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| UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter, please pay attention to the following guidelines: | UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter, '''Publishing Checklist'''* For the HOWTO Guide for each Step click [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/EditingPolicies/HowToEdit | here]] |
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| * As each section of the newsletter either completed or if an area is skipped or miss please initial and include if it has been completed or not along with any notes that should be included - typically this will be done by the Editor in Chief or the person they designate. The dates will be cleared out and the information archived at the start of each cycle. | |
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* Please do not modify the template without consulting the [[AmberGraner]] or [[JohnCrawford]]. |
** Please do not modify the template without consulting the [[AmberGraner]] or [[JohnCrawford]]. |
UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter, Publishing Checklist*
For the HOWTO Guide for each Step click here
WORK IN PROGRESS
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Publish Date --> |
May 30th, 2010 |
June 6th, 2010 |
June 13th, 2010 |
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Date Range Issue Covers --> |
May 23rd- 29th, 2010 |
May 30-June 5th, 2010 |
June 6th- 12th, 2010 |
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Steps |
How to start each week |
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Create New In Progress Wiki Page & Google Doc |
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Clear out unused sections |
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Add Images to the wiki |
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Send out reminder emails |
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LoCo Teams |
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Reminder Blog Post |
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Welcome |
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In this Issue |
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Bug Stats |
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Translation Stats Lucid |
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Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week |
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LoCo News |
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Launchpad News |
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Ubuntu Forums News |
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The Planet |
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In The Press |
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In The Blogosphere |
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In Other News |
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Monthly Team Reports |
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Upcoming Meetings and Events |
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Updates and Security |
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Credits |
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Proof Issue you and 2 others |
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Spell Check issue |
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Take out wiki commented out lines |
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In a Text editor take out the marks |
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Save a text version as uwnissuenumerin.txt (uwn195in.txt) |
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Send the the -news mailing list |
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Once it goes out on this list sent notice to news-team ML |
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IRC -locoteams |
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IRC-news |
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IRC-us |
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IRC-marketing |
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Post to the Forums |
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Post to the Fridge |
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Post to the planet |
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Change Current Issue Link |
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Change Current Issue number |
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Next Issue ** |
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add current issue to archives |
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See step 1 |
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* As each section of the newsletter either completed or if an area is skipped or miss please initial and include if it has been completed or not along with any notes that should be included - typically this will be done by the Editor in Chief or the person they designate. The dates will be cleared out and the information archived at the start of each cycle.
** Please do not modify the template without consulting the AmberGraner or JohnCrawford.
Beats
Core Articles
(cannot be dropped for a release)
- General community news
- Security announcements
- Upcoming meetings and events
Secondary
(can be dropped to release on time)
LoCo News - weekly encouragement to loco mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts)
- Launchpad News
- Specification Spotlight/Feature of the week (decided during the week in IRC or Mailing List)
- In the Press
Trivial
- Bug stats
Creating a new development copy
- Create it as soon as possible, to allow possible editing by new people
Use the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Template to start out.
During the Week
- Add content, encourge new people to add their own content
Pay attention to the Ideas page
- Write concisely (that's one of the things people like about UWN)
Pre-Release Checklist
- have all sections completed
- run a spellcheck
- FIX any FIXME tags
- check all images are in place and the links are valid
- All editors attributed at the bottom (this usually changes each week)
Sending the email
It must be sent to the ubuntu-news mailing list. The email is ubuntu-news@lists.ubuntu.com. The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is the only item that should be sent from this list. The Newsletter will caught in the spam filter and will need a list moderator to accept it.
When sending, send from your @ubuntu.com address, send ONLY in plain text.
Send to ubuntu-news@lists.ubuntu.com
Post Release
- Fix redirect at UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Current
Change UbuntuWeeklyNews to reflect new current
Update the Archive
Send an email to LoCo and Translators list
- Open up a forum thread with the UWN.
- Make sure it's posted in the Fridge