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 1. Create and publish story.  1. Create and publish story. Do '''NOT''' include the PlanetUbuntu tag.
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 1. Add the link at the bottom of the page and submit.  1. Add the link at the bottom of the page as well as the PlanetUbuntu tag and submit.

At present, Fridge editors are the only people who can add a story to the site's content management system.

Rough guidelines

The Fridge is seen as an official Ubuntu news source. All The Fridge editors are well experienced in the Ubuntu community. However, here are a few questions to ask when writing/approving a story:

  • Is it in the spirit of the CoC?
  • Can we be proud of the quality of the writing?
  • Is the subject something the community is happy to be associated with?
  • Do we believe the story to be accurate and fair?

Approving a story

  1. An editor enters the story into the moderation queue.
  2. Second editor reviews the story, checking facts and following any links.
  3. If the story is controversial, or technically in-depth, a third editor should check, with possible reference to #ubuntu-devel.
  4. Any necessary amendments are made.
  5. Second editor rechecks then approves the story, if appropriate.

The Ubuntu Forums automatically create a new thread for each Fridge story. We link to these threads with a [Discuss xxxxxx on the forums] style link.

We should avoid [Discus this story] as there are a number of these links on one page, which would make them meaningless.

  1. Create and publish story. Do NOT include the PlanetUbuntu tag.

  2. Check the Fridge topic in the forums for the new story.

  3. Re-edit the published story (using Administer -> Content in the left-hand menu) and ensure the "Create new revision" tick-box is not selected.

  4. Add the link at the bottom of the page as well as the PlanetUbuntu tag and submit.

Fridge/EditorGuidelines (last edited 2012-02-25 06:04:17 by lyz)