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Ärende: FIDONEWS Vol 28 No.51 Information
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                           FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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     FidoNews Article Submission (Updated September, 2011)

     FidoNews, founded in early 1984, is the 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.
     Fidonews welcomes articles, editorials, and features of interest
     to the Fidonet Community.  To have your article included in
     Fidonews, simply send it via netmail to 1:261/38 or by email to
     janis@filegate.net.

     Here are some guidelines you can use to help me make it easier to
     format your article for Fidonews:

     1.  Use standard ASCII text.  Most word processor formats can't be
     used by the Fidonews software.  In addition, the Fidonews software
     won't accept most ASCII control characters nor any characters above
     ASCII 127 (this, unfortunately, includes all those neat box drawing
     characters).

     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.  Include your name and node number (or internet address) under
     the title.  I'll grab it from your message, if necessary... but,
     again, I'd rather have the article appear as you wish.

     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, Fidonews is a better publication when it's
     written by a variety of people :)


                                             Janis Kracht
                                             Temporary-Fidonews Editor



     FIDONEWS Vol 28 No 51              Page 9          December 19th 2011




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