User talk:Andyparkerson

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Nadine Gordimer article
thank you for contributing to Wikinews. however, this article reports on a 5-month old event is therefore not news. Wikinews reports on current events. you're welcome to report on recent developments regarding this incident or on other current events that interest you. welcome again –Doldrums(talk) 06:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Nowhere in the style guide, What Wikinews is, or What Wikinews is Not, is timeliness a guideline. There are plenty of old articles on Wikinews, which predate this one. Since this article would have been fine had it been written 5 months ago, its lateness in filing should not be a factor in having it kept or deleted. I agree it is not new. But it is indeed news. Andyparkerson 15:12, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Read carefully: "News stories focus on a single current event or phenomenon." and "Unlike Wikipedia, Wikinews is a site with stories that chronicle the events when they happen." in the content guide.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * How current is current? When is the cut-off date? Is the only problem that the page wasn't writted soon enough? Andyparkerson 03:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * answer to the second question is yes. for an event such as this, my estimate of a "cut-off" date is 3-4 days. –Doldrums(talk) 08:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)