported project; Wikinews namespace should be reserved for policy, guidelines, and management of the Wikinews site. - Amgine 02:33, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I agree that something like TshunamiHelp: namespace would be nice. But the system does not currently support it, if I understand correct. Or are you saying we should use namespace-like prefix to page names, and place those contents in article namespace? I am not totally against it, but I am not sure if others will agree with it.
In any case, It seems there is no strong objection so far, and we can move pages if desirable/necessary later, so I will go ahead and create some. 
Further comments are appreciated. Tomos 02:53, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Davodd idea sounds fine. So I will move some pages to there. Tomos 08:18, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
So far, here is what I did. 
In the future, 
The basic idea, though I think it would sound too obvious to some experienced wikimedians, is that those pages have to do with project management, and meant to be for editors and contributors, not for regular readers. 
They are also a place to explain the relation between Wikinews and SEA EAT blog.
Tomos 04:59, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I went to IRC, and suggested to restore navigational box. User:Randy_Johnston, User:Amgine, and User:BalaPitchandi was there. 
I wanted to see navigational box for Tsunami Help pages to be restored, 
Nobody objected, and Amgine was working on a new template. We did not discuss the details of the template. 
I am reporting this discussion so that others can understand what's discussed, what's not, if there is a room for alternative, etc. Feel free to express your opinions here or on IRC.
(Also, if you were in the discussion and find my reporting not correct, please feel free to make corrections.)
Tomos 23:54, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The navigational box on sub-pages is most required. It is hard to get back to previous page or main menu without it. Please restore it ASAP. Thanks!
Ganesh 00:00, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Amgine was caught up by other Wikimedia project needs, so I am actually doing that. Your help would really be appreciated :-) ! Tomos 00:24, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I have to admit that after looking at the old template that was once removed, I could not find anything particularly problematic. So I ended up simply re-inserting it. I was not there when people discussed on IRC on the use of the navigational template, so I did not understand what should be changed. Let me clarify that I am in no way advocating that the current template is the best, and am interested in seeing some changes that other people thought desirable on IRC, or anyone else who has a better idea. 
I asked others on IRC what needs to be changed, but they were all busy, and having that template was at least better than nothing for now, some said. Tomos 02:11, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Is there any problem with the Image Galleries page? It has dissapeared from the main menu, and I was wondering if it's possible to be restored. Thank you. CBasturea
On IRC, along with #Navigational template issue, we discussed if we need disclaimer. Again, just to make discussion public and open to other people to participate, I am reporting it here. 
Here are pros and cons about it. 

We all had different opinions how much it's needed. Randy thinks we don't need disclaimers except for aid agency pages. I think we need them on many more pages. Amgine and Bala thinks it is good to have a shorter disclaimer. Randy and I agree with it. 
This issue needs more discussion, I sense. Please feel free to suggest your idea. Tomos 00:04, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
On IRC, along with #Navigational template issue, we discussed the use of talk pages and IRC. 
We all agreed that publicizing discussion is good so that people can agree or disagree with the ideas discussed, opinions expressed, etc. regarding the discussion that have took place on IRC. (So I am reporting it here.)
Also, we agreed that talk pages should be used more to address any concerns, suggest alternatives, etc. 
So I would say feel free to make suggestions here or on any other pages. 
I would also encourage people to report/inquire about IRC discussions. IRC is a nifty tool that allow us quick intensive interactions. But it is not our interest to exclude people and make decisions look like they are made in a closed room. 
Tomos 00:14, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I am just checking in. Is this the best place for wikinews volunteers to communicate, or on socialtext?
Yes, excellent place to communicate. Use ~~~ to sign your notes. - Amgine 02:14, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
As I was creating the Wikinews:Making news page, I stumbled across two news stories written specifially about SEA EAT and the Wikines effort:
I thought contributors here who haven't seen the articles may be interested in them. Great job all. -- Davodd | Talk 02:23, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Randy Johnston, BalaPitchandi, and I had some talk on neutrality issue. I think Randy and I (along with many experienced wikimedians, I assume) share concerns about how to achieve neutrality better. 
What's done:
What could be done:
Randy and I were kind of in agreement the second option would be the best. Tomos 02:24, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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