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-Unlike most news services, your submissions to Bulbanews are '''immediately visible''' to all and are included in updates to the front page (under the heading ''developing stories'') -- so even if there are no editors [[Bulbanews:Editor availability schedule|on duty]], your contribution will not be missed.
+Unlike most news services, your submissions to Bulbanews are '''immediately visible''' to all and are included in updates to the front page (under the heading ''developing stories'') — so even if there are no editors on duty, your contribution will not be missed.
-<div style="background: #f8f8ff; border: 1px solid #88a; padding: 0.2em; margin: 0.25em 0; text-align: center;">To submit an article, use the [[Special:Newarticleassistant|new article assistant]].</div>
+=Article submission process=
+Clicking on "Submit a new article" in the site's left navigation panel will open the [[Special:Newarticleassistant|new article assistant]], a form where the author inputs basic information about the article.
-=Fields=
+==Basic information==
-The following are brief explanations about each field in the new article assistant.
+* Title: an informative headline like in a professional newspaper. Only the first letter of the headline and proper nouns are capitalized, and the title must contain a verb.
-; Title
+** Example: Pokémon takes second-place at Japanese box office
-: The title of the article (See the [[Bulbanews:Manual of style/Titling articles|manual of style]].)
+** Example: Ranger sequel gets U.S. release date
-: 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.
+* Tagline: also known as a subhead. This is another headline that provides complementary information to the article's title. The following are examples of appropriate taglines for the above two example titles.
-; Tagline
+** Example: Movie 11 earns $US$9.44 million in two days
-: An ''optional'' secondary title (See the [[Bulbanews:Manual of style/Titling articles|manual of style]].)
+** Example: 'Shadows of Almia' to be released Nov. 10
-; Type
+* Type: type of article.
-: The type of article (See [[Bulbanews:Article types]].)
+** Options: news article, rumor, feature article, column, editorial, opinion piece, opinion column, breaking news, local news
-; Category
+** Most articles are of the news article type.
-: '''One''' [[:Category:News|category]] (Additional categories may be added using the {{Template|CategorizeIn}} template.)
+* Category: organizational system for Bulbanews.
-; Picture
+** Major options: anime, events, games, manga, merchandise, Pokémon meta, TCG, TFG
-: The file name of an image from [[a:Main Page|Bulbagarden Archives]] (<code>Image:</code> is not necessary)
+* Picture: relevant image, if any, that is located on the Bulbagarden Archives server. Images inputted into this text box require nothing more than the filename and file extension. If no image, leave the field blank.
-; Blurb
+** Example: MysteryDungeon.png
-: A summary for the article for use in feeds and on the front page (See the [[Bulbanews:Manual of style/Summarising articles|manual of style]].)
+==Source information==
+* Type: Most articles are of the Bulbanews type; that is, they are written by a Bulbanews account holder.
-==Source==
+** Bulbanews
-; Type
+*** An article author with a Bulbanews account.
-: If the article is original content written for Bulbanews, select '''Bulbanews'''
+** Independent writer
-: If the source is online and not official, select '''other web site'''
+*** An article author not affiliated with Bulbanews.
-: If the source is online and official, select '''press release'''
+** Other Web site
-; Name
+*** If the article was originally published elsewhere.
-: If the article is an original piece, fill in the name of the author; otherwise, the name of the web site or organisation
+** Press release
-; Link
+*** If the article is an official press release.
-: 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 [http://tinyurl.com/ TinyURL] has been used, only the ID is required
+** Unknown
+*** Avoid using.
-==Discussion==
+* Name
-; Type
+** If the source type is Bulbanews, then it is the author's username.
-: If there is a related thread on [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net Bulbagarden Forums], select '''Bulbagarden Forums'''
+** If the source type is external, then name the source.
-: Otherwise, select '''none'''
+* Link
-; Link
+** If the source is Bulbanews, the link would go to the author's profile.
-: If linking to Bulbagarden Forums, fill in the thread ID (not post ID); otherwise, leave blank
+*** Example: User:Argy
+** If the source is external, the link would be a URL to the source.
+==Discussion information==
+* Type
+** Options are None or Bulbagarden Forums. If the article topic has a forum topic, select the latter.
+* Link
+** For None, leave this field blank. For Bulbagarden Forums, enter the five-digit thread number (at the end of the thread URL).
+==Blurb==
+This, in most cases, will be the lead sentence or sentences of the article. These sentences should give the most important and relevant information of the article. In journalism/inverted pyramid style, this information is generally the who/what/where/when/why/how angle.
+* Example: Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin made more than 1 billion yen (US$9.44 million) at the Japanese box office this weekend, earning it second place, but it failed to defeat Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's new film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
+* Example: Pokémon Ranger Batonnage, the sequel to the first Pokémon Ranger game for Nintendo DS, will be released in North America on Nov. 10 under the name Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.
+==Article text==
+The article itself, with the blurb text first.
 =See also=
-* [[Bulbanews:Editor availability schedule]]
+* [http://knol.google.com/k/holly-bowen/bulbanews Google Knol — Bulbanews]
 [[Category:Bulbanews guides|{{PAGENAME}}]]