JD> It also stands for What, where when, who, and another w word I cant
 JD> think of at the moment.  W5 was the name of a TV news program here

 RW> In that case, it probably meant Weather. But the W5 (should be
 RW> power of 5 but it isn't easy to do in a text based message system)
 RW> is also a well known notation for a correctly solved mathmatical
 RW> formula.

the 5 w's stem from good reporting practises...

  Who
  What
  Why
  Where
  When

answer all 5 and you've provided all the info there is...

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