User talk:SanjayTilaiyan

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Edits to older articles
I have undone your changes to the Indian moon probe story as they break one of the guidelines for the Wikinews project. The source you were trying to add was dated the 31st whereas the article you were adding it to was dated the 22nd. Unlike Wikipedia we do not constantly revise articles and they are a "snapshot" of what was known at the time. They should never reference anything newer than the date of publication at the top, and once they are around 24 hours old the only changes should be minor items such as spelling and grammar fixes. Where there is a notable new development a new article should be started with the more recent sources; once this has been reviewed it goes on the project's main page.

The above links will give you a good introduction to the project, but they won't cover the template syntax you were trying to use. wikinews which you tried to copy is a template for listing other Wikinews stories that relate to the article, this is used in the == Related news == section and external sites are either detailed in the == Sources == section with the source template, or in an == External links == section where you might list something such as the home page for a project mentioned in the news report.

Hope this helps, we'd be delighted to have more India news and our established editors will help you format things if you contribute any new stories. Just remember to find a minimum of two sources and write the story in your own words to avoid claims of copyright violation. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)