Bulbanews:Article submission
To submit an article, one may use the new article assistant. However, please read through the rest of this page before doing so.
The title should use capital letters only where necessary - sentence case titles, such as Nintendo reveals DS online plans or Pokémon movie 8 premiers in Japan, are preferred. 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.
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.
Fields
The following are brief explanations about each field in the new article assistant.
- Title
- The title of the article (See the manual of style)
- Tagline
- An optional secondary title (See the manual of style)
- Type
- The type of article
- Category
- One category (Additional categories may be added using the
{{CategorizeIn}}template) - Picture
- The file name of an image from Bulbagarden Archives (
Image:is not necessary) - Blurb
- A summary for the article for use in feeds and on the front page (See Bulbanews:Manual of style/Summarising articles)
Source
- See also: Bulbanews:Crediting sources
- Type
- If the article is an original piece written for Bulbanews, select Bulbanews; if the source is non-official, select other web site; otherwise if the source is official, select press release
- Name
- If the article is an original piece, fill in the name of the author; otherwise, the name of the web site or organisation
- Link
- If the article is an original piece, fill in the link the author's user page; otherwise, the full URL to the original report; though if TinyURL has been used, only the ID is required
Discussion
- See also: Bulbanews:Linking to discussions
- Type
- If there is a related thread on Bulbagarden Forums, select Bulbagarden Forums', otherwise, select none
- Link
- If linking to Bulbagarden Forums, fill in the thread ID (not post ID); otherwise, leave blank