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Ärende: Fidonews Vol 32 no 25 Page: 9
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        FidoNews Article Submission (Updated April, 2015)

        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 1:298/25 or 1:1/1 via
        direct mail with a file attach, or routed with your article in
        the body of the netmail, or email it at
        jonathanjustvig@gmail.com

        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 Saturday
        Evening and send it out on Sunday evening 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 :)


                                                Jon Justvig
                                                Fidonews Editor



    FIDONEWS  Vol 32 No 25       Page  9         June 22, 2015


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