User:Amgine/pubpol map

 Overview

Wikinews articles pass through several distinct stages, from story idea to permanent archive, and not all articles on Wikinews will go through every stage. This policy is about two distinct stages: Published articles, and Peer Reviewed Published articles.  Development stage

Articles are considered to be "in development" from the time they are initiated until they are published. During this time the authors of the article do their research, sketch out their story, flesh it out, and edit the copy to meet all the minimum article requirements and to conform to the Wikinews Style Guide. When the article is deemed ready for publication, the contributors should tag the article as ready for publication.

Articles in development and without specific issues, will be listed at the bottom of the main page, in a specially marked section, to encourage readers to collaborate on their development.  Publish stage

Articles which are ready for publications will be examined by someone not involved in the article creation, and, assuming the article meets minimal standards, will be published. Authors should not generally self-publish, but this is not a hard-and-fast rule; if an article is on a breaking story, or has been awaiting publication for more than 6 hours, are two examples where an author might push an article into publication. Common sense is very important, and authors who have had difficulty with English usage or journalistic writing in the past should be particularly cautious before even considering self-publishing.

Minimum standards for publication include:  Articles should be complete; that is, the article should answer the questions of who did what? where? when? and if possible how? and why? Not an obvious copyright violation. This does not require an exhaustive check, but a cursory look at the sources, at least, should be made. Articles should be sourced, and/or include original reporting notes. Without getting into detail, the article should present a neutral point of view, and conform to journalistic style.  Again, common sense should be applied. A misplaced comma is far easier to fix than to fail to publish the article; the goal is to publish articles quickly, and refine them later.

Articles which are published will be visible on the main page, based on their publication date category and when they were published. </li> <li>Peer Review stage

A more-stringent peer review process, for Wikinews's best articles, is an option available to all articles. This review process carefully examines articles for completeness, writing style, sources, copyright and NPOV violations. These articles are considered excellent examples of journalist craft, and are reviewed by members of the community who have the Reviewer status.

Standards for peer review: <ol type="A"> <li>Copyright: Images and text should be checked for copyright infringement, and this includes "close parallel" sentences and article layout/topic development.</li> <li>Newsworthiness: The article must meet our content guide and be newsworthy. <li>Sourced: Every factual statement, except common knowledge, should be sourced from, in order of preference: original documents, original reporting notes, secondary sources/other news articles.</li> <li>NPOV: All information in an article is presented in a neutral and unbiased manner, without editorial commentary, advocacy, or unascribed opinion. <li>Style: The article must comply with the style guide (on dateline, grammar and spelling, "inverted pyramid" structure, tone, wikilinks, categories, headline... etc.) </ol>

Articles which pass Peer Review will be considered for lead positions on the main page, as well as being pushed to Google News. </li> </ol>