Original explainer
The timeline is a chronological public record. It helps readers separate party formation, election milestones, government formation, policy announcements, and later accountability questions. This page is written by the TVK Tracker Editorial Desk as reader guidance. It does not reproduce a news article, official document, party material, or third-party copyrighted text.
Why chronology matters
Political memory becomes messy when every update is treated as breaking news. A timeline gives readers a calmer view. It shows when the party was launched, when registration milestones happened, when major conferences were held, when election results arrived, when the cabinet was formed, and when later policy or political developments entered the record.
This is useful because a promise tracker needs context. A scheme announced on day one is different from a scheme announced after a cabinet meeting. A portfolio change matters because it can shift responsibility for a promise. A court order matters because it can affect the government's political stability or the legal status of a public claim.
What gets included
The timeline should include events that change the public record: party launch, official recognition, major conferences, manifesto releases, election results, government formation, floor tests, cabinet expansions, major speeches, major policy launches, official documents, and significant legal or parliamentary developments.
The timeline should avoid clutter. Not every quote, social-media post, or partisan reaction deserves a timeline entry. The test is whether a reader trying to understand TVK's political and governance path would need that event six months later.
How automatic updates should be handled
The admin dashboard may help discover new events, but automatic discovery should not mean automatic publishing. Political content needs human review. A useful workflow is: search for candidate events, save them as drafts, check the sources, write an original summary, assign a status, and only then publish.
This protects the site from low-quality, duplicated, or misleading content. It also makes the timeline more useful. Readers should feel that the timeline is curated, not dumped from search results.
Key takeaways
- Timeline entries should change the public record, not just repeat daily noise.
- Automatic discovery should still require human review before publishing.
- Chronology helps readers understand responsibility and sequence.