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Rules for posting News

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schmuck
Posts: 1974 - Karma: 53,161
Hey everyone,

Now that anyone and everyone can post News on the site, I wanted to post up a few rules/reminders for you to keep in mind and follow when it comes to posting news...

• Don't spam. The same rules that apply to the forums apply to the news. To view those rules, click here. Disregard for these rules will result in the removal of your article and a potential ban from the site.

• Don't just embed a video without an article, or link to a video page on Vimeo, YouTube, Newschoolers or another website. That's what the video section is for, not the news. If you have an article to go with the video, post it in the news, otherwise upload your video to the video section, as it will have just as good of a chance (if not better) of making it to the homepage.

• Before linking to a remote article, check the News page to ensure the same article hasn't already been posted/linked to.

• In the summary field, don't post the entire article. This field is designed for a two to three line summary of what your article is about, and acts as a way to entice people to read it.

• As much as possible, particularly when linking to a remote article, upload an icon photo, as it will help encourage people to read your article.

• Formatting-wise, please center your photos along with the photo captions beneath them, along with crediting writers, photographers and videographers at the top of the article in bold.

Happy posting! :)


Nov 2 2012 1:14PM
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bo0b
Posts: 2964 - Karma: 996
So will thee not be a lot of re-posting of news now that this is in place? Like everyone will cover something and write a news article about it?
Nov 2 2012 2:02PM
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schmuck
Posts: 1974 - Karma: 53,161
I anticipate (and hope) that will happen, as I think it will be cool to get a couple of different perspectives on events, and then you guys will be able to decide which of them are good (and therefore make it to the homepage) and which aren't (so they don't).

I don't however want to see the same articles on other sites being linked to if they've already been posted/linked to by someone else, so be sure to check the News page to see what's been posted before doing so.

Cheers!


Nov 2 2012 3:39PM
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Sklar
Posts: 8864 - Karma: 31,612
Question: Say I find a sweet video elsewhere, it's not mine, how and where do I share it on ns?
Nov 3 2012 1:27AM
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sweatshirt
Posts: 1357 - Karma: 483
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Dec 28 2012 7:49AM
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j-bo
Posts: 347 - Karma: 329
Question: How do you embed a vimeo video into a news article, without uploading it through the picture/video uploader?
Jan 31 2013 6:18PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,635
You'd share this in the galleries. Forums are for discussing videos.

The idea though is really supposed to be about the video creator uploading or sharing their own content. The most important thing would be to give credit if sharing someone else's video.


We have changed it though so that you can add Vimeo / YouTube videos to the galleries.

Feb 15 2013 10:16PM
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Mr.Bishop
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You can embed videos in your articles just using the URL of the video. There's a button for doing this in the GUI that comes with adding news.
Feb 15 2013 10:16PM
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