Portal:Current events/Edit instructions

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Before posting, please make sure you are familiar with posting guidelines:

  • Please log news events in the present tense.
  • Only list items with news sources; stories without links will be removed.
  • News stories must be in the English language; no other languages please.
  • For each item, please update the most relevant linked article if it is appropriate.
  • Stories added to the main portal page should be of international interest. Stories of only regional or topical interest belong in their appropriate sub-pages.
  • Do not list the ordinary deaths of prominent persons here. That's what recent deaths is for. Exceptions to this rule are made for persons of extreme prominence, such as Ronald Reagan, John Paul II, or the Queen Mother.
  • Please do not link to subscription-only sites such as AOL or WSJ (except in the unlikely event that a story is covered substantially better there than anywhere else).
  • Please avoid Yahoo! news links, as those URLs are temporary and die quickly! (You can use a search engine to get the original source.)

Example news item:
*Early elections in November are announced in the [[Netherlands]]. [http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,19657647-5001028,00.html (Daily Telegraph)]