Bulbanews:Article submission
The main namespace of Bulbanews is and will be permanently protected against editing by the general public. In order to facilitate public editing, we have created a Draft namespace.
To submit an article, one merely has to create a page in the Draft namespace. However, one should also take care to not submit articles already submitted by others. The Bulbanews front page lists the most recently submitted articles under the Developing stories heading.
Warning: repeatedly submitting duplicate articles may lead to a block.
The heart of any "real" article on Bulbanews is the {{Article}} template. The very first 10 characters of any article must be {{Article|, otherwise it will be passed over by the front page updater. A summary of usage follows:
| Article metadata | |
|---|---|
| type | One of breaking, lead, feature, news or local |
| picture | A picture for the front page (see the manual of style) |
| weekday | The full weekday name, i.e. Wednesday, not Wed. |
| day | The day of the month of publication (do not prepend 0 for single-digit) |
| month | The month of publication (do not prepend 0 for single-digit) |
| year | The four-digit year of publication |
| discusstype | See Bulbanews:Linking to discussions |
| discusslink | |
| sourcetype | See Bulbanews:Crediting sources |
| sourcename | |
| sourcelink | |
| tagline | A secondary headline (See the manual of style) |
| blurb | A lead that would be used on the front page (See the manual of style) |