Stolen Notes, the Cantr blog...?

[Dudel]

It SHOULD be similar to moderation, Doug. You would make it along the lines of "Only moderators can make new posts" thing.

Not 100% if it can be done HERE, but I've seen it done else where.

ALSO, you could make it "read only" for most and give a few personal access otherwise. Again, not sure if this forum will let you do that.

OH, and I'm ALL FOR doing this/that... yeah.

[Sekar]

I think it would be nice if the process of submitting an article for the webzine was a bit more..clear cut. But other then that, I like the webzine the way it is.

[Doug R.]

How can it be more clear-cut than emailing it or PMing it to the editor?

[joo]

I presume Sekar is referring to something along the lines of an online form to submit entries.

[*Wiro]

Why can't we just have a forum section, a normal one?

[Doug R.]

I presume Sekar is referring to something along the lines of an online form to submit entries.

An online form that would nerf most strange characters, unformat everything, and require time for someone to code?

Email. Editor.

[nitefyre]

Why can't we just have a forum section, a normal one?

I agree, direct entry would be easier and make submission more attractive. I would recommend after-the-fact editing in for example making the titles of the topics, formatting, etc, consistent and enforcing moderating standards about comments.

[Dudel]

Or not allowing comments at all. (That would be my honest suggestion)

[*Wiro]

Or not allowing comments at all. (That would be my honest suggestion)

Why? That doesn't make sense. If people can comment they can suggest new things, say what they thought about it etc.

[Dudel]

The internet makes me paranoid, Wiro, and SOME PEOPLE here on this site would get a little "out of hand" and others might get offended.

[*Wiro]

That can happen anywhere on the forum, can't it?

[Dudel]

That can happen anywhere on the forum, can't it?

Dudel has a very "safe then sorry" type of look on things. PLUS I'd like it to remain like it was, to a point.

A Zine where you read and if you MUST comment there could be an area for that specifically.

[Doug R.]

I still prefer having a moderated forum section, where the editor could put up new posts and then anyone could comment directly in the thread. The people in this community can be real jerks sometimes, but 90% of the time the recipient was asking for it. I highly doubt we'd have to worry about people flaming/trashing people's creative work.

[nitefyre]

I still prefer having a moderated forum section, where the editor could put up new posts and then anyone could comment directly in the thread. The people in this community can be real jerks sometimes, but 90% of the time the recipient was asking for it. I highly doubt we'd have to worry about people flaming/trashing people's creative work.

There is no point to "submit" stuff to an editor. Just have very clear guidelines as to how to post so people can do it themselves. "Submissions" just creates more unnecessary work.

As noted earlier in the thread, submitting it to another person or finding out who it is, if they're active/away, etc, is a pain in the ass. It achieves absolutely nothing at all, especially if it is in the forums. As a former Zine editor, I speak from experience: the reason submissions were sent to us is because of the way the e107-provider was structured and how we'd have to release stuff at a certain time. After the fact editing for grammar and conformation to guidelines should be done by the designated moderator/editor.

As for the Dudel v. Wiro point on user-comments, I think maybe we should start out with comments (I'm sure more people would be supportive than otherwise) with a low threshold for moderation-action, and if it doesn't work out, you can always disable comments altogether. Comments and feedback are generally useful.

[Dudel]

I think thread creators can lock their own thread as well nyte.

My ONLY issue isn't the act of "submitting" or really that anyone is going to "attack" its more that... I liked the weekly deal, whatever.

Dudel does have stores, etc he'd like to share at one point or another.