[WikiEN-l] Ken Lay's death prompts confusion on Reuters

[Ilmari Karonen]

Anthony wrote:
> 
> Maybe a guideline that new information shouldn't be added for a week
> or two unless it is necessary to correct something old (adding in a
> date of death, for instance).  The guideline could be part of a
> template, which includes a link to the wikinews story, for those who
> want to participate in such things.
> 
> It'd be a win-win for Wikipedia and Wikinews.

Hmm...  "This article is related to a current event.  The information 
given here may be outdated.  For up-to-date information, see [[SUBJECT]] 
on Wikinews."?

Sounds good to me.

There's some existing discussion about a similar proposal (sans actual 
guideline) at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Current>. 
Might not be a bad idea to revive it, though.  Do we actually _have_ a 
policy/guideline on current events?  All I can find is links to the portal.

-- 
Ilmari Karonen