HOW TO POST A NEWS ARTICLE HERE
Posting of News by others is welcomed and appreciated (less work for me to do :p ), but there are a few things I recommend when posting a News article here.
- News that is a minor update to a recent News topic, can be posted in that existing News topic. Significant updates or new News can be a new topic so that people see it (updates in a big existing topic can often be lost in the pages of comments, and even be just assumed to just be a comment posting). Please refrain from resurrecting really old news topics (more than a few months old) if you can help it. But don't stress about it. If in doubt just post up a new News topic and a news editor will merge or separate topics if necessary.
- The Title should be clear and unambiguous (except if it is an obvious spoiler).
- If the subject matter itself contains Spoilers to a current cartoon or Movie, include the word 'Spoilers' in the topic title. Only hide spoiler text in the body of the post if it is about some other recent news item.
- Please avoid using an Icon next to the Topic Title (the 'Post Icons' box), as certain Icons are reserved for specific or important topics.
- Please Quote or transcribe the outline (or entire content - it's your choice) of the News. Don't just post a link.
- Please include the original source/link, or the source/link that you use IF it credits the original source.
- If images are part of the news article you do not have to include the images in our news posts. If you do want to include them in the post, you MUST NOT 'hot-link' (hot-linking is inserting images from the source, which draws on their bandwidth - very naughty, very bad). You need to save a copy and mirror them on your own image host, and then insert those images from there.
- Also, if you provide a link to a News item that does have images, please look for a source that allows guests to view those images (look at their site as a non-member if you are a member, just to be sure). Sites like TFW2005 and Seibetron are best for archived, mirrored, clean images, or Tformers as a last resort (they heavily watermark images that are not theirs).
If in doubt, see how other news topics are posted, or contact a board staff member. Otherwise, just post up what you think is okay, and one of us will fix up anything within a day or two (there is no penalty to you if your intentions are good).
