Template talk:News

Headline standards
Since there's been some confusion about how headlines in this template should be formatted, I've decided to start a discussion here. My personal preference, which I've acted on before, is to format headlines in accordance with the standard practices of Headlinese, which is used in just about every English-language newspaper as a space-saving mechanism. However, the headlines on Wikipedia's main page differ from headlinese in that they are normal, complete sentences (which, furthermore, omit the dates on which the mentioned events took place). I'm open to us using one format or the other, so I'd like to know which one the rest of you think it should be, and why. Feel free to edit this section and add your thoughts on the matter. (Please be sure to sign your comments, as I'm doing at the end of this one; either type four tildes or click the signature button above the text box.) Woodb3kmaster (talk) 06:50, 11 April 2013 (UTC)