User talk:Ong saluri
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--Brian McNeil / talk 09:32, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
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Regarding why this edit was reverted: Our policy is that a story that is more than 24 hours old cannot be updated or altered with new content, per our archival policy. Basically, it states that news articles should provide information that was available or known at a certain time, and after a certain period of time should no longer be altered for content. You're certainly welcome to create a new article with the new information if you like. Tempodivalse [talk] 22:25, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- As Tempodivalse and Brian McNeil have tried to explain, new content cannot be added to this story (even if you have a source). If there is something newsworthy (meaning current) to report, you should start a new article. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:48, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
Re your comment on my talk page, it is as per Tempodivalse says, the WN:ARCHIVE policy. This is a key difference between Wikinews and Wikipedia. Wikipedia articles strive to be complete and up to date, Wikinews articles are to be a snapshot of what was known at the time of publication. i.e. Wikinews is a historical record. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:19, 28 May 2009 (UTC)