Wikinews:Archive conventions

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Archive conventions on Wikinews are particularly important because Wikinews is not an encyclopedia. Articles presented on Wikinews reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, and do not attempt to encompass events or knowledge which occur or become known after their publication.

Because articles published on Wikinews may serve as references of their time, the Wikimedia project description descibes a final stage for articles in which they are protected from further s. The conventions in this document describe how to implement this final archival stage on Wikinews, but are not rules or policy.

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General Conventions

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Age for Protection

Articles which have been published will be considered archives and can be protected no less than two weeks after their dateline date.

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Dates are not UTC

Datelines are not established by UTC time, but are set by the article contributors.

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Talk Pages are not protected

Article talk pages are not protected. Discussions regarding post-archival s to an article should take place on the article's talk page.

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Post-archival s

After an article has been protected, it should no longer be ed on elements of content, sources, or other substance. It should be ed for non-content issues on a case-by-case basis. Questions of grammar are prone to dispute, and should be implemented after consensus on the talk page. Use Wikinews:Admin action alerts to highlight that changes are needed.

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