User talk:Buster7/Timeline of the presidency of Hillary Clinton (2017)

8 Timelines of Barack Obama
This article might be considered an extension of the Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama articles. Over the past eight years the Obama timelines have been edited with brevity and clarity as the guiding precepts. The following (What to include) were some tips from the very beginning that have seemed to work to keep the articles "grounded". Buster Seven   Talk  14:48, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Guidelines
During an AfD discussion related to the first Obama timeline (in 2008) concerns were shared about the content of the evolving articles. As this should be decided here rather than there, I thought I'd give a quick stab at trying to lay out what has been suitable info to add and what has not. It is worth noting that the Obama timelines were never vandalized in the eight years it took to create them. Whatever worked there should work here. Buster Seven   Talk  14:55, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Things NOT to Include

 * Routine activities (calls, meetings, weekly addresses, trips to Capitol Hill, etc)
 * Unremarkable ceremonies (obscure legislation/executive orders, obscure nominations/speeches/announcements, etc)
 * When in doubt, many items can be judged by how much coverage they generate (breadth and depth).

Things TO include

 * Firsts (presidential orders, Predator-drone attack, etc) - obviously this means it will be somewhat frontloaded
 * Major speeches
 * Signings of major pieces of legislation
 * Foreign trips/Major diplomatic meetings
 * Other major events by administration personnel (resignations, major diplomacy (Cuba/Iran/DPRK...), etc)

To sum it up, basically use commonsense, and discuss things that are borderline or questionable. Buster Seven   Talk  14:55, 31 July 2016 (UTC)