Wikinews:Article stage tags

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These are article stage tags. Add them at the bottom of a page to indicate which stage it's in.

Tag Displays Use for

{{Publish}} (Puts the article in the Published category.) The article is published on the main page

This article is marked as ready for publishing.
Please check if it complies with Wikinews policies and guidelines.

To publish the article, replace the {{ready}} tag with {{publish}}; If not, with {{develop}}, noting reasons on the Talk page.

The article is finished and needs to be checked over.

This article is under development.
You are welcome to edit it. If it is ready to be published,
change the {{develop}} tag to {{ready}} for review by other editors.

The article is being written.

This article is under request for comment.

Please discuss it. If it is ready to publish,
change the {{rfc}} tag to {{publish}}

Request for comment/review.

This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.

If this article is ready to be developed,
change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}

Background for expected events, such as elections.

This article is classified as urgent.
If this article is ready to be published, change the tag at the bottom of the page to: {{publish}}

The article is Breaking News.

This article is marked as ready for publishing.
Please check if it complies with Wikinews policies and guidelines.

To publish the article, replace the {{ready}} tag with {{publish}}; If not, with {{develop}}, noting reasons on the Talk page.

You think the article's ready, but aren't sure.

This article is currently a brief. You can help Wikinews by expanding it.

The article is almost blank; it desperately needs development.

This article is currently a brief. You can help Wikinews by expanding it.

The article has had the {{Stub}} tag for more than four days.

This page is archived and is no longer publicly editable. Add the tag {{editprotected}} to the talk page of the article to note any corrections or other issues with the article. It will be listed automatically on the Admin action alert page. Also note that listed sources may no longer be available online.

The article has existed and is locked from editing.