Subj : Article sumbission To : All From : Sean Dennis Date : Tue Jan 18 2022 21:18:40 idoGazette Article Submission Guidelines Updated 13 January 2021 FidoGazette, founded in September 2007, is an alternative newsletter of the FidoNet computer network, for both its Sysops and users. It is passed to its readers electronically via the FidoNet and other computer networks and to non-network readers as well as to the InterNet. FidoGazette welcomes articles, editorials, and features of interest to the Fidonet Community. To have your article included in FidoGazette, simply send it via netmail to 1:18/200 or via internet email to sean@outpostbbs.net. To help me make it easier to format your article for FidoGazette: 1. Use standard ASCII text. Most word processor formats can't be used by the FidoGazette software. In addition, the FidoGazette software won't accept most ASCII control characters nor any characters above ASCII 127 (this, unfortunately, includes all those neat box drawing characters). No UTF-8 encoding please. 2. Start your lines at the left of your screen when typing. The software puts in a left margin automatically and I have to manually remove any left margin appearing in your document. 3. Keep your line length to under 70 columns for tables or charts (or if you include an ASCII illustration). Regular paragraphs exceeding this 70 column limit can be reformatted during the editing process but tables and charts are normally distorted beyond recognition by a simple reformatting. 4. Separate paragraphs with a blank line. This is how my text editor recognizes paragraph endings so I have to add blank lines manually if you don't. 5. Title your article as you'd like to see it in the Table of Contents. If you don't, I'll make up a title for you, but I'd rather have the article appear as you wish. 6. Format your article like the below at the top of the article: * Your Title Here Your Title Here By Your Name, YourNodeNumber Please align all of that against the first left column as the software I use for the newsletter will auto-format the text itself. 7. Check your own spelling and wording. Though I feel free to reformat your article so it conforms to technical requirements, I generally leave the wording (and spelling) alone as I don't want to distort what you have to say. 8. Send your article before Sunday in order to see it in that Monday's edition. Normally I put the newsletter together Sunday evening and send it out and I normally check email and netmail before I finalize the edition. So if I get your article before Sunday evening, I'll include it but send it by Saturday to be safe. :) 9. If you're not sure whether you should write or send in your article, I would encourage you to send it anyway. Chances are, if you write of something of interest to yourself, it'll be of interest to others. Besides, FidoGazette is a better publication when it's written by a variety of people. We're all in this together and remember, knowledge is power! Sean Dennis, FidoGazette Editor 1:18/200 Thanks to, and in fond memory of Douglas C. Myers for the bulk of the above text. === FidoGazette Submission Catagories There's quite a few catagories you can put your article into to be published. Below are all the catagories with explainations. If you're not sure, just save it as .MSC and I'll try to put it in the appropriate catagory. *.GUE Guest Editorial ---------------------- Have a comment, gripe or want to air your opinion about something in Fidonet? This is a forum for you, the Fidonet sysop, to do just that. There is to be no flaming, personal attacks or vulgarity in your editorial. (I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EDIT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS OR REJECT YOUR SUBMISSION with or without reason.) *.COR Corrections ------------------ Did you submit an article that needs a correction? Did I write something that wasn't correct? This is the place to do it. *.RTX Retractions ------------------ A place to put article/submission retractions. *.LET Letters to the Editor ---------------------------- Want to let me know what you think about one of my editorials, a guest editorial or an article that ran in the Gazette? Let me know here so everyone can see. *.FNF Fidonet News Flash ------------------------- Current happenings in Fidonet. This could be anything, including a node going down for a while, a node leaving or better yet, a node joining Fidonet. This is for any sysop who has something important about Fidonet to put out to avoid technical problems. *.ART Articles --------------- This is for things that just don't fit in any of the other catagories. This is for general articles that aren't specific in any way, but fit into the Fidonet spectrum. *.COL Columns -------------- Would you like to be a regular columnist for the Gazette? Send me a note and we'll talk. I'm sure other sysops would enjoy a regular columnist or two. *.BIO Fidonet (Auto)Biographies -------------------------------- Tell us your story about how you got into Fidonet. *.TRU True Stories of Fidonet ------------------------------ Have an interesting, funny or unusual story to tell that involves Fidonet directly? Here's the place to share it. *.HIS Fidonet History ---------------------- A column where you can discuss Fidonet history. *.FFT Food For Thought ----------------------- One of my personal favorites. This column is all about food! Anything having to do with food is welcome here, such as: recipes, how-to, unusual food/ingredients, recommended stores and/or websites concerning food-it's all welcome. I would ask that if possible, you could submit the recipe in MealMaster format if possible. If you're not sure what MM is, ask in the COOKING or HOME_COOKING echoes. *.REV Reviews -------------- Read a book, watched a TV show, viewed a website, use a program or something else that would be of interest to other Fidonet sysops? Submit your honest reviews here and let the rest of us know what you thought. *.FTC Getting (Fidonet) Technical ---------------------------------- Technical issues dealing with Fidonet, such as FTSC specifications, setting up/using programs, et al. *.ZRC Coordinators' Corner --------------------------- This column is for any *C that needs to get word out to the general Fidonet population. I will check the nodelist to make sure that anyone who submits to this article is a nodelisted *C. If you're not, I will return your submission. *.JOK Clean Net Humor ---------------------- Yeah, we can all laugh at ourselves sometimes or if you have a good funny joke (or puns, I /LOVE/ puns-the punnier the better! :), tell it here. Please keep it clean (PG-rated) and no vulgarities. *.ASA ASCII Art ---------------- Have some cool ASCII art? Let us see it! *.AD Advertise Your Free Service/Event ---------------------------------------- Have a free service to offer or a free event that might be of interest to fellow sysops? Let everyone know in here. *.SAL For Sale --------------- This is for items that you have for sale. No commercial ads, please! Remember, caveat emptor (buyer beware). *.WAN Wanted ------------- Need a piece of equipment you just can't find? Let the Fidonet sysops know and the chances are good that someone will have what you need. *.QST Question of the Week --------------------------- Have a question you just can't answer? Submit it to the Gazette and the crack knowledgeable staff *cough*, er I'll try to hunt down and answer for you. Better yet, you put it in here and one of our crack knowledgable sysops can help you. *.ANS Answer of the Week ------------------------- The companion column to the above column. I'll publish the best answer(s) here to the Question of the Week. *.NOT Notices -------------- This is where you can let people know something's happening that you need to let a lot of people know about. If you can't find a catagory to put it under, put it under *.MSC and I'll try to find a catagory to put it under. Thanks for your interest in writing for the FidoGazette! Sean Dennis (1:18/200) FidoGazette Editor --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Outpost BBS (1:18/200) .