UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/EditingPolicies

EditingPolicies

Revision 17 as of 2006-10-24 15:05:24

Clear message

UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter, please pay attention to the following guidelines:
We use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobby Gobby] in EdgyEft (0.4.1) to edit UWN, Gobby can be installed with sudo apt-get install gobby or the package gobby. Once installed point it to 72.209.68.178 port 6522 and password ufl@ftw the host has given permission to any UWN translation team to use the server as well.
If you are still using dapper use [http://pkern.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gobby/gobby_0.4.1-1_i386.deb this deb]

Creating a new development copy

Create it as soon as possible, to allow possible editing by new people
Use the [:UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/IssueTemplate:Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Template] to start out.

During the Week

Add content, encourge new people to add their own content
Pay attention to the [:UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Ideas: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)
Have the MarketingTeam proofread all that is written.

Sending the email

After everybody has checked off, it must be sent to the ubuntu-news mailing list. The email is ubuntu-news@lists.ubuntu.com. The mail will be caught in the spam filter, so will need to find CoreyBurger and get him to pass it through the filter.

When sending, send from your @ubuntu.com address, send ONLY in plain text.
Send to ubuntu-news@lists.ubuntu.com

Post Release