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Ärende: Fidonews Vol 29 No 24 June 11, 2012 Page: 11
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                      FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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FidoNews Article Submission (Updated December, 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 1:261/1406 or 1:1/1.

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 :)


                                        Nick Kill
                                        Fidonews Editor




FIDONEWS  Vol 29 No 24           Page  11        June 11, 2012





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