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 | This page in a nutshell: Wait for the dust to settle before creating an article about current topics to Wikipedia. For breaking news, use Wikinews or current events |
Many current events receive a large amount of media coverage while they are occurring. However, not all topics so covered are historically significant, and may simply disappear from the news after a while. Other topics are historically significant, but details may change rapidly as they unfold. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so articles should not be created for subjects that may be significant until time has shown that they are, and adding details which will soon be outdated/corrected should be avoided if possible. This is especially important for people in the media, due to the fluid nature of reliable sources for breaking news and the risk that details will go uncorrected if the event drops out of the media spotlight. Events which are currently significant may be documented at Wikinews or mentioned at current events.