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Wikipedia has many articles on topics of ''historical significance'' that are currently in the news, and can be updated with recently verified information, but Wikipedia is [[WP:NOTNEWS|'''not''']] a news site.
;Writing news
If you want to write an article about ''a recent event'', please go to our sister site at '''''Wikinews''''', a [[WP:SISTER|sister project]].
On some occasions however, such as for example [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]], it may be acceptable to begin the article immediately on Wikipedia - but it ''must'' be covered with reliable sources. Anything that is not reliable might be considered a [[WP:Hoax|'''hoax''']] and could be deleted.
An article is usually considered stale 2–3 days after the news event occurred. The two most common exceptions are:
* New information has arrived within 2–3 days, and the news event occurred within 7 days.
:''Just because a source article has a later date, needn't mean the information in it is new on that date. If the information really is new, it may mark a fresh news event to focus on, obviating this exception.''
* [[:n:WN:OR|Original reporting]] adds significant new, newsworthy information to the article. (In contrast, [[WP:OR|original research]] is prohibited at Wikipedia.)
To open the ''Introduction to writing an article at Wikinews'', click the button below.
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'''Thank you for using the Article Wizard!'''
[[File:Wikinews-logo.svg|right|100px]]
Wikipedia has many articles on topics of ''historical significance'' that are currently in the news, and can be updated with recently verified information, but Wikipedia is [[WP:NOTNEWS|'''not''']] a news site.
;Writing news
If you want to write an article about ''a recent event'', please go to our sister site at '''''Wikinews''''', a [[WP:SISTER|sister project]].
On some occasions however, such as for example [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]], it may be acceptable to begin the article immediately on Wikipedia - but it ''must'' be covered with reliable sources. Anything that is not reliable might be considered a [[WP:Hoax|'''hoax''']] and could be deleted.
An article is usually considered stale 2–3 days after the news event occurred. The two most common exceptions are:
* New information has arrived within 2–3 days, and the news event occurred within 7 days.
:''Just because a source article has a later date, needn't mean the information in it is new on that date. If the information really is new, it may mark a fresh news event to focus on, obviating this exception.''
* [[:n:WN:OR|Original reporting]] adds significant new, newsworthy information to the article. (In contrast, [[WP:OR|original research]] is prohibited at Wikipedia.)
To open the ''Introduction to writing an article at Wikinews'', click the button below.
{{blue button|text=Write an article at Wikinews|link=:n:Wikinews:Writing_an_article}}
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