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Editors

2020-12-23T02:38:10Z

Martyb: Added TZ for takyon (based on his user settings)

The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
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| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
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| mrcoolbp
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
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| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
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| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
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| takyon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Fnord666
| Assistant Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| spiraldancing
| editor
| UTC+1 (CST/CET)
|-
| requerdanos
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have relinquished their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
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| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
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| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| charon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Xyem
| editor
| GMT
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

Editors

2020-12-22T12:59:08Z

Martyb: Added requerdanos as an editor

The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
|-
| mrcoolbp
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| takyon
| editor
| ?
|-
| Fnord666
| Assistant Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| spiraldancing
| editor
| UTC+1 (CST/CET)
|-
| requerdanos
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have relinquished their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| charon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Xyem
| editor
| GMT
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

Storybot

2020-09-13T00:11:33Z

Martyb: manually updated to note the page is no longer being auto updated; last update was on 2020-09-04

<p>TO SUBMIT ONE OF THESE STORIES, TYPE "~arthur #" IN SOYLENTNEWS IRC, WHERE # IS THE ID FROM THE LIST BELOW.</p>
<p>'''NOTE: If you can read this, the bot stopped working and is no longer updating this list of stories.'''<br>
(See the date/time stamp at the bottom of this page: "this page was autogenerated at 17:21:42, 4 September 2020 by exec irc bot".--Martyb)</p>
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| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/porsche-guinness-record-slalom-16-year-old-racer/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || af3128 || 16-year-old racer Chloe Chambers sets Guinness slalom record in Porsche 718 Spyder
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-d-nanomaterial-high-speed-electronics-quantum.html link] || aaf568 || 2-D nanomaterial shows promise for high-speed electronics, quantum devices and defense tools
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-murray-darling-rivers-basin.html link] || 45daa8 || 20% less water in Murray-Darling rivers than expected under Basin Plan
|-
| [https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/09/2017_tesla_hack.html link] || d18265 || 2017 Tesla Hack
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/2021-audi-rs6-avant-tribute-edition/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 668267 || 2021 Audi RS6 Avant RS Tribute Edition is limited to 25 units
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-honda-civic-type-r-pricing-limited-edition/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 2a8cbd || 2021 Honda Civic Type R is still the hottest hatch and costs $38,450
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/2021-jeep-gladiator/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 2dc8e0 || 2021 Jeep Gladiator remains a burly Jack of all trades
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-jeep-wrangler-4xe-plug-in-hybrid-debut/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 9777fe || 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid has 25 miles of electric range
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/2021-mazda6-carbon-edition-trim/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 22a0a3 || 2021 Mazda6 looks swanky in Carbon Edition trim
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/2021-mercedes-benz-s-class-sedan/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 89bac2 || 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class evolves the flagship
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-mercedes-benz-s-class-level-3-autonomous-driving/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 8da958 || 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class is ready for Level 3 automated driving
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-mercedes-benz-s-class-sedan-official-debut/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || d787a6 || 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class is smarter, safer and more luxurious than ever
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-mercedes-benz-s-class-safety-tech-rear-seat-airbags/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 4f571f || 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class safety tech: Rear-seat airbags and 48-volt architecture
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-mercedes-benz-s-class-vs-audi-a8-bmw-7-series-comparison/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 925e35 || 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class vs. Audi A8 and BMW 7 Series: Superlative sedans compared
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/2021-rolls-royce-ghost-extended/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || bfb96e || 2021 Rolls-Royce Ghost Extended offers more of what matters
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-kona-n-line-reveal-features/ link] || bf85b5 || 2022 Hyundai Kona gets sleeker looks and hotter N Line model
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/2022-hyundai-kona-n-line/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 5fbf30 || 2022 Hyundai Kona is sharper and sportier
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-kona-n-line-reveal-features/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 3d7cde || 2022 Hyundai Kona revealed with sleeker looks and hotter N Line model
|-
| [https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-hours-tv-day-late-childhood.html link] || dba067 || 2 hours of TV a day in late childhood linked to lower test scores later
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/30-of-the-best-movies-to-see-on-netflix/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || fe25ed || 30 of the best movies to see on Netflix
|-
| [https://hackaday.com/2020/09/03/3d-printed-flight-controls-use-magnets-for-enhanced-flight-simulator-2020-experience/ link] || 7d03de || 3D-Printed Flight Controls Use Magnets for Enhanced Flight Simulator 2020 Experience
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/5g-for-125-new-qualcomm-chips-bring-5g-to-super-cheap-devices/ link] || 0568c7 || 5G for $125? New Qualcomm chips bring 5G to super-cheap devices
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/5-monitors-for-working-from-home-that-are-currently-in-stock/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 2d78b3 || 5 monitors for working from home (that are currently in stock)
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/huawei-p40-pro-smartphone-here-are-5-things-you-need-to-read-before-you-buy-one/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 4c9903 || 5 things to know before you buy a Huawei P40 Pro phone
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/7-labor-day-laptop-deals-available-right-now/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 4b96dc || 7 Labor Day 2020 laptop deals available right now
|-
| [https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/02/1007981/ai-advances-and-applications/ link] || 3c2d2c || AI Advances and Applications
|-
| [https://hackaday.com/2020/09/03/a-3d-printed-magnetic-stirrer-for-your-diy-chemistry-projects/ link] || 5dee12 || A 3D Printed Magnetic Stirrer For Your DIY Chemistry Projects
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-year-old-chamois-ice-mummies.html link] || 2cc5fc || A 400-year-old chamois will serve as a model for research on ice mummies
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902082341.htm link] || ce2829 || A 'bang' in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet
|-
| [https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/03/1007609/trade-secrets-china-us-espionage-timeline/ link] || 44f515 || A brief history of Chinese-American espionage entanglements
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-disc-gas-mysterious-sagittarius-constellation.html link] || 9c3b1c || A disc of gas would explain mysterious light changes observed in Sagittarius constellation
|-
| [https://aeon.co/essays/beside-the-point-punctuation-is-dead-long-live-punctuation?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss-feed link] || e3aca5 || A history of punctuation
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902095130.htm link] || 6bdd07 || A molecular approach to quantum computing
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/this-generation-is-destigmatizing-mental-health-and-therapy/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 2007f0 || A new generation is trying to destigmatize mental health and therapy
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902114409.htm link] || 46e627 || A new way of modulating color emissions from transparent films
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/blendtec-designer-blender-best-buy-deal-of-the-day/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || bf59af || A powerful Blendtec blender is more than half off right now
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-spicy-silver-lining.html link] || 20a667 || A spicy silver lining
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/acer-spin-7-is-the-worlds-first-snapdragon-8cx-gen-2-notebook/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 9910e0 || Acer Spin 7 is the world's first Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 laptop
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/acer-swift-3-with-ryzen-4700u-a-budget-laptop-punching-above-its-class/ link] || 913138 || Acer Swift 3 with Ryzen 4700U—a budget laptop punching above its class
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/acer-swift-5-swift-3-get-tuned-up-with-11th-gen-intel-chips/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 777543 || Acer Swift 5, Swift 3 get tuned up with 11th-gen Intel chips
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/uae-israel-deal-kushner-pushes-arab-states-200901221048938.html link] || a3ab88 || After UAE-Israel deal, Kushner pushes other Arab states for more
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-alexas-next-home-could-be-your-apartment-complex/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || d217b8 || Amazon Alexa's next home could be your apartment complex
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-prime-vs-walmart-plus-which-delivery-service-gets-you-more/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 550d21 || Amazon Prime vs. Walmart Plus: Which delivery service gets you more?
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/amazon-deletes-anti-union-listing-watches-workers-secret-social-groups/ link] || 317b35 || Amazon deletes anti-union listing, watches workers’ “secret” social groups
|-
| [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54009484 link] || 342611 || Amazon to create 7,000 UK jobs
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/amazons-new-battery-powered-blink-security-cameras-claim-to-last-4-years/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || f51bc6 || Amazon's new battery-powered Blink security cameras claim to last 4 years
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-ambient-refraction-d-material.html link] || c4001a || Ambient light alters refraction in 2-D material
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902152159.htm link] || 2a732b || Ambient light alters refraction in 2D material
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-unexpected-story-lopsided-black-hole.html link] || b2b071 || An unexpected origin story for a lopsided black hole merger
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902115932.htm link] || 4acba7 || An unprecedented discovery of cell fusion
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-unusual-superconductor.html link] || 27f33b || An unusual superconductor
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/health/ancestry-vs-23-and-me-which-dna-testing-kit-is-best-to-help-you-find-your-family-origins/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 42b1ea || Ancestry vs. 23 and Me: Which DNA testing kit is best to help you find your family origins?
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-ancient-chinese-text-revealed-anatomical.html link] || 120b51 || Ancient Chinese text revealed to be an anatomical atlas of the human body
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903114206.htm link] || fe1aeb || Antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota in mothers of preterm infants, study finds
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903075915.htm link] || 073965 || Anxiety and depression are associated with medical care avoidance during the pandemic
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/appeals-court-finds-nsas-bulk-phone-data-collection-was-unlawful/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 436474 || Appeals court finds NSA's bulk phone data collection was unlawful
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/appeals-court-finds-nsas-bulk-phone-data-collection-was-unlawful/ link] || 360698 || Appeals court finds NSA's mass metadata collection was unlawful
|-
| [https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/02/1007921/apple-and-google-have-launched-coronavirus-exposure-notifications-without-an-app/ link] || 78d933 || Apple and Google have launched coronavirus exposure notifications without an app
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-delays-ios-privacy-change-that-critics-say-will-disrupt-ad-market/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || a33704 || Apple delays iOS privacy change that critics say will disrupt ad market
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-delays-ios-privacy-change-that-critics-say-will-disrupt-ad-market/ link] || 7027cd || Apple delays iOS privacy change upsetting the ad market
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-is-giving-developers-more-control-over-discounts-on-the-app-store/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 2ca4eb || Apple is giving developers more control over discounts on the app store
|-
| [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53996191 link] || 0d1387 || Apple more valuable than the entire FTSE 100
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-says-ios-apps-created-300000-us-jobs-since-april-2019/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 5f4e90 || Apple says iOS apps created 300,000 US jobs since April 2019
|-
| [https://www.computerworld.com/article/3573797/apple-sets-scene-for-5g-for-the-rest-of-us.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fnews%2Ffeed+%28Latest+from+Computerworld%29#tk.rss_all link] || 887695 || Apple sets scene for 5G ‘for the rest of us’
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-ios-13-7-release-includes-covid-19-exposure-notification-express/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 24a03d || Apple's iOS 13.7 release includes COVID-19 'exposure notifications express'
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/apples-rumored-airpods-studio-may-have-a-lay-flat-storage-design/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || d1037d || Apple's rumored AirPods Studio may have a lay-flat storage design
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/buying-used-smartphones-preowned-refurbished-from-ebay-i-have-some-advice/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 7eeabc || Are refurbished eBay phones worth it? $650 later, I have some advice
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902152154.htm link] || 71d2f8 || Asphalt adds to air pollution, especially on hot, sunny days
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/asus-zenbooks-and-vivobooks-go-tiger-lake-all-the-way/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 1d9b19 || Asus ZenBooks and Vivobooks go 11th gen all the way
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/asus-zenfone-7-pro-flipping-cool-phone-but-youll-have-to-pay-for-it/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 7c6161 || Asus Zenfone 7 Pro is a flipping cool phone, but you'll have to pay for it
|-
| [https://threatpost.com/attackers-can-exploit-critical-cisco-jabber-flaw-with-one-message/158942/ link] || 7072b4 || Attackers Can Exploit Critical Cisco Jabber Flaw With One Message
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903114204.htm link] || c6b465 || Attacking tumors from the inside
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-tumours-identification.html link] || f262d8 || Attacking tumours directly on identification
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-australia-el-nios.html link] || 74a803 || Australia likely to experience up to 35% more El Niños under new projections
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903105557.htm link] || 8e826b || Autonomous robot plays with NanoLEGO
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-aviation-contributes-drivers-climate-stem.html link] || 636e3b || Aviation contributes 3.5% to the drivers of climate change that stem from humans
|-
| [https://threatpost.com/bec-wire-transfers-average-80k/158914/ link] || 1e1faf || BEC Wire Transfers Average $80K Per Attack
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903171445.htm link] || 433e5c || Battery-free Game Boy runs forever
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/beavers-bison-returning-beasts-rewilding-uk-200903114623054.html link] || 15ceca || Beavers, bison and returning beasts: Rewilding the UK
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-beavers-growth-brown-trout-south.html link] || bbc35f || Beavers appear to help the growth of brown trout in South America, study finds
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/between-us/2020/09/beirut-blast-chaos-200903044600746.html link] || c5f4af || Beirut Blast: In the Chaos
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902152143.htm link] || fe8189 || Bering Sea ice extent is at most reduced�state in last 5,500 years
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/best-4k-tv-for-2020-lg-vizio-samsung-and-tcl-compared/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || db965e || Best 4K TV for 2020: LG, Vizio, Samsung and TCL compared
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/best-airpods-accessories-in-2020/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 6fe6c2 || Best AirPods accessories for 2020
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/best-alexa-devices-to-buy-in-2020-ring-echo-and-more/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 34d7da || Best Alexa devices to buy in 2020: Ring, Echo and more
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-renewable-energy-threat-environment.html link] || e1b9b0 || Mining for renewable energy could be another threat to the environment
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-mite-extinctions-natural.html link] || 54e75e || Mite extinctions are occurring at least 1,000 times the 'natural' rate
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-nasa-noaa-satellite-hurricane-nana-landfall.html link] || 818988 || NASA-NOAA satellite catches Hurricane Nana making landfall under cover of night
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-nasa-noaa-satellite-tracking-typhoon-maysak.html link] || 4f65de || NASA-NOAA satellite tracking Typhoon Maysak's approach to landfall
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-nasa-formation-atlantic-record-breaking-15th.html link] || 5411b7 || NASA catches formation of Atlantic's record-breaking 15th tropical storm
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-nasa-eyes-typhoon-haishen-mile-wide.html link] || 351e27 || NASA eyes typhoon Haishen's 10 mile-wide eye
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-nasa-maysak-extra-tropical.html link] || d638cf || NASA finds Maysak becoming extra-tropical
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-nasa-tropical-storm-nana-caribbean.html link] || 0c1919 || NASA finds new Tropical Storm Nana strengthening in the Caribbean
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| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-birds.html link] || 2f76be || New study shows birds can learn from others to be more daring
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| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-audi-rs6-avant-rs-tribute-edition/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 6dd704 || This 2021 Audi RS6 Avant is a Nogaro Blue love letter to the old RS2
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/restomod-volvo-p1800-cyan/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || d06434 || This Volvo P1800 Cyan may be the best restomod ever
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/three-new-tiger-lake-powered-laptop-models-are-coming-from-acer/ link] || 9b3aeb || Three new Tiger Lake-powered laptop models are coming from Acer
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/three-stars-warped-rings-may-show-how-planets-end-up-moving-backwards/ link] || 465779 || Three stars, warped rings may show how planets end up moving backward
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/thursdays-best-deals-249-chromebook-35-outdoor-speaker-21-webcam-and-more/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || ca77d6 || Thursday's best deals: $249 Chromebook, $35 outdoor speaker, $21 webcam and more
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/tiger-king-joe-exotics-face-now-appears-on-a-cheeky-line-of-underwear/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || e8d871 || Tiger King Joe Exotic's face now appears on a cheeky line of underwear
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-ads-used-to-push-scams-about-apps-diet-pills-and-other-products-report-says/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 45e48e || TikTok ads have pushed scams about apps, diet pills, other products, report says
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-sale-could-be-announced-soon-report-says/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 853723 || TikTok sale could be announced soon, report says
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-stakeholder-is-organizing-bids-for-assets-in-india-report-says/ link] || 6b3086 || TikTok stakeholder is fielding bids for assets in India, per report
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-stakeholder-is-organizing-bids-for-assets-in-india-report-says/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || b337b4 || TikTok stakeholder is organizing bids for assets in India, report says
|-
| [https://hackaday.com/2020/09/01/tinysa-is-a-49-spectrum-analyzer/ link] || 246051 || TinySA is a $49 Spectrum Analyzer
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-tiny-biological-package-drug-heart.html link] || 9aa4d3 || Tiny biological package gets drug right to the 'heart' of transplant rejection
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903162041.htm link] || eef042 || To make a better sensor, just add noise
|-
| [https://www.computerworld.com/article/3199425/top-web-browsers-2020-firefox-ie-chrome-all-fall.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fnews%2Ffeed+%28Latest+from+Computerworld%29#tk.rss_all link] || c567ff || Top web browsers 2020: Firefox, IE, Chrome all fall
|-
| [https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/toward-covid-19-testing-any-time-anywhere-67906 link] || ae56ef || Toward COVID-19 Testing Any Time, Anywhere
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/self-driving-car-tests-locations-tracking-tool/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 2286da || Track self-driving car tests in your area with the latest internet tool
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/watch-the-trailer-for-new-netflix-series-on-tragic-challenger-explosion/ link] || 2d6fad || Trailer for Netflix series on Challenger explosion takes emotional look back
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903171443.htm link] || b8061c || Treatment for canine ocular condition using turmeric
|-
| [https://threatpost.com/triple-threat-cryptocurrency-rat-mines-steals-harvests/158906/ link] || 14f0b7 || Triple-Threat Cryptocurrency RAT Mines, Steals and Harvests
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/tropical-storm-omar-just-broke-an-atlantic-hurricane-season-record/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 6b6709 || Tropical Storm Omar just broke an Atlantic hurricane-season record
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903095637.htm link] || 9d1ecc || True size of prehistoric mega-shark finally revealed
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/trump-ban-on-chinese-drone-parts-risks-worsening-wildfires/ link] || 4f7e58 || Trump ban on Chinese drone parts risks worsening wildfires
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/trump-encourages-citizens-illegally-vote-200903132156769.html link] || 9466a7 || Trump encourages US citizens to illegally vote twice
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/trump-rows-comments-suggesting-americans-vote-200903164511447.html link] || 5a6549 || Trump rows back on comments suggesting Americans vote twice
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/tunisian-parliament-approves-government-year-200902064321246.html link] || 598827 || Tunisian Parliament approves third government in less than a year
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/twitter-confirms-india-pm-modi-personal-website-account-hacked-200903005959364.html link] || 276b8c || Twitter confirms India PM Modi's personal website account hacked
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-labels-trumps-tweets-for-encouraging-people-to-potentially-vote-twice/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || b32b7e || Twitter flags Trump's tweets for 'encouraging people to potentially vote twice'
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-koreas-high-typhoon-approaches-peninsula.html link] || 597a59 || Two Koreas on high alert as typhoon approaches peninsula
|-
| [https://threatpost.com/u-s-agencies-vulnerability-disclosure-policies-march-2021/158913/ link] || b96ebc || U.S. Agencies Must Adopt Vulnerability-Disclosure Policies by March 2021
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/partially-lifts-decades-arms-embargo-cyprus-200902080001348.html link] || f83228 || US partially lifts decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/join-global-effort-find-covid-19-vaccine-200901221946995.html link] || 55cea5 || US says it will not join global effort to find COVID-19 vaccine
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/pay-fees-coronavirus-spat-live-news-200902234002262.html link] || 1fa5fc || US says it will not pay WHO fees in coronavirus spat: Live news
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-unemployment-capture-covid-full-impact.html link] || 7ca40b || US unemployment data fail to capture COVID-19's full impact – here's how to fix it fast
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/pay-remaining-dues-trump-pulls-200902210814877.html link] || 5b4718 || US will not pay remaining dues to WHO after Trump pulls out
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/ubers-created-policies-to-protect-parents-and-caregivers-stuck-at-home-during-coronavirus/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 49be06 || Uber creates policies to protect parents, caregivers stuck at home during COVID-19
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-uncovering-acoustical-properties-stonehenge.html link] || b185dc || Uncovering the acoustical properties of Stonehenge
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-unmanned-aerial-vehicles-wheat-breeders.html link] || db0691 || Unmanned aerial vehicles help wheat breeders
|-
| [https://www.computerworld.com/article/3573242/using-low-code-platforms-to-learn-development-skills.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fnews%2Ffeed+%28Latest+from+Computerworld%29#tk.rss_all link] || 8366e8 || Using low code platforms to learn development skills
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902114453.htm link] || 555ce2 || Using tattoo ink to find cancer
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-value-added-tax-consumer-power.html link] || 61a444 || Value-added tax cuts do not increase consumer purchasing power
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-vega-rocket-french-guiana.html link] || eee5e3 || Vega rocket launches from French Guiana
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200901093412.htm link] || a832c1 || Venom from honeybees found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-and-dish-score-big-in-midband-5g-wireless-auction/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 09e9ea || Verizon and Dish score big in midband 5G wireless auction
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-engineers-work-to-secure-the-5g-network/ link] || 64147c || Verizon engineers are working to secure its 5G network
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-reveals-quantum-networking-trials/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 376e9c || Verizon reveals quantum networking trials
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902091108.htm link] || 9adeef || Virus in the blood can predict severe COVID-19, researchers find
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902082345.htm link] || 508e2a || Viruses could be harder to kill after adapting to warm environments
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902095126.htm link] || 43d83f || Viruses on glaciers highlight evolutionary mechanism to overcome host defenses
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/restomod-volvo-p1800-cyan/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 1ed91b || Volvo P1800 Cyan brings lots of joy
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/09/walmart-takes-aim-at-amazon-prime-launches-september-15/ link] || ca79e0 || Walmart+ takes aim at Amazon Prime, launches September 15
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/walmart-plus-targets-amazon-prime-with-cheaper-98-membership-fee/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 3c508d || Walmart Plus targets Amazon Prime with cheaper $98 membership fee
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/want-to-learn-python-we-found-5-online-coding-courses-for-beginners/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || bf3a03 || Want to learn Python? We found 5 online coding courses for beginners
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/warships-join-fight-put-blaze-oil-tanker-sri-lanka-200903173641622.html link] || 03bff7 || Warships join fight to put out blaze on oil tanker off Sri Lanka
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/wasteland-3-is-the-game-to-play-while-youre-waiting-for-other-games/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 1f636a || Wasteland 3 is the game to play while you're waiting for other games
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/watch-nasa-melt-sand-with-a-fiery-artemis-moon-mission-rocket-booster-test/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 8d225b || Watch NASA melt sand with a fiery Artemis moon-mission rocket booster test
|-
| [https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/watch-levitating-upside-down-boats-flip-law-buoyancy link] || e5b000 || Watch levitating upside-down boats flip the law of buoyancy
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/watch-the-trailer-for-new-netflix-series-on-tragic-challenger-explosion/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 51bcb3 || Watch the trailer for new Netflix series on tragic Challenger explosion
|-
| [https://www.computerworld.com/article/3545340/wayback-wednesday-for-my-next-trick.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fnews%2Ffeed+%28Latest+from+Computerworld%29#tk.rss_all link] || e97041 || Wayback Wednesday: For my next trick …
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-weapons-uk-officers-majority-police.html link] || e93d39 || Weapons not used by U.K. officers in majority of police incidents involving force, data suggests
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903075910.htm link] || 1f5736 || Wearable, portable invention offers options for treating antibiotic-resistant infections
|-
| [https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-weekly-diabetes-enzyme-discovery.html link] || 65926e || Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests
|-
| [https://www.propublica.org/article/what-can-mayors-do-when-the-police-stop-doing-their-jobs#988368 link] || ed040d || What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs?
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/infected-coronavirus-200210205212755.html link] || 8622ab || What happens if you catch the new coronavirus?
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2020/09/latest-sackings-saudi-arabia-royal-family-200902173341729.html link] || 605c5c || What is behind the sackings of Saudi royal family members?
|-
| [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/nerve-agent-novichok-200902170314989.html link] || 0c2a7b || What is the nerve agent Novichok?
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903095622.htm link] || 264ad9 || When doing good boosts health, well-being
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903145011.htm link] || b65511 || Who should get the COVID-19 vaccine first?
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/why-experts-are-overwhelmingly-skeptical-of-online-voting/ link] || 4ec2b0 || Why experts are overwhelmingly skeptical of online voting
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902131909.htm link] || dee5bd || Why naming neurons can help cure brain disease
|-
| [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53761632 link] || 6db4eb || Why there are so few black tech start-ups
|-
| [https://hackaday.com/2020/09/02/wiiboy-color-is-exactly-what-it-sounds-like/ link] || d04ad8 || WiiBoy Color Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-wildfires-minerals-clouds.html link] || e79679 || Wildfires produce minerals that freeze clouds
|-
| [https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-minute-covid-problems.html link] || 881c27 || Will the new 15-minute COVID-19 test solve US testing problems?
|-
| [https://www.computerworld.com/article/3199373/windows-by-the-numbers-no-dog-days-for-windows-10.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fnews%2Ffeed+%28Latest+from+Computerworld%29#tk.rss_all link] || 555431 || Windows by the numbers: No dog days for Windows 10
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-wool-like-material.html link] || e9e827 || Wool-like material can remember and change shape
|-
| [https://hackaday.com/2020/09/03/worlds-only-flying-twin-mustang-goes-on-sale/ link] || d5adb6 || World’s Only Flying Twin Mustang Goes On Sale
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-tv-adds-nfl-network-option-for-redzone-as-nfl-season-nears/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 5d237e || YouTube TV adds NFL Network, option for RedZone as NFL season nears
|-
| [http://nautil.us/blog/your-guide-to-the-many-meanings-of-quantum-mechanics?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication link] || 7fc3ac || Your Guide to the Many Meanings of Quantum Mechanics
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/zte-axon-20-5g-under-display-camera-buh-bye-notches-hole-punches/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || 499633 || ZTE Axon 20 5G has an under-display camera: Buh-bye, notches and hole punches
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/zte-announces-the-worlds-first-phone-with-a-behind-the-screen-camera/ link] || 4be575 || ZTE announces the world’s first phone with a behind-the-screen camera
|-
| [https://phys.org/news/2020-09-zimbabwe-dead-elephants-bacteria.html link] || e8d26e || Zimbabwe finds 10 more dead elephants, suspects bacteria
|-
| [https://www.cnet.com/news/zoom-expands-to-every-major-smart-display-as-coronavirus-keeps-us-home/#ftag=CAD590a51e link] || d78c30 || Zoom is taking over your Alexa, Google Assistant and Portal displays next
|-
| [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902114451.htm link] || cbdc63 || Zooming in on dark matter
|-
| [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/09/this-is-the-day-the-mandalorian-season-2-will-premiere-october-30/ link] || fa73bd || “This is the day”: Disney+ announces The Mandalorian season 2 premiere date
|}
<p>this page was autogenerated at 17:21:42, 4 September 2020by [[IRC:exec|exec]] irc bot. please don't manually edit this page</p>

Finances

2020-08-03T14:12:25Z

Martyb: Added "Balance Sheet" and "Profit and Loss" statements for 2019

Though all the day-to-day operations are completely handled by our volunteer staff in an ad-hoc nature, our official business entity [[SoylentNews_PBC|SoylentNews PBC]] technically makes financial decisions through the [[SoylentNews_PBC_Board_of_Directors|Board of Directors]] with their goal being the preservation of the 'public benefit' that this site entails.

SoylentNews operates on a fiscal year rather than a calendar year. We received word on July 4, 2014 that our articles of incorporation [https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/07/04/2326238 had been accepted and signed off]. Our first fiscal year (2014) ran from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

Below, for each ''Fiscal Year'' is a ''Profit and Loss Statement'' and a ''Balance Sheet'' for SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fiscal Year !! Balance Sheet !! Profit and Loss Statement
|-
| 2014 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2015 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2016 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2017 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2018 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2018_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2018_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2018_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2018_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2019 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2019_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2019_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2019_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2019_PL.pdf]]
|}

Below is a list of all of the funding goals that we have had to date with an explanation of the breakdown of each:

* [[Finances1|Q1/Q2 2015]]
* [[Finances2|Q3/Q4 2015]]
* [[Finances3|Q1/Q2 2016]]
* [[Finances4|Q3/Q4 2016]]
* [[Finances5|Q1/Q2 2017]]

Discussion of future spending outside the realm of hosting/domains/taxes can be found on the [[ProposedSpending|Proposed Spending]] page.

File:SoylentNews PBC 2019 PL.pdf

2020-08-03T14:08:51Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2019

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2019

File:SoylentNews PBC 2019 BS.pdf

2020-08-03T14:06:37Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2019

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2019

ZNC

2020-05-09T14:04:29Z

Martyb: Added link to the SoylentNews IRC page

SoylentNews runs its own IRC bouncer (ZNC) for staff use. (See the SoylentNews [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Page]] for background information on IRC and our SoylentNews IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server.)

== What is an IRC bouncer? ==
<p>An IRC bouncer is benign. It acts as your proxy to IRC servers of your choice, a concierge if you will. While you are away, the bouncer stays connected to all your IRC networks and channels as your representative then (optionally) tells you everything that went on while you were away.</p>
<p>Rather than your connection to an IRC server being client >> IRC server(s) it becomes client >> Bouncer >> IRC server(s). The nice thing is the bouncer never sleeps so Bouncer >> IRC server(s) is always maintained, the client can come and go at will. When you reconnect your IRC client to the Bouncer you can (optionally) get scrollback for all the channels you were in prior to your client disconnection.</p>

== What is ZNC? ==
ZNC is a popular IRC bouncer. See [http://wiki.znc.in/ZNC ZNC] Along with [http://www.psybnc.at/ psyBNC] these two are the most commonly used IRC Bouncers. psyBNC seems unmaintained right now unfortunately.

== ZNC Settings Inheritance ==
<p>As a user of ZNC you will find 3 levels of configuration options. Your Settings > Network Settings > Channel Settings.</p>
<p>Settings inherit from left to right in that list. i.e. if you check a module on in Your Settings it will be on in any Network or Channel you add. Hence if you are using ZNC to connect to multiple IRC networks, you probably want to keep Your Settings to a minimum and configure things on a per Network or Channel basis e.g. to be sane about the amount of scrollback you get on a busy Network or Channel. You can override this inheritance at any time by specifying details at the lower level.</p>
<p>n.b. If you use the chansaver module, you never need to bother with the Channel level stuff, chansaver remembers what channels you are in on any given network and maintains connection there, so there is no need to go to that level of granularity unless you really want to.</p>
<p>The following sections assume you will just be using the SN bouncer to connect to SN IRC, so a lot is placed into the top level settings. If you wish to connect to other Networks using the SN bouncer, you're free to do so, but note you will need to customise your nickserv settings at the Network level for each</p>

== Setting up ZNC - for Staff ==
<p>Assumptions at this point are that you have a SoylentNews IRC nick, have it registered with nickserv, have an irc client (rather than using the web interface) and are SN staff.. so let's get on with the nuts and bolts... </p>

=== Your Settings ===
* An IRC Admin will notify you of your ZNC username and initial password.
* Go to [https://irc.soylentnews.org:60000/ SN ZNC Web Interface] with a web browser and login with your shiny new ZNC credentials.
* Go to Your Settings in the right hand menu and change your password in the subsequent screen by populating the Password and Confirm password fields, scroll all the way down and hit Save.
* Probably want to go ahead and Logout & log back in with your new password at this point.
<p></p>
* Return to Your Settings and populate the IRC Information section (same kind of info you'd use in an IRC client).
* Scroll down to the Modules section - as a minimum you probably want chansaver and ctcpflood checked, you may want to check some of the others n.b. the name of each module is clickable to bring up a ZNC wiki page on what they each do.
* Further down the page still, in Flags - you probably want to check Prepend Timestamps - this prepends played back messages with their time/date on client reconnection after a time away.
* Nearly done - ZNC Behaviour section - probably want to set a Timezone there so replayed messages carry your localised time rather than UTC. You can also have some fun with CTCP replies. e.g.
<nowiki>CLIENTINFO No
FINGER Kinky
PING No
TIME No
USERINFO No
VERSION No
</nowiki>
* Finally... hit Save :)
<p></p>

=== Add the SN IRC Server as a Network ===
* First thing to note here - as soon as you hit Save in this part of the configuration, ZNC will attempt to connect as you, using your nickserv auth details, so it is imperative to drop your direct IRC Client connection before doing so.
* Go To Your Settings and hit the Add link in the Networks section. Name it Soylent for the purposes of this article... this comes in later.
* If you populated your SN IRC details at the Your Settings level you can leave much of this blank (inheritance remember). But feel free to populate the Top fields again if it satisfies an OCD itch.
* Make sure BindHost is set to ::1, Active: "Connect to IRC & automatically re-connect is checked, add ::1 +6697 in the "Servers of this IRC network:" box, set Flood Protection as you wish, it's self explanatory.
* Scroll down to Modules, at a minimum you will want chansaver, keepnick and nickserv checked. Copy / pasta your nickserv password into the box to the right of the nickserv checkbox so ZNC can authenticate as you.
* Disconnect your direct IRC Client > SN IRC server connection, then hit Save in the ZNC interface.
* All being well, at this point ZNC connects as you to the SN IRC server and sits amiably at the server channel only.

=== Connecting your IRC Client to the Bouncer ===
<p>This section is unspecific as it is client dependent, but it basically involves adding a new connection in your IRC client. It's just the usual stuff you would configure for any new IRC network you connect to. Below are the quirks for Hexchat.</p>
<nowiki>Servers tab: irc.soylentnews.org/60000
Check - Use SSL for all the servers on this network
Check - Accept invalid SSL certificates (self-signed cert) - Hexchat farts on self-signed certs.
Nick name: $YourZNCUserName$/Soylent (Obviously substitute your ZNC username in there)
User name: $YourZNCUserName$/Soylent (Obviously substitute your ZNC username in there)
Password: $Your ZNC passwd$
</nowiki>

* At this point you should be able to connect your IRC client to the new network you just setup and find it sitting in the server channel. If you got that far all you have to do is /j #channels to get the bouncer into your usual channels.

* Henceforth when you disconnect your client from the bouncer, the bouncer will will stay in channel for you (you can use the auto-away module if you want) and play back what went on in your abscence on re-connect.

* If you got this far, good work! It all slots into place once you have one network up and running. Now you are free to configure ZNC to your whims either by the web interface or by entering /znc while connected via the SN bouncer. You will get a PM from "status" - this article will not cover ZNC configuration via that method.

SoylentNews:IRC

2020-05-09T13:51:30Z

Martyb: Corrected capitalization of channel name "#Soylent"; other minor edits

SoylentNews has an IRC Channel at '''#Soylent on irc.soylentnews.org/6697'''

If you do not have an IRC client installed on your machine, you can use [http://chat.soylentnews.org/?channels=#Soylent Our webchat]

The IRC Team's main page: '''[[IRC|IRC Team]]''', and there is a [[IRCVision|page for the "vision" for our IRC server]].

Staff ZNC bouncer configuration stuff can be found here: [[ZNC|SN Staff ZNC Bouncer]]

== IRC Clients ==

First, you'll need to select an IRC client if you haven't already. You can use our own "web chat" called [http://chat.soylentnews.org/ IRIS] or you can use Mibbit, IRCCloud or another client which you'll have to install on your computer, here's a short list of clients that are compatible with multiple Operating Systems, I've left out links since they may get outdated.

* X-Chat (on Windows, you might wish to use HexChat, which is basically X-Chat);
* irssi
* kvirc
* quassel
* chatzilla (firefox extension)

== Configuring IRC Clients ==

If you're not using a web based client (e.g. mibbit, irccloud or our own iris) you'll need to configure your client. When you first start the client, it'll often show you a dialog in which you can set your nickname, username and real name (you can also fill in something random, if you prefer) and you'll be asked to select a server to connect to.

For the moment, SoylentNews IRC isn't in the default list, so you'll have to add it. Here is the information you can use:

Network name: SoylentNews IRC
Server: irc.soylentnews.org
Port: 6667 (without SSL) and 6697 (with SSL, be sure to tick the correct field)

When you first connect to our server, you might wish to join a channel, you can do so by entering: /join #Soylent [a channel name is prefixed with a hash mark (#)].

You can find a list of channels by entering: /list

=== Examples ===

Screenshots of setup in Xchat (HexChat should also have a similar interface):
<gallery>
File:Xchatconnect.png
File:Xchatnetworksetup.png
File:Xchatsetup.png
</gallery>

== Registering a nickname ==
It is strongly recommended that new users register their nickname with NickServ so that others can not use it. To do this you can use the following command:
<pre>/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <email-address></pre>
If you would like to have your IP Address/Hostname hidden from other users, you can go into the #help channel and ask about a cloak once you are logged into your NickServ account. An IRC staff member should be able to help you out.

== Useful links and tutorials ==
*[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial|Wikipedia's IRC Tutorial]] (this may be a little specific to Freenode and #wikipedia-* channels, but should still have some useful general information)
*[http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html Another tutorial on irchelp.org]
*[[IRCVision]] - Plans for SoylentNews's IRC network.

[[Category:IRC]]

IRC

2020-05-09T13:43:35Z

Martyb: channel name is capitalized, i.e.: "#Soylent"

Contact '''chat (at) soylentnews.org''' if you are interested in working on one of these projects. Also, the [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Page]] has information about getting started with IRC, and the [[IRCVision|IRC vision]] is worth checking out.

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoarewe />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[IRC|IRC Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:juggs|juggs]] (AKA Deucalion)
| Team leader
| UTC+1 (BST)
|-
| [[User:paulej72|paulej72]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
|}
<section end=whoarewe />

==Retired Members==
Former members of the IRC team that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[IRC|Former members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC+2 (CEST)
|-
| [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
| [[User:Landon|Landon]]
| Member
| ?
|-
|}

[[IRC links]]

==Current Projects==

===Chat bot (Python)===
* ELIZA module that uses Futurama personalities (to match the bot's current nick)
* Modify bot logging to match existing formats (mIRC preferably)

===Services (C)===
* Single sign on against the website (coordinate with NCommander)
* Get the web IRC to use the website's sessions to sign in

===Documentation===
* Quick-Start/How-to guide for staff members (.op .topic nickserv commands etc.)

===Misc bots===
* Anyone wanting to join existing bot development projects should contact the developer(s) noted below.

===IRC Games===
* NerdRPG

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:IRC]]

==Channels==

===Official channels===

* Unless otherwise noted, channels are NOT considered "safe for work"

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| #Soylent || General chat/lobby || All SoylentNews Staff
|-
| #staff || Public Staff channel - Everyone's welcome to join, but messages from non-voiced are only send to the ops in the channel || All SoylentNews Staff.
|-
| #editorial || The home of the SoylentNews editors, here you can volunteer for duty, report typo's & ask for submission tips and the like. || Editors & IRC Staff.
|-
| #dev || The home of and for developers that help develop our fork of SlashCode. || Development team & IRC staff.
|-
| #help || This is the IRC help channel, where IRC operators and others provide help and answer any questions related to IRC you may have. || IRC Staff.
|-
| #sysops || This is the Sysops homefront, where most of the magic happens. We maintain the servers and services. || Sysops & IRC Staff.
|-
| #wiki || This is the Wiki's channel, nothing much happens here except for a bot reporting our every edit on the wiki! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #irpg || This is our "nerdRPG"'s (our fork of idleRPG) channel, feel free to idle along! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #test || Main testing chambers, feel free to test anything in here (just be friendly & be considerate) || IRC Staff.
|}

===Private establishments (unofficial)===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! NSFW !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| ## || yes || mostly about bacon and stuff || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|-
| # || yes || the batcave; bot testing/borking, random chaos, exec's home || [[User:Alberto|Alberto]]
|-
| #derp || || aqu4bot's origin and the portal to Universe 2. Bring own peanut butter. || [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]]
|-
| #sublight || || Sublight's bot home ground || [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|-
| #rss-bot || no || various rss/atom feeds || [[User:juggs|juggs]]
|-
| #debug || no || bot error spew || [[User:chromas|chromas]]
|-
| #comments || yes || soylentnews.org comments feed || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|-
| #github || no || ~github-list repos push feed - checked every 5 mins || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|}

* NSFW = not safe for work / kids /family (contains adult themes and profanity)

==Bots==
There are a few bots lurking in the Soylent IRC channels besides the services mentioned above.<br />
Anyone wishing to develop bots should use #test or # for testing.<br />
Please avoid flooding in private establishments and official channels (except #test and #). The #debug channel is used by bots for public error reporting (if dumping errors to #debug, bots should ideally be set to not respond to commands in that channel to prevent race/infinite loop conditions).

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! nick !! channels !! triggers !! devs/ops/hosts !! source !! tasks !! usage/notes
|-
| [[Aqu4bot|aqu4]] ||
* #
* ##
* #Soylent
* #derp
* #test
||
* $
* aqu4:
||
* [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]] (dev/op)
|| http://github.com/Subsentient/aqu4bot ||
* Memos ($sticky)
* Messaging ($tell)
* Logging/user tracking
* Channel control (in #derp)
||
* $sr
* $seen
* $tell
* $help
* $burrito
|-
| [[IRC:Bender|Bender]] ||
* #Soylent
* ##
* #
||
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>
||
* [[User:paulej72|paulej72]] (op)
|| ||
* karma
* todo
||
* coffee++
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>whoup
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>todo stuff
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>uid
|-
| [[IRC:ciri|ciri]] ||
* #
|| ||
* [[User:arti|arti]]
|| ||
* Entertainment
||
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>decide yes "other stuff"
* 8ball (your question)
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>country (2 digit code) - country lookup.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>bin2dec <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>binary2decimal <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>decimal <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>dec2bin <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>decimal2binary <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>binary <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>calc <Equation> - Calculates a mathmatical equation.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>f2c <Fahrenheit> - Fahrenheit => Celsius.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>c2f <Celsius> - Celsius => Fahrenheit.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>ft2m <Feet> - Feet => Meters.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>m2ft <Meters> - Meters => Feet.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>mi2km <Miles> - Miles => Kilometers.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>km2mi <Kilometers> - Kilometers => Miles.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>lb2kgl <Pounds> - Pounds => Kilograms.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>kg2lb <Kilograms> - Kilograms => Pounds.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>word - word scramble game.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>idle - see who is idle.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>g (term) - google something.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>google (.countrycode) (term) - google something.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>google [.google.country.code] [define:|spell:]
* <search terms> <1+1> <1 cm in ft> <patent ##>
* <weather city|zip> <??? airport>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>images [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>groups [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>news [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>local [.google.country.code] <what> near <where>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>book [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>video [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>fight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>trans region@region <text>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>gamespot <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>gamefaqs <system> in <region>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>blog [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ebay [.ebay.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ebayfight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>wikipedia [.2-digit-country-code] <search terms>[#subtag]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>wikimedia [.www.wikisite.org[/wiki]] <search terms>[#subtag]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>locate <ip or hostmask>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>review <gamename> [@ <system>]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>torrent <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>best <system>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>worst <system>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>rgb2hex (r:XXX g:XXX b:XXX) - converts rgb value to hex.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>hex2rgb (XXXXXX) - converts hex color value to rgb.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>roll (1dX) - rolls a X sided die (1d4, 2d6).
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>disc - discworld quotes
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dict (word) - dictionary, word lookup via princeton.edu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dailymotion <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ign <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>myspace <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>trends [.google.country.code] <YYYY-MM-DD>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dawn - random dawn of war quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>bofh - random BOfH quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>duke - random duke nukem quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>coffee - order coffee for you or someone.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>coke - order coffee for you or someone.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>icecream - shows menu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>order (nick) (something) - shows menu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>pizza - shows menu.
|-
| [[IRC:exec|exec]] ||
* #
* #comments
* #debug
* #github
||
* ~
||
* [[User:cmn32480|cmn32480]] (op)
* [[User:Crutchy|crutchy]] (admin/dev)
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (admin)
|| http://sylnt.us/execsrc || ||
* SN comments feed (in #comments)
* GitHub events feed (in #github)
* refer to [[IRC:exec#Quick_start|quick start guide]]
|-
| [[IRC:Loggie|Loggie]] ||
* #Soylent
|| ||
* [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|| ||
* logging to logs.sylnt.us
||
* /invite Loggie
|-
| [[IRC:monopoly|systemd]] ||
* #
* #Soylent
||
* =
||
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (dev/op)
|| ||
* Nothing. It's dead inside.
||
|-
| [[IRC:NerdRPG|NerdRPG]] ||
* #irpg
|| || || ||
* outputs game data
||
|-
| [[IRC:MrPlow|MrPlow]] ||
* #Soylent
* #fite
* #test
||
* #
||
* [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|The Mighty Buzzard]] (dev/op)
|| ||
* Translate to Klingon
* Get help with commands
* Get local weather
* Set #weather location
* Get time/date/channel/message of the last time someone spoke
* Have a libertarian debate
* Instigate fites between users
||
* #bnk
* #fite
* #g
* #help
* #join
* #klingon
* #part
* #roll
* #sammich
* #sammichadd
* #seen
* #smake
* #smakeadd
* #socialist
* #submit
* #tell
* #weather
* #weatheradd
* #youtube
|-
| [[IRC:PlowKing|PlowKing]] || || ||
* [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|The Mighty Buzzard]] (dev/op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:Regurgitator|Regurgitator]] ||
* #rss-bot
* #soylent
||
* !rss
||
* [[User:juggs|juggs]] (op)
||
Eggdrop v1.8.0+fixbotnetloop http://www.egghelp.org/files.htm <br />
rss-synd v0.6 plugin https://github.com/eggtcl/rss-synd
||
* various rss / atom feeds
* logging only in #soylent for pisg stats
||
* #rss-bot !rss to see all feeds. !<feed> to see individual feed contents. Idle in channel to see all feeds.
* #soylent see pisg output here: http://stats.sylnt.us/pisg/index.html
|-
| [[SedBot]] || || ||
* [[User:FoobarBazbot|FoobarBazbot]] (dev/op)
|| https://github.com/FoobarBazbot/sedbot ||
* message correction
||
* s/old/new/
* nick: s/old/new/
|-
| [[IRC:tama|tama]] ||
* #
|| ||
* [[User:arti|arti]] (op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[WikiRC|WikiRC]] ||
* #wiki
|| ||
* [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
|| ||
* wiki events feed
||
|-
| [[IRC:exec|x]] ||
* #debug
* #crutchy
||
* ~
||
* [[User:Crutchy|crutchy]] (op/dev)
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (admin)
|| http://sylnt.us/execsrc || ||
* exec development
|}

===Bot projects / task ideas===

* [[IRCiv]] is currently under development for the exec bot and is intended to be a civilization-like building game played on IRC.
* a Soylent PBC board meeting assistant script is currently under development for the exec bot, intended for minute taking and publishing on the wiki. See [[IRC:exec#Meeting_assistant]] for more details.
* an IRC voting system. refer to [[IRC:exec#Proposed_IRC_voting_system]] for details.
* returning data from the SoylentNews using the [[ApiDocs|SlashCode API]]
* [[IRC:exec suggestions]]

[[Category:IRC]]

Finances

2020-03-07T20:30:33Z

Martyb:

Though all the day-to-day operations are completely handled by our volunteer staff in an ad-hoc nature, our official business entity [[SoylentNews_PBC|SoylentNews PBC]] technically makes financial decisions through the [[SoylentNews_PBC_Board_of_Directors|Board of Directors]] with their goal being the preservation of the 'public benefit' that this site entails.

SoylentNews operates on a fiscal year rather than a calendar year. We received word on July 4, 2014 that our articles of incorporation [https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/07/04/2326238 had been accepted and signed off]. Our first fiscal year (2014) ran from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

Below, for each ''Fiscal Year'' is a ''Profit and Loss Statement'' and a ''Balance Sheet'' for SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fiscal Year !! Balance Sheet !! Profit and Loss Statement
|-
| 2014 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2015 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2016 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2017 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2018 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2018_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2018_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2018_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2018_PL.pdf]]
|}

Below is a list of all of the funding goals that we have had to date with an explanation of the breakdown of each:

* [[Finances1|Q1/Q2 2015]]
* [[Finances2|Q3/Q4 2015]]
* [[Finances3|Q1/Q2 2016]]
* [[Finances4|Q3/Q4 2016]]
* [[Finances5|Q1/Q2 2017]]

Discussion of future spending outside the realm of hosting/domains/taxes can be found on the [[ProposedSpending|Proposed Spending]] page.

Finances

2020-03-05T12:07:01Z

Martyb: Changed incorrect references to Calendar Year to refer to Fiscal Year

Though all the day-to-day operations are completely handled by our volunteer staff in an ad-hoc nature, our official business entity [[SoylentNews_PBC|SoylentNews PBC]] technically makes financial decisions through the [[SoylentNews_PBC_Board_of_Directors|Board of Directors]] with their goal being the preservation of the 'public benefit' that this site entails.

SoylentNews' operates on a fiscal year rather than a calendar year. We received word on July 4, 2014 that our articles of incorporation [https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/07/04/2326238 had been accepted and signed off]. Our first fiscal year (2014) ran from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

Below, for each ''Fiscal Year'' is a ''Profit and Loss Statement'' and a ''Balance Sheet'' for SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Fiscal Year !! Balance Sheet !! Profit and Loss Statement
|-
| 2014 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2015 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2016 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2017 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2018 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2018_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2018_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2018_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2018_PL.pdf]]
|}

Below is a list of all of the funding goals that we have had to date with an explanation of the breakdown of each:

* [[Finances1|Q1/Q2 2015]]
* [[Finances2|Q3/Q4 2015]]
* [[Finances3|Q1/Q2 2016]]
* [[Finances4|Q3/Q4 2016]]
* [[Finances5|Q1/Q2 2017]]

Discussion of future spending outside the realm of hosting/domains/taxes can be found on the [[ProposedSpending|Proposed Spending]] page.

Finances

2020-03-05T03:34:20Z

Martyb: Added links to PDFs for 2018 Balance Sheet and 2018 Profit and Loss Statement

Though all the day-to-day operations are completely handled by our volunteer staff in an ad-hoc nature, our official business entity [[SoylentNews_PBC|SoylentNews PBC]] technically makes financial decisions through the [[SoylentNews_PBC_Board_of_Directors|Board of Directors]] with their goal being the preservation of the 'public benefit' that this site entails.

Below, for each ''Calendar Year'' is a ''Profit and Loss Statement'' and a ''Balance Sheet'' for SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Calendar Year !! Balance Sheet !! Profit and Loss Statement
|-
| 2014 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2015 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2016 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2017 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2018 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2018_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2018_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2018_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2018_PL.pdf]]
|}

Below is a list of all of the funding goals that we have had to date with an explanation of the breakdown of each:

* [[Finances1|Q1/Q2 2015]]
* [[Finances2|Q3/Q4 2015]]
* [[Finances3|Q1/Q2 2016]]
* [[Finances4|Q3/Q4 2016]]
* [[Finances5|Q1/Q2 2017]]

Discussion of future spending outside the realm of hosting/domains/taxes can be found on the [[ProposedSpending|Proposed Spending]] page.

Finances

2020-03-05T03:32:48Z

Martyb: Added links to PDFs for 2017 Balance Sheet and 2017 Profit and Loss Statement

Though all the day-to-day operations are completely handled by our volunteer staff in an ad-hoc nature, our official business entity [[SoylentNews_PBC|SoylentNews PBC]] technically makes financial decisions through the [[SoylentNews_PBC_Board_of_Directors|Board of Directors]] with their goal being the preservation of the 'public benefit' that this site entails.

Below, for each ''Calendar Year'' is a ''Profit and Loss Statement'' and a ''Balance Sheet'' for SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Calendar Year !! Balance Sheet !! Profit and Loss Statement
|-
| 2014 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2014_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2015 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2015_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2016 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2016_PL.pdf]]
|-
| 2017 || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_BS.pdf]] || [[File:SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf|SoylentNews_PBC_2017_PL.pdf]]
|}

Below is a list of all of the funding goals that we have had to date with an explanation of the breakdown of each:

* [[Finances1|Q1/Q2 2015]]
* [[Finances2|Q3/Q4 2015]]
* [[Finances3|Q1/Q2 2016]]
* [[Finances4|Q3/Q4 2016]]
* [[Finances5|Q1/Q2 2017]]

Discussion of future spending outside the realm of hosting/domains/taxes can be found on the [[ProposedSpending|Proposed Spending]] page.

Finances

2020-03-05T03:31:08Z

Martyb: Added links to PDFs for 2016 Balance Sheet and 2016 Profit and Loss Statement

File:SoylentNews PBC 2016 BS.pdf

2020-03-05T03:27:51Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2016

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2016

Finances

2020-03-05T03:25:36Z

Martyb: Added links to PDFs for 2015 Balance Sheet and 2015 Profit and Loss Statement

Finances

2020-03-05T03:22:05Z

Martyb: Added table with links to PDF files for Balance Sheet and for Profit and Loss Statements for Fiscal Year 2014

Finances

2020-03-05T03:05:47Z

Martyb: Adding Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statements

File:SoylentNews PBC 2015 BS.pdf

2020-03-05T02:45:26Z

Martyb: Martyb uploaded a new version of File:SoylentNews PBC 2015 BS.pdf

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2015

File:SoylentNews PBC 2014 BS.pdf

2020-03-05T02:39:02Z

Martyb: Martyb uploaded a new version of File:SoylentNews PBC 2014 BS.pdf

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2014

File:SoylentNews PBC 2014 BS.pdf

2020-03-05T02:36:29Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2014

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2014

File:SoylentNews PBC 2018 PL.pdf

2020-03-05T02:32:22Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2018

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2018

File:SoylentNews PBC 2017 PL.pdf

2020-03-05T02:31:57Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2017

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2017

File:SoylentNews PBC 2016 PL.pdf

2020-03-05T02:31:30Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2016

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2016

File:SoylentNews PBC 2015 PL.pdf

2020-03-05T02:30:51Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2015

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2015

File:SoylentNews PBC 2014 PL.pdf

2020-03-05T02:30:05Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2014

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Profit and Loss Statement for Fiscal Year 2014

File:SoylentNews PBC 2018 BS.pdf

2020-03-05T02:29:25Z

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SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2018

File:SoylentNews PBC 2017 BS.pdf

2020-03-05T02:28:57Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2017

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2017

File:SoylentNews PBC 2015 BS.pdf

2020-03-05T02:27:59Z

Martyb: SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2015

SoylentNews Public Benefit Corp Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2015

File:SoylentNews PBC 2015 Balance Sheet.pdf

2020-03-05T01:40:26Z

Martyb:

Editors

2020-02-18T23:04:26Z

Martyb: Moved charon and Xyem from Editing Editors to Retired Editors

The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
|-
| mrcoolbp
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| takyon
| editor
| ?
|-
| Fnord666
| Assistant Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| spiraldancing
| editor
| UTC+1 (CST/CET)
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have relinquished their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| charon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Xyem
| editor
| GMT
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

Editors

2020-02-18T22:54:48Z

Martyb: Moved charon and Xyem from Editing Editors to Retired Editors

The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
|-
| mrcoolbp
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| takyon
| editor
| ?
|-
| Fnord666
| Assistant Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| spiraldancing
| editor
| UTC+1 (CST/CET)
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| charon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Xyem
| editor
| GMT
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

Editors

2020-02-18T22:54:25Z

Martyb: Moved charon and Xyem from Editing Editors to Retired Editors

The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
|-
| mrcoolbp
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| takyon
| editor
| ?
|-
| Fnord666
| Assistant Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| spiraldancing
| editor
| UTC+1 (CST/CET)
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

Editors

2020-02-18T22:45:59Z

Martyb: Added entry for spiraldancing

The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
|-
| mrcoolbp
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| takyon
| editor
| ?
|-
| charon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Fnord666
| Assistant Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| Xyem
| editor
| GMT
|-
| spiraldancing
| editor
| UTC+1 (CST/CET)
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

EditorialHTML

2020-02-18T22:32:29Z

Martyb: Added example of blockquote usage. Changed to display as mono-spaced, "terminal" font. Arranged more like how a typical story would be laid out.

<p>The Following is a list of useful HTML elements (tags) for editing stories and commenting on SoylentNews:</p>

<tt><nowiki>
<p class="byline">$SUBMITTER writes:</p></nowiki><br><br><nowiki>

<a href="https:\\www.example.com\path\to\content.html">linktext</a></nowiki><br><br><nowiki>

<p>paragraph text</p></nowiki><br><br><nowiki>

<blockquote></nowiki><br><nowiki>
<p>Text to be quoted from a source document.</p></nowiki><br><nowiki>
<p>More quoted text.</p></nowiki><br><nowiki>
</blockquote></nowiki><br><br><nowiki>

</nowiki></tt>

See Also:
[https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash/blob/master/docs/slashtags.pod "Slashtags" manual]

Editing Process

2020-02-02T20:41:59Z

Martyb: Minor rephrasing

Parent: [[Editors|Editors Team]]

= Introduction =
The editing process describes those actions taken to edit a submission received from a community member into a suitable format for release as a story. Some of these actions are typical of any editing process (e.g. spell checking, reformatting etc) but other actions are less obvious, especially to the new or inexperienced editor. This section aims to assist those new to the editing process to find their feet and help them gain experience. However, there are probably as many ways to edit a submission as there are editors; this section only describes one method which has been proven over time to work but do not feel that you must follow this guide slavishly if you have a better system that works for you.

The standard of submission can vary greatly from a title and a single URL link, to a fully researched story which requires the minimum of effort on the part of the editor to prepare it for publication. Despite the Submission Guidelines, peoples' abilities differ and some are reluctant or unable to allocate sufficient time to fully prepare a submission. Nevertheless, it is the editor's responsibility to try to make a story out of what is given. In some cases this will prove to be impossible but, in the majority of instances, there will be enough to get the editor started although significantly more work will be necessary before a finished story is finally realised. Conversely, there may not be enough time for the editor to complete all the research necessary and (s)he must decide whether to hold the submission until sufficient time is available or delete the submission and move on to something more reasonable to work with.

= The Role of the Editor =

== Introduction ==
The role of the editor is not as simple to define as one might initially imagine. (S)he must, of course, change what might be a simple submission into a reportable story that will appeal to at least a portion of the community, but there are several other task functions that are equally as important. The final aim is to provide a story that is both interesting and thought provoking thus encouraging as many of the community to read it and, hopefully, contribute further by adding to the discussion about it. However, the editor is also responsible for upholding the standards of the site in general, probably far more than any other member of the team that is working hard to keep the site active. (S)he is frequently the interface between the site and the community, and will also bear the brunt of much of the comment from the community when things are not going as well as they should. So, the task then is to identify how this can best be achieved.

===Dos and Don'ts===
These are generally accepted best practices for editors.

'''Do:'''
* Check spelling and grammar
* Check links
* Check related stories for dupes

'''Don't:'''
* Post stories that you submitted
* Add an "editor's note" with your ''opinion'' (put ''that'' in the comments)
* Edit quoted material. [Unless doing so to provide clarity, making sure to surround any changed text with square brackets.]

== Accurate, Balanced and Impartial Reporting ==
The first requirement is for an editor to provide accurate reporting which is also balanced and impartial. While it is unreasonable to expect an editor not to have strong opinions on at least some of the story topics, (s)he must ensure that such views do not express themselves in the stories that (s)he edits. Not everyone will share the same views and it is important that the editor does not abuse his or her position by slanting a story in such a way as to demonstrate a bias. Of course, the editor can always join in the subsequent discussion once a story is released and can express his or her views there as they deem fit. Some of the submissions that are received do themselves express a particular view or bias and, if possible, the editor should endeavour to find other links that provide contrasting or opposing viewpoints and include them in the story.

== Filter Unwanted Material ==
Secondly, it is essential that each link in a submission is clicked and checked. This is important not only to ensure that the link is functional, but also to remove links to unwanted material such as political electioneering, pornography, blatent advertising (also known as 'slashvertisements') and off-topic items. Sometimes such links can be the result of an error but, more often than not, they are an intentional attempt by someone to try to defeat the editorial system and to successfully 'troll' the site. Usually, such material is submitted by an Anonymous Coward but it can also be as a result of a misguided attempt at humour by a recognised community member. All such links should be deleted. Remember that we aim to be a global site and, while we should not and cannot comply with the laws of every nation, religion, or regional group, material which is likely to be offensive and is irrelevant to the story should be removed.

== Simple Understandable Summary ==
Finally, aim to write simple, understandable English at all times. The topics that we write about are often complex and technical but by writing in an easy and simple style the editor can make the subject matter more understandable. Leave terse technical writings for the articles that the story links to - and if you can provide several links examining the same subject at differing levels of complexity then you are more likely to have at least one that will appeal to each member of the community.

== Submission Feedback ==

(this may no-longer be necessary) [[User:Mrcoolbp|mrcoolbp]] ([[User talk:Mrcoolbp|talk]]) 16:11, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

== When Things Go Wrong ==
From time to time the site will experience technical difficulties. If, because of a technical fault, the site is not publishing stories it is also likely that an editor will not be in a position to produce new stories. At such times the editorial team can divide itself into 2 specific roles. The first, and priority role, is to join the #soylent and #staff channels on IRC and act as the first point of contact with members of the community who wish to alert the team to the current problem and, more frequently, want to know when the site will return to normal operation. (This role is shared with other team members who are unable to continue with their own primary tasks). Rather than have each query from the community directed to the team that is trying to rectify the fault, the editorial team field these questions, provide answers when they are available, and act as a conduit between the community and the sys/dev teams such that they, in turn, are able to continue with their primary task of recovering the site. Any other spare editors can begin to collect new stories for eventual submission once the system is recovered.

= Preparing for Work =

The editing process revolves around 2 lists: the Submission List and the Story List. When you have received your editor permissions on the system, you will notice that whenever you log on to the site that you have an additional menu bar at the top of the page. I recommend that, if you have a browser that supports tabbed windows, you open 3 separate tabs. The first should be the Submission List, the second the Story List and the third the site front page.

Having the front page visible allows to you keep an eye on how the stories are being released. However, for the editing task it is not strictly necessary so you can omit it if you find it interferes with your work. You might also want to keep an eye on at least the #staff channel on IRC because any problems that arise will be flagged up on here in the first instance. Have the #editorial channel ready somewhere as well, if you can manage it. You will now realise that, for everything to work perfectly you need to keep an eye on mulitple windows. Often this is impractical - you simply have to do the best that you can. Ideally, there will be more than one editor active at any time so you can share the responsibilities between you. At other times you will be concentrating on one specific window and you will have to decide when to quickly shift to other displays to keep an eye on things. For the new or inexperienced editor - just concentrate on the editing task and leave others to take care of the rest. As you become more comfortable in your new role you will naturally develop the ability to switch around from time to time.

== Submission List ==

The Submission List is exactly what it says - it lists all the submissions that have been received but not yet processed into stories. The list is in chronological order with the oldest story at the top. Each submission has a number of fields associated with it. Currently (Mar 2014), they are:

* A comment field. This can be used by editors to keep notes on the story either for yourself or to inform other editors about something you might have discovered about the story (i.e. link not working, or a story that is best kept to be released at a specific time e.g. weekend or specific holiday)
* A drop-down list that allows a submission to be tagged as Back, Hold or Quik. [TODO Find out what they each mean/do]
* A drop-down list that allows selection of the Main Page or All Sections. [TODO Find out what they each mean/do]
* A selection box that enables each submission to be individually selected for a subsequent action to be applied.
* The date and time that the submission was received.
* The title provided by the submitter. Clicking this hyperlink selects the submission for editing.
* The nick of the submitter, his/her karma in brackets, and a contact email if it was provided.

Below the list of submissions are 5 buttons with the following labels and functions:

* Update - Updates the comment fields on each of the submissions whose selection box is ticked.
* Delete - Delete each submission whose selection box is ticked. Warning - this is permanent and immediate, care should be exercised when using the Delete function.
* Merge - Merge the selected submissions in to one story. This is useful when similar but not identical stories are submitted on a specific news item.
* Select All - Select all submissions.
* Select None - Deselect all submissions.

== Story List ==

[[File:StoriesList.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Stories List]]
The Story List is in reverse chronological order and shows stories that have been published or are waiting to be published. The display is colour-coded. When a story is released by, say Editor A, it will appear in the list according to the date and time specified during the editing process. It will appear in a yellow colour to Editor A, but to all other editors it will appear in red. This indicates that the story has only been seen by the originating editor and that it has not been checked by a second editor. Wherever possible, stories are to be seen by at least 2 editors before they reach their release time. Once a second editor (Editor B) has viewed it and pressed the 'Update' button the story colour code will change to green for all editors. The action of editing or checking a story is known as a 'Sign Off'. A story opened from the Story List will show the 'Sign Off' information on the screen on the right hand side of the display. In our example, the first sign off will be Editor A and the second sign off will be Editor B. There is no limit to the number of editors who can view a story or make corrections to it and a history of who has made changes will be maintained (but not what has been changed) in the Sign Off information. Stories that have been placed in the list but have been stopped from release are coloured grey.

The format of each line in the Story List is as follows:

* List Index. As the stories progress down the list their index number will change according to their relative position.
* Title. The title is not necessarily the same as that suggested by the submitter. An editor can change the title at any time during the editing process. The title is also a hyperlink which allows the story to be opened for further editing either before or after story release. This is useful when an error is discovered in a released story and it is felt that editing is necessary. However, changes should be done only when necessary because they could affect the meaning and usefulness of comments that have been made to the story by the community.
* Originating Editor.
* Topic. Stories can be allocated to one or more Topic groups. Only the first Topic group is displayed in the Story List.
* Nexus. Currently, all stories are released on the Main Page nexus however, it is possible for different nexuses to be used.
* Page Hits. [TODO Confirm this!]
* Comment Count. The count is only useful after the story has been released. It indicates the number of total comments but does not differentiate between good and bad comments.
* Release Date/Time.

= Editing the Submission =
== Initial Actions ==

The initial actions when editing a submission are:
* Open the submission in the editor by clicking the submission's title hyperlink.
* Check all links work, and that they point to a site relevant to the story. Remove links to political or pornographic material, off-topic items, and advertisments. Check the date of all links, ensuring that they point to current news and not to historic events/stories.
* Check if the story is a duplicate of one that has already been released. (N.b. there is more on this topic in the [//wiki.soylentnews.org/wiki/Editing_Process#Using_the_Submission_Editor Using the Submission Editor] below.)
* After removing unwanted links, re-check that the story remains of interest to the community.
* Assess if the story is time critical - for example, does it describe critical software updates, or announce significant and relevant breaking news? It it does, prepare the story as quickly as possible and save it in the story queue. If possible, have a second editor sign it off and then release it as quickly as practicable.
* Assess if there is sufficient material to process the submission now or whether it should wait until more time is available. Decide whether to leave the editor and mark the submission with an appropriate comment in the submission queue, begin editing the submission as a standard story, or to start the research.

== Using the Submission Editor ==

Whilst there is only one Submission Editor, it has 2 possible page layouts. When the editor is first opened, usually by clicking the hyperlink title on either the submissions list (for a new story) or the story page (to re-edit an existing story), the first page layout is invoked. We will call this display the Basic Editing Page (BEP), and it displays a subset of all the fields than can be edited. If you are editing a story from a submission, then you cannot move to the Main Editing Page (MEP) until the nexus and topic fields are completed. Currently, the nexus field usually displays "Main Page" as default because this is the only nexus in use. The topic field next to it, however, has no default setting and it is essential to select a topic before you are able to move to the MEP by pressing the 'Preview' button.

=== Basic Editing Page (BEP) ===

The purpose of the BEP is to display enough information for the editor to assess whether the submission is worth processing into a full story. The links can be tested and their content checked, the summary can be reformatted and unprintable Unicode characters can be edited to something more suitable for the slashcode to manage. The submission can be discarded at this point. However, assuming that you are happy with everything so far, press the 'Preview' button and it will change the display to the MEP.

=== Main Editing Page (MEP) ===

[[File:EditorInterface.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Main Editing Panel 'ToolTips']]

The MEP allows the editing of <u>all</u> data. I recommend that you use the MEP as much as possible.

==== Story Display ====

The top portion of the MEP page displays the story as would currently appear if released at this point. Unless you are fortunate, there are likely to be layout, spelling or grammatical structure changes required - and in some cases all three! As a guide, use the layout described in the [[Story_Style|Story Style]] chapter in the Editors' Documentation wherever possible but, from time to time, you will have a submission that doesn't fall neatly into the usual style. Do your best to make it readable and clear while following the style guidelines as closely as you can. Having said all that, the Story Display is not directly editable - it will be necessary to use the 'Intro Copy' and possibly the 'Extended Copy' fields further down the page to modify the text. We will cover these fields in more detail in a moment.

==== Similar / Duplicate Story Detection ====

Below the story display is a small field designed to show similar stories to the one currently being edited. While this can be useful, take care not to rely upon it as a foolproof method of checking if your current submission is a duplicate. It will sometimes show stories that are superficially similar but might actually be very different in content, or it will fail to find a genuine duplicate because the structure and grammar chosen in the original story are significantly different from that which you are currently editing.

==== The Display Enable Line ====

Despite the title of this line, only one element on it is actually there to enable a story to be displayed - but it is so important that I have chosen to name this line as I have.
The first two buttons on this line are labelled 'Save' and 'Preview'. This pair of buttons is repeated in several locations on the page but they always fulfill the same function. The 'Preview' button reformats the display to show any changes that the editor has made so far, and the 'Save' button tells the editor that you have finished editing the submission and have accepted it as a story. The system will then transfer the story to the Story List, remove the submission that you have been editing from the Submission List, and finally display a modified copy of the Story List. It is important to recognise that this is a modified copy because it exhibits an unfortunate characteristic that is not shared by the usual Story List. If you refresh the page of a modified Story List, it will insert the same story, at the same release time into the main Story List i.e. you will have 2 identical stories both queued for release at the same time which cannot be deleted. However, all is not lost. At the right hand end of the Display Enable Line is a checkbox, labelled 'Display', which usually defaults to being ticked. This ticked box indicates that, once the story is placed into the main Story List, it will be released at the time that has been allocated to it. If you can recall the colour coding system described in paragraph describing the Story List earlier on this page, the story will initially be coloured yellow for the submitting editor and red for all others. If this box is unticked, it will prevent the story from being released and the colour coding scheme will turn it to grey. If you have accidentally placed 2 copies of the same story in to the Story List, select one of them and bring it into the editor, deselect the 'Display' checkbox, and save the story again. The second, duplicate story will not be released. This is an important function and one that you would do well to remember - any story can be stopped from being published by deselecting the 'Display' checkbox before its release time.

==== Topics ====

Each submission must be allocated to a nexus and one or more topics. Currently, there is only 1 nexus - 'The Main Page'. For technical reasons, each nexus should be hosted on its own server and, as Soylent News only has 1 primary server (with backups) then it is limited to one nexus. At a later date, it might be decided to add further nexuses (e.g. 'Nerd Cinema','Mobile Devices' or whatever). However, there are multiple topics (e.g. Business, Hardware, OS, Software etc) and a submission might fit into more than one topic area. It is strongly recommended that, in most instances, only the one most appropriate topic is allocated but, on occasion it might be sensible to select a second and, very rarely, a third.

The selected nexus and topics is shown in a single list with label embedded within it. Immediately to the right of the list are 4 symbols: an up pointer, a delete cross, an addition cross and a down pointer. The two pointers are for moving the order of topics in the list so that the most important one is displayed higher in the list than any others. Because only a single topic is used for the majority of stories the up and down pointer are not frequently used.

The delete cross will delete the currently highlighted nexus or topic. As only a single nexus in use ('The Main Page') there is little to be gained by deleting this nexus, particularly as the software will not let the submission complete the editing process with the nexus field left empty. However, an editor might choose to change the most appropriate topic and so might delete the topic currently displayed in the list.

The addition cross opens a second window called the Select Topics tree. Highlight the desired topic and then press the 'Add' button at the bottom os the Select Topics window. This can be repeated for several topics but, as discussed earlier, is usually limited to one and on occasion perhaps 2 or rarely 3 topics. There are several other buttons at the bottom of the Select Topics window but their usage is self-explanatory and will not be described here.

==== Title ====

Each story must have a title. The character length of the title is 100 chars but, at various point in the submission process, there appears to be an arbitrary limit enforced on the title length of 85 characters. [This appears to be a bug - it is being investigated] The title should clearly explain the essence of the story and is printed in Title Case. For full details of what is and is not acceptable, see the section on Editorial Style.

==== Department (Dept) ====

The Dept field is an opportunity for the editor to inject a witty or pithy comment appropriate to the Title and content of the submission. It is not always appropriate and there is no compulsion for it to be used at all. If nothing is entered into this field it simply does not display when the story is published. It should not be used to express the editor's personal point of view. The best way to gain a feel for how this field is used is to simply go through previous stories. The contents of the field should be all lower case. The system will insert 'from the' before the contents of the Dept field and 'dept' after. It will also automatically replace whitespace with a dash (-). E.g 'this is an example' would appear on publication as 'from the this-is-an-example dept'.

==== Author ====

If you are the first author to work on this submission then your nick should already appear in the left-hand selector box. If not, then select it manually. Most stories are published to elicit comments from the community but, for them to be able to do so, the Comments Enabled option has to be selected in the middle selector box. However, there are other options that have specialised uses and an alternative can be selected if it is more appropriate. This would be a fairly rare occurrence. The right-hand field is an editable text box which contains the date and time (UTC) that the story will be released. It will have a default time within the next 30 minutes or so and this is rarely appropriate. Check on the stories page that another editor has not released a different story since you started the editing process and decide the release time for the submission that you are processing. Remember to change the '''date''' portion if you are releasing a story after midnight on the current day.

It is possible to create Polls i.e. give the community a list of options for which they are able to vote, and these options are immediately below the fields discussed in the previous paragraph. As I have not currently used this facility I will not explain it any further here yet.

Below the Poll options are 2 selector buttons and a link. The link is invaluable. When you have made major changes to a submission it is possible to lose sight of what the original submission looked like. By using the 'submission' link you can open a BEP with the original unchanged submission within it. Be careful that you do not end up editing 2 different copies of the same submission which is easily done, and difficult to recover from without having to completely redo the submission again from scratch.

==== The Story ====

Having gone through all the controls, options and selections detailed above we finally arrive at the point of the entire process - the story itself. A submission might only be a few words or, if you are lucky, a few hundred words. But the story that the editor crafts from the submission might run into a thousand words or more. While this is uncommon, it does happen frequently enough that procedures have been created to help manage and display the story to maximum effect.

Currently, the editing of the story itself is carried out using a subset of Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML). The editor is rudimentary and the process is error prone. Until an editor becomes proficient at the editing process, (s)he should work slowly and methodically through the story while previewing progress at regular intervals. Do NOT attempt to edit as quickly as more experienced editors, nor fall into the trap of thinking that you are not working hard enough. Most editors would prefer one or 2 well edited stories a day rather than 10 that required substantial reworking during the release checking process, or worse, risked incorrect information being published to the community. Errors will occur naturally and every editor will experience them, but inducing additional errors by undue haste is counter-productive to the entire editorial team. That said, you will make errors - accept this fact, try to learn from each error, and move on.

Every story is capable of being divided into 2 separate portions. The Intro Copy which is essential for every story, and the Extended Copy, which is only used for longer stories. There is no practical physical limit on the size of the Intro Copy but, for presentational purposes and to enable a reader to grasp the essential points that are being made, it is usually kept as concise as possible while maintaining readability and comprehensively covering the essential points. It should be possible to read the Intro Copy as a stand-alone document, understand the basic thrust and outcome of the story, and move on if no further detail is wanted.

Immediately below the Intro Copy editing window are 2 buttons marked initially 'save' and 'preview'. Pressing the 'preview' button will redraw the entire web page that you are working in and show you what your editing so far would look like if released as a story. Use the 'preview' button frequently, especially for checking layout, that the links point to the web pages that you expect them to, and that you are meeting the requirements of the Intro Copy with regards to content. When you have inspected your work so far, return down the page to the Intro Copy window again and place your cursor inside the window. Check that all the red underlined words are corrected for spelling or are correct abbreviations that the dictionary has simply not recognised. Do '''not''' correct source material. If the source web page or document says something - that is how it will be published. As an editor you can decide whether it is a simple spelling mistake (in which case put '[sic]' immediately after the error). Do not correct English dialect differences. As long as the summary is consistently written in US-English or UK-English, it is correct. Do not change the spelling of source material to suit your own particular dictionary. If, for example, the material is published in UK English, changing words to US English (or vice versa) can significantly change the meaning of what is being said. You edit the summary - not the source material. For other errors an Editor's Note is probably more appropriate.

If, by the end of the Intro Copy editing process there is nothing more to be said, then the document is complete and ready for publication. Quickly check the stories page to make sure that no one else has published a story while you have been editing (if so - change your timings, leave the published story untouched). If you are finished then press the 'save' button and it should present you with a modified story list. Remember that this is the 'modified' story list and has special properties which make it rather dangerous. If you renew this page, say, by pressing the F5 key in your browser, a second copy of your story at the exact same time of release will be inserted into the list. One of the copies will then have to be disabled. I recommend that you simply check that the timings for you story are as you expected and then close this window. You can then move to the Story Window that you have had open throughout the editing process, click 'stories' at the top of the page to update it, and your story will be displayed.

However, if you have more detail that you think some people will want to read but that might not be of interest to everybody, or simply information that you could not reasonably insert into the Intro Copy, then you use Extended Copy field just below. There is no additional headers or selections, it is simply a way of extending the story except that the contents of the Extended Copy window are not displayed immediately on the main website page but are accessed by the reader selecting 'Read More' from the bottom line of the story display. This conveniently solves the problem of keeping the main page full of short, concise stories but enables longer and more detailed stories to be seen by those who wish to read them. Editing the Extended Copy text is identical to editing the Intro Copy and the use of the 'preview' and 'save' buttons remain the same. If there is text in the Extended Copy field, the system will add '[Continues...]' to the end of the Intro Copy field to show that there is more to the summary when it displays on the main page. You should not add '[Continues...]' manually because there will be two instances.

It is possible to include text from a file into a summary or to attach media links - neither of these are used at present by the site and, for now, their usage can be ignored.

Editing Process

2020-02-02T20:36:15Z

Martyb: Fixed a couple of typos.

Parent: [[Editors|Editors Team]]

= Introduction =
The editing process describes those actions taken to edit a submission received from a community member into a suitable format for release as a story. Some of these actions are typical of any editing process (e.g. spell checking, reformatting etc) but other actions are less obvious, especially to the new or inexperienced editor. This section aims to assist those new to the editing process to find their feet and help them gain experience. However, there are probably as many ways to edit a submission as there are editors; this section only describes one method which has been proven over time to work but do not feel that you must follow this guide slavishly if you have a better system that works for you.

The standard of submission can vary greatly from a title and a single URL link, to a fully researched story which requires the minimum of effort on the part of the editor to prepare it for publication. Despite the Submission Guidelines, peoples' abilities differ and some are reluctant or unable to allocate sufficient time to fully prepare a submission. Nevertheless, it is the editor's responsibility to try to make a story out of what is given. In some cases this will prove to be impossible but, in the majority of instances, there will be enough to get the editor started although significantly more work will be necessary before a finished story is finally realised. Conversely, there may not be enough time for the editor to complete all the research necessary and (s)he must decide whether to hold the submission until sufficient time is available or delete the submission and move on to something more reasonable to work with.

= The Role of the Editor =

== Introduction ==
The role of the editor is not as simple to define as one might initially imagine. (S)he must, of course, change what might be a simple submission into a reportable story that will appeal to at least a portion of the community, but there are several other task functions that are equally as important. The final aim is to provide a story that is both interesting and thought provoking thus encouraging as many of the community to read it and, hopefully, contribute further by adding to the discussion about it. However, the editor is also responsible for upholding the standards of the site in general, probably far more than any other member of the team that is working hard to keep the site active. (S)he is frequently the interface between the site and the community, and will also bear the brunt of much of the comment from the community when things are not going as well as they should. So, the task then is to identify how this can best be achieved.

===Dos and Don'ts===
These are generally accepted best practices for editors.

'''Do:'''
* Check spelling and grammar
* Check links
* Check related stories for dupes

'''Don't:'''
* Post stories that you submitted
* Add an "editor's note" with your opinion (put that in the comments)
* Edit quoted material. [Unless doing so to provide clarity, using square brackets]

== Accurate, Balanced and Impartial Reporting ==
The first requirement is for an editor to provide accurate reporting which is also balanced and impartial. While it is unreasonable to expect an editor not to have strong opinions on at least some of the story topics, (s)he must ensure that such views do not express themselves in the stories that (s)he edits. Not everyone will share the same views and it is important that the editor does not abuse his or her position by slanting a story in such a way as to demonstrate a bias. Of course, the editor can always join in the subsequent discussion once a story is released and can express his or her views there as they deem fit. Some of the submissions that are received do themselves express a particular view or bias and, if possible, the editor should endeavour to find other links that provide contrasting or opposing viewpoints and include them in the story.

== Filter Unwanted Material ==
Secondly, it is essential that each link in a submission is clicked and checked. This is important not only to ensure that the link is functional, but also to remove links to unwanted material such as political electioneering, pornography, blatent advertising (also known as 'slashvertisements') and off-topic items. Sometimes such links can be the result of an error but, more often than not, they are an intentional attempt by someone to try to defeat the editorial system and to successfully 'troll' the site. Usually, such material is submitted by an Anonymous Coward but it can also be as a result of a misguided attempt at humour by a recognised community member. All such links should be deleted. Remember that we aim to be a global site and, while we should not and cannot comply with the laws of every nation, religion, or regional group, material which is likely to be offensive and is irrelevant to the story should be removed.

== Simple Understandable Summary ==
Finally, aim to write simple, understandable English at all times. The topics that we write about are often complex and technical but by writing in an easy and simple style the editor can make the subject matter more understandable. Leave terse technical writings for the articles that the story links to - and if you can provide several links examining the same subject at differing levels of complexity then you are more likely to have at least one that will appeal to each member of the community.

== Submission Feedback ==

(this may no-longer be necessary) [[User:Mrcoolbp|mrcoolbp]] ([[User talk:Mrcoolbp|talk]]) 16:11, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

== When Things Go Wrong ==
From time to time the site will experience technical difficulties. If, because of a technical fault, the site is not publishing stories it is also likely that an editor will not be in a position to produce new stories. At such times the editorial team can divide itself into 2 specific roles. The first, and priority role, is to join the #soylent and #staff channels on IRC and act as the first point of contact with members of the community who wish to alert the team to the current problem and, more frequently, want to know when the site will return to normal operation. (This role is shared with other team members who are unable to continue with their own primary tasks). Rather than have each query from the community directed to the team that is trying to rectify the fault, the editorial team field these questions, provide answers when they are available, and act as a conduit between the community and the sys/dev teams such that they, in turn, are able to continue with their primary task of recovering the site. Any other spare editors can begin to collect new stories for eventual submission once the system is recovered.

= Preparing for Work =

The editing process revolves around 2 lists: the Submission List and the Story List. When you have received your editor permissions on the system, you will notice that whenever you log on to the site that you have an additional menu bar at the top of the page. I recommend that, if you have a browser that supports tabbed windows, you open 3 separate tabs. The first should be the Submission List, the second the Story List and the third the site front page.

Having the front page visible allows to you keep an eye on how the stories are being released. However, for the editing task it is not strictly necessary so you can omit it if you find it interferes with your work. You might also want to keep an eye on at least the #staff channel on IRC because any problems that arise will be flagged up on here in the first instance. Have the #editorial channel ready somewhere as well, if you can manage it. You will now realise that, for everything to work perfectly you need to keep an eye on mulitple windows. Often this is impractical - you simply have to do the best that you can. Ideally, there will be more than one editor active at any time so you can share the responsibilities between you. At other times you will be concentrating on one specific window and you will have to decide when to quickly shift to other displays to keep an eye on things. For the new or inexperienced editor - just concentrate on the editing task and leave others to take care of the rest. As you become more comfortable in your new role you will naturally develop the ability to switch around from time to time.

== Submission List ==

The Submission List is exactly what it says - it lists all the submissions that have been received but not yet processed into stories. The list is in chronological order with the oldest story at the top. Each submission has a number of fields associated with it. Currently (Mar 2014), they are:

* A comment field. This can be used by editors to keep notes on the story either for yourself or to inform other editors about something you might have discovered about the story (i.e. link not working, or a story that is best kept to be released at a specific time e.g. weekend or specific holiday)
* A drop-down list that allows a submission to be tagged as Back, Hold or Quik. [TODO Find out what they each mean/do]
* A drop-down list that allows selection of the Main Page or All Sections. [TODO Find out what they each mean/do]
* A selection box that enables each submission to be individually selected for a subsequent action to be applied.
* The date and time that the submission was received.
* The title provided by the submitter. Clicking this hyperlink selects the submission for editing.
* The nick of the submitter, his/her karma in brackets, and a contact email if it was provided.

Below the list of submissions are 5 buttons with the following labels and functions:

* Update - Updates the comment fields on each of the submissions whose selection box is ticked.
* Delete - Delete each submission whose selection box is ticked. Warning - this is permanent and immediate, care should be exercised when using the Delete function.
* Merge - Merge the selected submissions in to one story. This is useful when similar but not identical stories are submitted on a specific news item.
* Select All - Select all submissions.
* Select None - Deselect all submissions.

== Story List ==

[[File:StoriesList.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Stories List]]
The Story List is in reverse chronological order and shows stories that have been published or are waiting to be published. The display is colour-coded. When a story is released by, say Editor A, it will appear in the list according to the date and time specified during the editing process. It will appear in a yellow colour to Editor A, but to all other editors it will appear in red. This indicates that the story has only been seen by the originating editor and that it has not been checked by a second editor. Wherever possible, stories are to be seen by at least 2 editors before they reach their release time. Once a second editor (Editor B) has viewed it and pressed the 'Update' button the story colour code will change to green for all editors. The action of editing or checking a story is known as a 'Sign Off'. A story opened from the Story List will show the 'Sign Off' information on the screen on the right hand side of the display. In our example, the first sign off will be Editor A and the second sign off will be Editor B. There is no limit to the number of editors who can view a story or make corrections to it and a history of who has made changes will be maintained (but not what has been changed) in the Sign Off information. Stories that have been placed in the list but have been stopped from release are coloured grey.

The format of each line in the Story List is as follows:

* List Index. As the stories progress down the list their index number will change according to their relative position.
* Title. The title is not necessarily the same as that suggested by the submitter. An editor can change the title at any time during the editing process. The title is also a hyperlink which allows the story to be opened for further editing either before or after story release. This is useful when an error is discovered in a released story and it is felt that editing is necessary. However, changes should be done only when necessary because they could affect the meaning and usefulness of comments that have been made to the story by the community.
* Originating Editor.
* Topic. Stories can be allocated to one or more Topic groups. Only the first Topic group is displayed in the Story List.
* Nexus. Currently, all stories are released on the Main Page nexus however, it is possible for different nexuses to be used.
* Page Hits. [TODO Confirm this!]
* Comment Count. The count is only useful after the story has been released. It indicates the number of total comments but does not differentiate between good and bad comments.
* Release Date/Time.

= Editing the Submission =
== Initial Actions ==

The initial actions when editing a submission are:
* Open the submission in the editor by clicking the submission's title hyperlink.
* Check all links work, and that they point to a site relevant to the story. Remove links to political or pornographic material, off-topic items, and advertisments. Check the date of all links, ensuring that they point to current news and not to historic events/stories.
* Check if the story is a duplicate of one that has already been released. (N.b. there is more on this topic in the [//wiki.soylentnews.org/wiki/Editing_Process#Using_the_Submission_Editor Using the Submission Editor] below.)
* After removing unwanted links, re-check that the story remains of interest to the community.
* Assess if the story is time critical - for example, does it describe critical software updates, or announce significant and relevant breaking news? It it does, prepare the story as quickly as possible and save it in the story queue. If possible, have a second editor sign it off and then release it as quickly as practicable.
* Assess if there is sufficient material to process the submission now or whether it should wait until more time is available. Decide whether to leave the editor and mark the submission with an appropriate comment in the submission queue, begin editing the submission as a standard story, or to start the research.

== Using the Submission Editor ==

Whilst there is only one Submission Editor, it has 2 possible page layouts. When the editor is first opened, usually by clicking the hyperlink title on either the submissions list (for a new story) or the story page (to re-edit an existing story), the first page layout is invoked. We will call this display the Basic Editing Page (BEP), and it displays a subset of all the fields than can be edited. If you are editing a story from a submission, then you cannot move to the Main Editing Page (MEP) until the nexus and topic fields are completed. Currently, the nexus field usually displays "Main Page" as default because this is the only nexus in use. The topic field next to it, however, has no default setting and it is essential to select a topic before you are able to move to the MEP by pressing the 'Preview' button.

=== Basic Editing Page (BEP) ===

The purpose of the BEP is to display enough information for the editor to assess whether the submission is worth processing into a full story. The links can be tested and their content checked, the summary can be reformatted and unprintable Unicode characters can be edited to something more suitable for the slashcode to manage. The submission can be discarded at this point. However, assuming that you are happy with everything so far, press the 'Preview' button and it will change the display to the MEP.

=== Main Editing Page (MEP) ===

[[File:EditorInterface.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Main Editing Panel 'ToolTips']]

The MEP allows the editing of <u>all</u> data. I recommend that you use the MEP as much as possible.

==== Story Display ====

The top portion of the MEP page displays the story as would currently appear if released at this point. Unless you are fortunate, there are likely to be layout, spelling or grammatical structure changes required - and in some cases all three! As a guide, use the layout described in the [[Story_Style|Story Style]] chapter in the Editors' Documentation wherever possible but, from time to time, you will have a submission that doesn't fall neatly into the usual style. Do your best to make it readable and clear while following the style guidelines as closely as you can. Having said all that, the Story Display is not directly editable - it will be necessary to use the 'Intro Copy' and possibly the 'Extended Copy' fields further down the page to modify the text. We will cover these fields in more detail in a moment.

==== Similar / Duplicate Story Detection ====

Below the story display is a small field designed to show similar stories to the one currently being edited. While this can be useful, take care not to rely upon it as a foolproof method of checking if your current submission is a duplicate. It will sometimes show stories that are superficially similar but might actually be very different in content, or it will fail to find a genuine duplicate because the structure and grammar chosen in the original story are significantly different from that which you are currently editing.

==== The Display Enable Line ====

Despite the title of this line, only one element on it is actually there to enable a story to be displayed - but it is so important that I have chosen to name this line as I have.
The first two buttons on this line are labelled 'Save' and 'Preview'. This pair of buttons is repeated in several locations on the page but they always fulfill the same function. The 'Preview' button reformats the display to show any changes that the editor has made so far, and the 'Save' button tells the editor that you have finished editing the submission and have accepted it as a story. The system will then transfer the story to the Story List, remove the submission that you have been editing from the Submission List, and finally display a modified copy of the Story List. It is important to recognise that this is a modified copy because it exhibits an unfortunate characteristic that is not shared by the usual Story List. If you refresh the page of a modified Story List, it will insert the same story, at the same release time into the main Story List i.e. you will have 2 identical stories both queued for release at the same time which cannot be deleted. However, all is not lost. At the right hand end of the Display Enable Line is a checkbox, labelled 'Display', which usually defaults to being ticked. This ticked box indicates that, once the story is placed into the main Story List, it will be released at the time that has been allocated to it. If you can recall the colour coding system described in paragraph describing the Story List earlier on this page, the story will initially be coloured yellow for the submitting editor and red for all others. If this box is unticked, it will prevent the story from being released and the colour coding scheme will turn it to grey. If you have accidentally placed 2 copies of the same story in to the Story List, select one of them and bring it into the editor, deselect the 'Display' checkbox, and save the story again. The second, duplicate story will not be released. This is an important function and one that you would do well to remember - any story can be stopped from being published by deselecting the 'Display' checkbox before its release time.

==== Topics ====

Each submission must be allocated to a nexus and one or more topics. Currently, there is only 1 nexus - 'The Main Page'. For technical reasons, each nexus should be hosted on its own server and, as Soylent News only has 1 primary server (with backups) then it is limited to one nexus. At a later date, it might be decided to add further nexuses (e.g. 'Nerd Cinema','Mobile Devices' or whatever). However, there are multiple topics (e.g. Business, Hardware, OS, Software etc) and a submission might fit into more than one topic area. It is strongly recommended that, in most instances, only the one most appropriate topic is allocated but, on occasion it might be sensible to select a second and, very rarely, a third.

The selected nexus and topics is shown in a single list with label embedded within it. Immediately to the right of the list are 4 symbols: an up pointer, a delete cross, an addition cross and a down pointer. The two pointers are for moving the order of topics in the list so that the most important one is displayed higher in the list than any others. Because only a single topic is used for the majority of stories the up and down pointer are not frequently used.

The delete cross will delete the currently highlighted nexus or topic. As only a single nexus in use ('The Main Page') there is little to be gained by deleting this nexus, particularly as the software will not let the submission complete the editing process with the nexus field left empty. However, an editor might choose to change the most appropriate topic and so might delete the topic currently displayed in the list.

The addition cross opens a second window called the Select Topics tree. Highlight the desired topic and then press the 'Add' button at the bottom os the Select Topics window. This can be repeated for several topics but, as discussed earlier, is usually limited to one and on occasion perhaps 2 or rarely 3 topics. There are several other buttons at the bottom of the Select Topics window but their usage is self-explanatory and will not be described here.

==== Title ====

Each story must have a title. The character length of the title is 100 chars but, at various point in the submission process, there appears to be an arbitrary limit enforced on the title length of 85 characters. [This appears to be a bug - it is being investigated] The title should clearly explain the essence of the story and is printed in Title Case. For full details of what is and is not acceptable, see the section on Editorial Style.

==== Department (Dept) ====

The Dept field is an opportunity for the editor to inject a witty or pithy comment appropriate to the Title and content of the submission. It is not always appropriate and there is no compulsion for it to be used at all. If nothing is entered into this field it simply does not display when the story is published. It should not be used to express the editor's personal point of view. The best way to gain a feel for how this field is used is to simply go through previous stories. The contents of the field should be all lower case. The system will insert 'from the' before the contents of the Dept field and 'dept' after. It will also automatically replace whitespace with a dash (-). E.g 'this is an example' would appear on publication as 'from the this-is-an-example dept'.

==== Author ====

If you are the first author to work on this submission then your nick should already appear in the left-hand selector box. If not, then select it manually. Most stories are published to elicit comments from the community but, for them to be able to do so, the Comments Enabled option has to be selected in the middle selector box. However, there are other options that have specialised uses and an alternative can be selected if it is more appropriate. This would be a fairly rare occurrence. The right-hand field is an editable text box which contains the date and time (UTC) that the story will be released. It will have a default time within the next 30 minutes or so and this is rarely appropriate. Check on the stories page that another editor has not released a different story since you started the editing process and decide the release time for the submission that you are processing. Remember to change the '''date''' portion if you are releasing a story after midnight on the current day.

It is possible to create Polls i.e. give the community a list of options for which they are able to vote, and these options are immediately below the fields discussed in the previous paragraph. As I have not currently used this facility I will not explain it any further here yet.

Below the Poll options are 2 selector buttons and a link. The link is invaluable. When you have made major changes to a submission it is possible to lose sight of what the original submission looked like. By using the 'submission' link you can open a BEP with the original unchanged submission within it. Be careful that you do not end up editing 2 different copies of the same submission which is easily done, and difficult to recover from without having to completely redo the submission again from scratch.

==== The Story ====

Having gone through all the controls, options and selections detailed above we finally arrive at the point of the entire process - the story itself. A submission might only be a few words or, if you are lucky, a few hundred words. But the story that the editor crafts from the submission might run into a thousand words or more. While this is uncommon, it does happen frequently enough that procedures have been created to help manage and display the story to maximum effect.

Currently, the editing of the story itself is carried out using a subset of Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML). The editor is rudimentary and the process is error prone. Until an editor becomes proficient at the editing process, (s)he should work slowly and methodically through the story while previewing progress at regular intervals. Do NOT attempt to edit as quickly as more experienced editors, nor fall into the trap of thinking that you are not working hard enough. Most editors would prefer one or 2 well edited stories a day rather than 10 that required substantial reworking during the release checking process, or worse, risked incorrect information being published to the community. Errors will occur naturally and every editor will experience them, but inducing additional errors by undue haste is counter-productive to the entire editorial team. That said, you will make errors - accept this fact, try to learn from each error, and move on.

Every story is capable of being divided into 2 separate portions. The Intro Copy which is essential for every story, and the Extended Copy, which is only used for longer stories. There is no practical physical limit on the size of the Intro Copy but, for presentational purposes and to enable a reader to grasp the essential points that are being made, it is usually kept as concise as possible while maintaining readability and comprehensively covering the essential points. It should be possible to read the Intro Copy as a stand-alone document, understand the basic thrust and outcome of the story, and move on if no further detail is wanted.

Immediately below the Intro Copy editing window are 2 buttons marked initially 'save' and 'preview'. Pressing the 'preview' button will redraw the entire web page that you are working in and show you what your editing so far would look like if released as a story. Use the 'preview' button frequently, especially for checking layout, that the links point to the web pages that you expect them to, and that you are meeting the requirements of the Intro Copy with regards to content. When you have inspected your work so far, return down the page to the Intro Copy window again and place your cursor inside the window. Check that all the red underlined words are corrected for spelling or are correct abbreviations that the dictionary has simply not recognised. Do '''not''' correct source material. If the source web page or document says something - that is how it will be published. As an editor you can decide whether it is a simple spelling mistake (in which case put '[sic]' immediately after the error). Do not correct English dialect differences. As long as the summary is consistently written in US-English or UK-English, it is correct. Do not change the spelling of source material to suit your own particular dictionary. If, for example, the material is published in UK English, changing words to US English (or vice versa) can significantly change the meaning of what is being said. You edit the summary - not the source material. For other errors an Editor's Note is probably more appropriate.

If, by the end of the Intro Copy editing process there is nothing more to be said, then the document is complete and ready for publication. Quickly check the stories page to make sure that no one else has published a story while you have been editing (if so - change your timings, leave the published story untouched). If you are finished then press the 'save' button and it should present you with a modified story list. Remember that this is the 'modified' story list and has special properties which make it rather dangerous. If you renew this page, say, by pressing the F5 key in your browser, a second copy of your story at the exact same time of release will be inserted into the list. One of the copies will then have to be disabled. I recommend that you simply check that the timings for you story are as you expected and then close this window. You can then move to the Story Window that you have had open throughout the editing process, click 'stories' at the top of the page to update it, and your story will be displayed.

However, if you have more detail that you think some people will want to read but that might not be of interest to everybody, or simply information that you could not reasonably insert into the Intro Copy, then you use Extended Copy field just below. There is no additional headers or selections, it is simply a way of extending the story except that the contents of the Extended Copy window are not displayed immediately on the main website page but are accessed by the reader selecting 'Read More' from the bottom line of the story display. This conveniently solves the problem of keeping the main page full of short, concise stories but enables longer and more detailed stories to be seen by those who wish to read them. Editing the Extended Copy text is identical to editing the Intro Copy and the use of the 'preview' and 'save' buttons remain the same. If there is text in the Extended Copy field, the system will add '[Continues...]' to the end of the Intro Copy field to show that there is more to the summary when it displays on the main page. You should not add '[Continues...]' manually because there will be two instances.

It is possible to include text from a file into a summary or to attach media links - neither of these are used at present by the site and, for now, their usage can be ignored.

Story Style

2019-10-18T01:41:07Z

Martyb: /* Quotations */

Note: Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. Let this be a collection of information on which we english-speakers (typers?) agree.

Parent: [[Editors|Editors Team]]

=What is a Manual of Style=

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

=Why a Manual of Style?=

As we develop our own unique process, this will inform on common editor practices, and help guide new editors to the conventions that have been established thus far.

=Story Structure=

Stories begin with:<br>
*"[$submitter] writes:"<br>
*or "[$submitter] informs us of [a link]" (when the submission contains little or no summary)<br>
The colon and structure signifies the following text is the summary, and quotes are '''not''' necessary surrounding the entire text. [$submitter] should be a link to their site profile if available. The next component should be a summary of the article with in-line links, and any direct quotes from the article(s) using quotation marks normally. HTML formatting should use <nowiki><p> and </p> tags. Block-quoting is done with the <blockquote> and </blockquote></nowiki> tags.<br>
<br>Example:

<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;
white-space: -pre-wrap;
white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
word-wrap: break-word;">
<nowiki>
<p><a href="http://soylentnews.org/~soylent+bob/">Soylent Bob</a> writes:</p>

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla ac porta nibh. "Quisque adipiscing sem 'nisi', sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in", says Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Nulla facilisi:</p>

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

<p>Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget.</p>

<p>[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]</p>
</nowiki>
</pre>

=US/UK Spelling=

The site is endeavouring not to be a US-centric site, and by doing so wishes to encourage members, casual-readers and interest from english-speakers around the world. As the dialects of English differ between the US and many other English speaking regions, it is essential that the site remains inclusive to all but provides clearly written stories that are easily understandable. Each submission contains 2 essentially different elements at the most basic level: the linked source material and the summary (TFS).

== Linked Material ==

The linked material (the information source) must be in English but can be in '''any''' English dialect. It is reported exactly as printed to remove the possibility of an editor changing the meaning accidentally. Having two or more linked sources in different English dialects is acceptable.

== Summary ==

The summary can be written in any commonly-used English dialect but must be consistent throughout. Other than quoted material (which is always quoted exactly as written) only one dialect can be used throughout the summary. Mixing US and UK spelling, for example, in a single summary is unacceptable. It does not have to be written in the same dialect as the source material - indeed, if there are 2 different sources it might be impossible to do so.

=Headline Capitalization=

# Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g. "'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA."
# Function words are:
## Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
## Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
## Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
## Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
## The copula ("the verb <i>to be</i>"), e.g. is, am, and are.
# But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma, and it reduces ambiguity. Its usefulness is often illustrated with the (non-Oxford-Comma-conforming) phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God," as this sentence reads that the parents in question are actually "Ayn Rand and God". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma#Ambiguity (wikipedia reference)].

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Betteridge's Law explains: Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- <i>no</i>. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news. This should be avoided whenever possible. Note: this axiom naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-prefixed questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in "s" does <i>not</i> require an additional "s", e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form <i>it's</i> is a contraction of <i>it is</i>. The word <i>its</i>, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun <i>it</i>. This can be easily remembered by comparing the other third person pronouns: <i>he's</i> has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of <i>he</i> and <i>is</i>, whereas <i>his</i> never has one. The same also applies to <i>hers</i> and <i>she's</i>.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Stranded Prepositions=
# The use of adverbs between the word <i>to</i> and its following infinitive is allowed, e.g. <i>to boldly go</i> is just as acceptable as <i>boldly, to go</i> and <i>to go boldly</i>.

=Weasel Words=
Weasel words include a variety of terms that can mislead and and deceive readers. Examples include use of: non sequitur statements, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_voice passive voice], vague expressions (e.g. "some people think," and "experts agree"), and adverbs that weaken a statement through ambiguity (e.g. "probably").

=Source Needed=

=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. <i>Planet of the Apes</i> instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in <i>Soylent Green</i>."

=Quotations=
Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks. Example:
: "Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese," says NASA.
Instead of:
: "Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese", says NASA.
<br>
Punctuation should follow the format of presented material, even if it differs from source material. Example:
: "Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese," says NASA.
Source material:
: "Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese."
<br>
Exception: make no insertion of punctuation within quotation marks when providing text to be literally entered into a computer. Example:
: Enter this URL into your web browser's address bar: <nowiki>"https://soylentnews.org/"</nowiki>; be sure to enter the "s" in "https"!

=Editor's Notes=
Editor's notes should be used sparingly. They should never be used to add the editor's opinion, that can be done as a comment on the story. One accepted case would be in notifying readers that a story was updated or changed, or informing the readers of important information ex: [Editor's Note: The live-stream appears to be inaccessible at this time.]

Editor's notes can also be used to link to previous stories on the subject or related subjects, where adding the links to the story would be obtrusive or change the submission drastically.

[[Category:Editorial team]]

Story Style

2019-10-18T01:40:32Z

Martyb: /* Quotations */

Note: Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. Let this be a collection of information on which we english-speakers (typers?) agree.

Parent: [[Editors|Editors Team]]

=What is a Manual of Style=

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

=Why a Manual of Style?=

As we develop our own unique process, this will inform on common editor practices, and help guide new editors to the conventions that have been established thus far.

=Story Structure=

Stories begin with:<br>
*"[$submitter] writes:"<br>
*or "[$submitter] informs us of [a link]" (when the submission contains little or no summary)<br>
The colon and structure signifies the following text is the summary, and quotes are '''not''' necessary surrounding the entire text. [$submitter] should be a link to their site profile if available. The next component should be a summary of the article with in-line links, and any direct quotes from the article(s) using quotation marks normally. HTML formatting should use <nowiki><p> and </p> tags. Block-quoting is done with the <blockquote> and </blockquote></nowiki> tags.<br>
<br>Example:

<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;
white-space: -pre-wrap;
white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
word-wrap: break-word;">
<nowiki>
<p><a href="http://soylentnews.org/~soylent+bob/">Soylent Bob</a> writes:</p>

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla ac porta nibh. "Quisque adipiscing sem 'nisi', sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in", says Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Nulla facilisi:</p>

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

<p>Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget.</p>

<p>[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]</p>
</nowiki>
</pre>

=US/UK Spelling=

The site is endeavouring not to be a US-centric site, and by doing so wishes to encourage members, casual-readers and interest from english-speakers around the world. As the dialects of English differ between the US and many other English speaking regions, it is essential that the site remains inclusive to all but provides clearly written stories that are easily understandable. Each submission contains 2 essentially different elements at the most basic level: the linked source material and the summary (TFS).

== Linked Material ==

The linked material (the information source) must be in English but can be in '''any''' English dialect. It is reported exactly as printed to remove the possibility of an editor changing the meaning accidentally. Having two or more linked sources in different English dialects is acceptable.

== Summary ==

The summary can be written in any commonly-used English dialect but must be consistent throughout. Other than quoted material (which is always quoted exactly as written) only one dialect can be used throughout the summary. Mixing US and UK spelling, for example, in a single summary is unacceptable. It does not have to be written in the same dialect as the source material - indeed, if there are 2 different sources it might be impossible to do so.

=Headline Capitalization=

# Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g. "'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA."
# Function words are:
## Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
## Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
## Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
## Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
## The copula ("the verb <i>to be</i>"), e.g. is, am, and are.
# But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma, and it reduces ambiguity. Its usefulness is often illustrated with the (non-Oxford-Comma-conforming) phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God," as this sentence reads that the parents in question are actually "Ayn Rand and God". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma#Ambiguity (wikipedia reference)].

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Betteridge's Law explains: Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- <i>no</i>. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news. This should be avoided whenever possible. Note: this axiom naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-prefixed questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in "s" does <i>not</i> require an additional "s", e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form <i>it's</i> is a contraction of <i>it is</i>. The word <i>its</i>, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun <i>it</i>. This can be easily remembered by comparing the other third person pronouns: <i>he's</i> has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of <i>he</i> and <i>is</i>, whereas <i>his</i> never has one. The same also applies to <i>hers</i> and <i>she's</i>.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Stranded Prepositions=
# The use of adverbs between the word <i>to</i> and its following infinitive is allowed, e.g. <i>to boldly go</i> is just as acceptable as <i>boldly, to go</i> and <i>to go boldly</i>.

=Weasel Words=
Weasel words include a variety of terms that can mislead and and deceive readers. Examples include use of: non sequitur statements, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_voice passive voice], vague expressions (e.g. "some people think," and "experts agree"), and adverbs that weaken a statement through ambiguity (e.g. "probably").

=Source Needed=

=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. <i>Planet of the Apes</i> instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in <i>Soylent Green</i>."

=Quotations=
Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks. Example:
: "Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese," says NASA.
Instead of:
: "Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese", says NASA.
<br>
Punctuation should follow the format of presented material, even if it differs from source material. Example:
: "Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese," says NASA.
Source material:
: "Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese."
Exception: make no insertion of punctuation within quotation marks when providing text to be literally entered into a computer. Example:
: Enter this URL into your web browser's address bar: <nowiki>"https://soylentnews.org/"</nowiki>; be sure to enter the "s" in "https"!

=Editor's Notes=
Editor's notes should be used sparingly. They should never be used to add the editor's opinion, that can be done as a comment on the story. One accepted case would be in notifying readers that a story was updated or changed, or informing the readers of important information ex: [Editor's Note: The live-stream appears to be inaccessible at this time.]

Editor's notes can also be used to link to previous stories on the subject or related subjects, where adding the links to the story would be obtrusive or change the submission drastically.

[[Category:Editorial team]]

Editors

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The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
|-
| mrcoolbp
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| takyon
| editor
| ?
|-
| charon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Fnord666
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| Xyem
| editor
| GMT
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

Editors

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The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
|-
| mrcoolbp
| Editor-in-Chief
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| takyon
| editor
| ?
|-
| charon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Fnord666
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| Xyem
| editor
| GMT
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

SoylentNews

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This is a home for information about how '''[http://soylentnews.org SoylentNews.org]''' was started, and the vision for it.

==About SoylentNews.org==

Welcome to the '''[http://soylentnews.org SoylentNews.org]''' Wiki.

We deliver community-sourced news and discussion. This is an, grassroots effort powered by article submissions from our readers, volunteers, and our forked version of [https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode slashcode] called [https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash 'Rehash']. We highlight stories on the web which are important to everyone - especially nerds. We also provide a soapbox for discussion moderated by the site's patrons, and allow anonymous discourse as there's no mandatory registration needed to comment.

We are mindful of community sentiment, and will not bend to overreaching corporate agenda. The goal is to be an excellent source for discussion and news about technology, art, science and politics.

We've incorporated as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation (similar to a non-profit) as we feel our mission to provide a platform for news dissemination and relevant discussion is not only essential for mankind, but also a legal right (i.e. freedom of press, freedom of speech) in some places, and these are liberties which we aim to protect.

Though the site is young and there are [https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash/issues bugs], we are improving and adapting to satisfy the community's needs. We look forward to pushing the boundaries of web experience and are committed to involving the community on all major decisions.

==Get Involved==

This project is run entirely by the community and there are many ways to contribute. Here are some of the many ways to participate:

*'''[http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl Submit a Story]'''
** Try joining the #rss-bot channel in [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC]] for story ideas
*'''Volunteer'''
** Get in touch with the '''[[Development|Development Team]]''', especially if you know perl
** Reach out to one of the other '''[[TeamPages|Teams]]''' (we have openings for many skill sets)
** Contact the relevant person: '''[[WhosWho| Who's Who?]]'''
*Hop on to '''IRC:'''
** #Soylent on irc.soylentnews.org/6697
** [https://chat.soylentnews.org/ Webchat]
** [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Wiki Page]]
*'''Bugs''' and Features:
** [https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash/issues/new Submit a bug or Feature Request]
** [[Suggestions|Add a Suggestion]] - larger projects to tackle for the future
*'''Tell Somebody''' A friend, a colleague, any major news source....
** Do what you can to [[Spreading the word|get the word out]]
** You could participate in [[The_Slashcott|The Slashcott]]

==Contacts==

A list of people working on this project:
===[[WhosWho| Who's Who?]]===

== Useful Links ==

*[[Submission guidelines]] - best practices for story submissions
*[[Story Style]] - a guide for editors on article formatting
*[[Development]] team page
**[https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash Code Repo] - The Slashcode fork repository for this project on GitHub
** <strike>[[DevelopmentVMHowto]] - How to get our code setup in a VM</strike>
** [[SlashDocumentationIndex]]
*[[UserExperience]] team page
**[[Style]] - some of this info needs to be merged/moved/organized into/with [[UserExperience]]
**[[CssWork]]
* [[SystemAdministration|System Administration]]
*[[Finances]] - Breakdown of our proposed spending
*[[Licensing]] - ideas about which license to use for our slashcode fork
*[[Staff_Meetings|Staff Meeting Logs]]
*[[SoylentNews_PBC|SoylentNews PBC]]
*[[SoylentNews_Site_Policy|SoylentNews Policy]]

== Similar Projects ==
* [http://pipedot.org/ Pipedot] - A complete re-write that uses a modern codebase and sports a clean look
* Usenet newsgroup comp.misc - [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.misc on Google Groups], [http://squte.com/ on Squte], [news:comp.misc via newsreader application]
* [http://technocrat.net/ Technocrat] - (now defunt) News site presented by Bruce Perens

== Archive ==

[[Archive]] -- An archive of obsolete pages/discussions that occurred before launch

SoylentNews:IRC

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SoylentNews has an IRC Channel at '''#soylent on irc.soylentnews.org/6697'''

If you do not have an IRC client installed on your machine, you can use [http://chat.soylentnews.org/?channels=#soylent Our webchat]

The IRC Team's main page: '''[[IRC|IRC Team]]''', and there is a [[IRCVision|page for the "vision" for our IRC server]].

Staff ZNC bouncer configuration stuff can be found here: [[ZNC|SN Staff ZNC Bouncer]]

== IRC Clients ==

First, you'll need to select an IRC client if you haven't already. You can use our own "web chat" called [http://chat.soylentnews.org/ IRIS] or you can use Mibbit, IRCCloud or another client which you'll have to install on your computer, here's a short list of clients that are compatible with multiple Operating Systems, I've left out links since they may get outdated.

* X-Chat (on Windows, you might wish to use HexChat, which is basically X-Chat);
* irssi
* kvirc
* quassel
* chatzilla (firefox extension)

== Configuring IRC Clients ==

If you're not using a web based client (e.g. mibbit, irccloud or our own iris) you'll need to configure your client. When you first start the client, it'll often show you a dialog in which you can set your nickname, username and real name (you can also fill in something random, if you prefer) and you'll be asked to select a server to connect to.

For the moment, SoylentNews IRC isn't in the default list, so you'll have to add it. Here is the information you can use:

Network name: SoylentNews IRC
Server: irc.soylentnews.org
Port: 6667 (without SSL) and 6697 (with SSL, be sure to tick the correct field)

When you first connect to our server, you might wish to join a channel, you can do so by entering: /join #Soylent [channels are prefixed with a hash mark (#)].

You can find a list of channels by entering: /list

=== Examples ===

Screenshots of setup in Xchat (Hexchat should also have a similar interface):
<gallery>
File:Xchatconnect.png
File:Xchatnetworksetup.png
File:Xchatsetup.png
</gallery>

== Registering a nickname ==
It is strongly recommended that new users register their nickname with NickServ so that others can not use it. To do this you can use the following command:
<pre>/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <email-address></pre>
If you would like to have your IP Address/Hostname hidden from other users, you can go into the #help channel and ask about a cloak once you are logged into your NickServ account. An IRC staff member should be able to help you out.

== Useful links and tutorials ==
*[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial|Wikipedia's IRC Tutorial]] (this may be a little specific to Freenode and #wikipedia-* channels, but should still have some useful general information)
*[http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html Another tutorial on irchelp.org]
*[[IRCVision]] - Plans for SoylentNews's IRC network.

[[Category:IRC]]

Style

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'''''Style is made up of many things.'''''
== Subpages ==
*[[Style:WishList|Wish List and Identified Problems]] - Look here for something to work on.
*[[Style:Resources|Resources]] - References and reading list.
*[[Style:Art|Art]] - Artwork links and discussion
*[[Style:UI_Design|User Interface Design]] - Discussion and definitions for UI design
*[[Style:Color|Site overall color]] - Explanation of how the site's color / colour should be chosen and some points on colour perception.
*[[Style:Typography|Typography ]] - Font choice, spacing and markup.
*Testing

== The Project ==
===Description===
"Style" is a project concerned with how the website and ''other aspects of the project'' look, feel and function. Our aim is to produce the slickest, best looking, easy to use user experience whilst preserving all the functionality that the community puts into place. Our areas of work closely integrate with those of #Dev:
*Graphic Design
*UI Design
*Artwork
*Heuristics and Usability
*CSS / HTML

===Scope===

To guide the development of the site with respect to:
<ul>
<li>'''Heuristics:''' the workflow of the site needs to be intuitive and efficient. The user should need to perform a minimum of actions to achieve each task, and the steps should be intuitive. Our task is to define these workflows, assess the performance of them on the site and direct changes accordingly.</li>
<li>'''Appearance:''' the site should reach the best possible standards of visual appeal, subject to its main purpose of article presentation and peer review. Our task is to develop a set of user interface guidelines to guide developers, including placement of elements, font selection graphical styles.</li>
<li>'''User Experience:''' the final arbiter of the success of our work is the community. Our task is to assess the quality of our work by monitoring the usage of website elements, studying user workflow patterns and giving the community the opportunity to give feedback on style related matters.</li>
</ul>

===Basic Plan===
*'''Site Reskin''' - We are now at the phase of designing / planning a reskin of the project's user interface. The implementation phase of this task will become feasible once dependencies are met:
** The site name needs to be finalized as this could significantly impact the style of the user interface and visual appearance. A name change is potentially a direction change.
** CSS needs to be easily edited and modified to meet the user interface specifications
** The site needs to be able to fully and easily function '''without Javascript'''
** Javascript components must be carefully implemented to facilitate the function of the site with graceful fallback at all times
** Agreement on the final skin needs to be made with the PTB's of the overall project.

===Members and Roles===
<ul>
<li>FrogBlast - Art / Graphics Design</li>
<li>Others - if your name does not appear here, mail us: style (at) soylentnews.org
</ul>

===Recruiting===
We are interested in people wanting to help who have skills in:
<ul>
<li><b>Graphic design</b> - for critical appraisal, or assistance in the art department.</li>
<li><b>User interface design</b></li>
<li><b>Mobile app development</b></li>
</ul>

===Contact===
<p>
style (at) soylentnews.org
or
'#style' on irc.soylentnews.org

</p>

==Work in Progress==
===Handheld Devices===
*Hand-held devices (eg: up to 7 inch screen device) are usually held in portrait mode for reading.
*Efficient use of space requires a single column view
*These devices, when held in the portrait orientation, are not generally suitable for extensive content creation and the UI should not be geared towards content creation
*Functionality can be curtailed for these devices to a MINIMUM NECESSARY to perform normal tasks
====User interface principles:====
*Consider [http://i.imgur.com/ayOGVps.png how a device is held] in a right handed person. The edges of the screen are the places where fingers can accurately pick off small items, the right side of the screen is where fingers can do common tasks without impeding visibility. At the top of the screen there is usually just enough room for a utilities bar, this should be a drag down which essentially should reveal a site-map for the mobile device.
*Do not put any buttons or functions at the bottom of the page, at most a short copyright / authorship notice or a courtesy shadow to indicate bottom of document, but nothing that can be accidentally touched to cause a navigation event.

===IRC Web Interface===
*Owned by: xlefay
*Information needs to be provided as to specs required and who is going to write the css/html.
====General Ideas====
* The web interface needs generous screen space and it may well be best to use the proposed single column user interface, ie: no left and right columns, limited functionality in a header '''and''' footer containing eg: Login/Logout option, User Prefs link, Home link. This minimalistic interface is originally intended for mobile devices where screen real estate is a premium and content must have pride of place.
* The theme should be exactly the same as of the rest of the site. The web interface itself looks fine and should be simply embedded in the standard red-banner window as currently exists, so that re-theming is trivial.
* This will require a separate perl file eg: irc.pl. It should be fairly easy to strip down the features of another similar file and include html that provides a frame which loads the web interface.
* There should be checking for javascript and a polite apology that this is required, with links to one or two suggested real IRC clients.
* Ideally the log in and username should be automated to be that of the logged in user, but the wherewithal of this is outside the scope of #style (although this is the 'feel' of look and feel).

===Lynx mode===
Shogun (missing, presumed having a good time) decided to create non-CSS, non-JS theme for site.
It would be advantageous for some users because:

* Not all browsers support CSS at all(Lynx, w3m)
* Not all browsers support CSS correctly according to W3M standards (IE6 for example)
* Not all browsers have full implementation of "newest" version of CSS (currently it's CSS4)
* Not everyone wants to use CSS because of performance issues on slower machines (CSS is very flexible and provides a lot of complexity like CSS sided animations, alpha-transparency and other resource heavy(for old machines) effects
* Not everyone wants to use CSS beasue of potential security issues:
It is proven that [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2497146/is-css-turing-complete CSS is Turing complete], therefor there is theoretical possibility that someone could put some rogue code(shell-code) withing CSS and inject it into memory of computer using nothing else but CSS. This AFIK have not been done yet - but I believe that in incoming years someone smart enough will be able to generate such hostile CSS.

* JavaScript implementation is usually very slow in old browsers (up to 50x slower then modern 2013 browsers). Because of that majority of scripts are simply unusable for users - being well too slow.

* Owners of old computers can't or don't want to upgrade their browsers - because of lack of RAM needed to run them. It's nearly impossible to work on computer with 256MB ram with newest[2014] versions of Firefox,Chrome or Opera - because of excessive memory usage. Funny fact is that those new browsers have superior execution speed of JavaScript - but this is ALL LOST because of overall excessive memory usage of browser.

* JavaScript libraries tends to be "big". It '''does matter''' when you are using modem or 3G capped connection(speeds in range of 64kbit/s - 128kbit/s). Process of loading some of the libraries can be as long as one minute on such connections, and often JS code taking as much as 75% of overall content on the side. Early slash-dot beta was great example of that.

* In good old days, web pages were static. You download it, and after download you plug-off your Internet cable, read the article, fill-up form, write comment, and connect back to continue minutes later without any problems. With JS - most websites force user to be permanently connected to Internet.
This is especially painful in high latency links. some scripts are tracking each click on form and transport them to server and back with new orders - this is problematic because if script requires 20 operations with server, and each operation takes 500ms - it would increase end-user lag to humongous 5s... And that is all AFTER all scripts have been downloaded. Unfortunately most modern Internet sites suffer from this - because developers does not test sites under low quality Internet links.

* Because JS on websites tend to run in unlimited loops - they consume cpu cycles ALL-THE-TIME, unlike good old plain html where after download and parsing cpu usage went to ZERO.

* Javascript is Turing Complete, therefor it is possible to write malware with it. For example in August 2013 FBI [http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/40072/could-someone-explain-parts-of-the-fbis-firefox-0-day injected JavaScript based exploit into various TOR servicies.]

'''Comment by MrBluze:'''
Possible task list:
*There is already a minimalistic mode, simplified view etc. Have a look at it.
*There are UI problems with this mode, it contains JS!
*Need to strip the JS and replace with single page settings .. not trivial
*Need to simplify the path from setting and UNSETTING the simplified mode
*Need a way of triggering simplified mode by a URL argument
*Need to bring look/feel as close as possible to original site so there is no culture shock from switching
*Need basic navigation items to duplicate at top and bottom of pages
*Need user preferences to be complete on a single page

==Related Areas==
[[CssWork|CSS Work]] - CSS Working group for soylentnews.org

[[Category:User experience]]

CommunitySupport

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==Welcome==

This site is made possible by (and for) the insightful community of users. This team supports that community in various, ever-changing ways.

There are many ways to participate in this project. Of course, [http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl submitting stories] or commenting on them is the most obvious way to get involved. You can also submit ideas for new projects in [[Suggestions]], or bugs and "feature requests" on the [https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode/issues bug tracker on github].

If you'd like to get more closely involved by working with a team, you should contact them directly. Start at the [[WhosWho]] or [[TeamPages|Team Pages]]. For example the [[Development|Development Team]] can always use perl experience, and the [[Editors]] team are looking to expand their time zone coverage. If you have any questions or are not sure where to start you can send an email to '''suggestions (at) soylentnews.org'''.

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoarewe />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[CommunitySupport|Community Support Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:mrcoolbp|mrcoolbp]]
| Leader
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
|}
<section end=whoarewe />

==Retired Members==
Former members of the Community Support team that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[CommunitySupport|Former members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC+2 (CEST)
|-
|}

==Documentation==

This team:
*Answers support and contact emails
*Tracks and logs bugs and feature requests
*Helps write static pages
*Maintains the wiki and keeps general information up-to-date
*Tracks volunteers and staff
*Collects [[Suggestions]]
*Administers [[SocialMedia|social media sites]]
Goals for the future:
*Utilize community feedback selecting suggestions for implementation
*Investigate staff and community '''[[CommunicationSystems|Communication Systems]]'''

==Dependencies==

Dependencies for this group include:
*SN Mailboxes and forwards:
**admin@SN
**suggestions@SN
**social-media@SN
**mail is hosted on [[Soylent-services|beryllium]]
*IRC Bot
**!suggestion (currently de-activated)

==Projects==

*Organize staff meetings
*Migrate mailing list addresses to new @SN.org addresses
*Develop [[NewStaff|process for becoming staff]] (get @SN.org email, get on mailing list, privileges, orientation booklet, etc.)
* [[Suggestions#IRC]]
*Contact CmdrTaco via twitter?

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Community support]]

Wiki

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==Welcome==
This wiki serves many purposes including documentation, useful links, and team contacts. Suggestions have been made that would greatly expand the scope of the wiki. If you'd like to become officially involved or have any questions contact '''wiki (at) soylentnews.org'''. Also, if you are on IRC you can look for FunPika (who leads this team) or mrcoolbp.

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoarewe />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Wiki|Wiki Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| mrcoolbp
| admin/bureaucrat
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| cosurgi
| bureaucrat/janitor
| UTC+2
|-
|}
<section end=whoarewe />

=== Inactive ===
'''Note: These are members of the wiki team who have lost their onwiki flags such as admin due to inactivity. If they return, they can receive their flags back by contacting any [[SoylentNews:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]].'''
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|Inactive Wiki Team members
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Cactus
| admin/bureaucrat (demoted due to inactivity in September 2014)
| ?
|-

|Sir Finkus
|bureaucrat/janitor (retired, August 2017)
|UTC-8
|-
| Yahwotqa
| admin (demoted due to inactivity in March 2014)
| ?
|-
| Sfm
| admin (demoted due to inactivity in March 2014)
| ?
|-
| FunPika
| Leader (demoted due to inactivity)
| ?
|-
|}

== Todo ==

*Find a way to categorize all of the pages on the wiki. See [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]], [[Special:UncategorizedFiles]], [[Special:UncategorizedPages]], and [[Special:UncategorizedTemplates]]. If anyone wants to help with this, copying the contents of [[User:FunPika/common.js]] to [[Special:MyPage/common.js]] will make it easier.

== Documentation ==
* The wiki is hosted on [[Beryllium]].
* MySQL password is in the wiki's LocalSettings.php file.
* Documentation for the recent changes IRC bot is at [[WikiRC]].

=== Responsibilities ===
* At the moment we are mainly just dealing with spam, vandalism, etc. that shows up on the wiki.

=== Competencies ===
* Familiarity with how MediaWiki works (manual is [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Contents|here]]).

== Dependencies ==
See also [[Special:Version]] for automatically generated information about what software the wiki is running.
* MediaWiki {{CURRENTVERSION}} (most recent [https://git.wikimedia.org/branches/mediawiki%2Fcore.git stable branch] (ex. REL1_23))
* Apache2
* PHP
** apc extension
** iconv extension
** intl extension
** mbstring extension
** mysql extension
** zlib extension
* MySQL
* ImageMagick for image thumbnailing
* Git for updating
* MediaWiki Extensions listed on [[Special:Version]]

__FORCETOC__

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Wiki]]

IRC

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Contact '''chat (at) soylentnews.org''' if you are interested in working on one of these projects. Also, the [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Page]] has information about getting started with IRC, and the [[IRCVision|IRC vision]] is worth checking out.

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoarewe />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[IRC|IRC Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:juggs|juggs]] (AKA Deucalion)
| Team leader
| UTC+1 (BST)
|-
| [[User:paulej72|paulej72]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
|}
<section end=whoarewe />

==Retired Members==
Former members of the IRC team that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[IRC|Former members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
| Co-team leader
| UTC+2 (CEST)
|-
| [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
| Member
| UTC-4 (EDT)
|-
| [[User:Landon|Landon]]
| Member
| ?
|-
|}

[[IRC links]]

==Current Projects==

===Chat bot (Python)===
* ELIZA module that uses Futurama personalities (to match the bot's current nick)
* Modify bot logging to match existing formats (mIRC preferably)

===Services (C)===
* Single sign on against the website (coordinate with NCommander)
* Get the web IRC to use the website's sessions to sign in

===Documentation===
* Quick-Start/How-to guide for staff members (.op .topic nickserv commands etc.)

===Misc bots===
* Anyone wanting to join existing bot development projects should contact the developer(s) noted below.

===IRC Games===
* NerdRPG

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:IRC]]

==Channels==

===Official channels===

* Unless otherwise noted, channels are NOT considered "safe for work"

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| #soylent || General chat/lobby || All SoylentNews Staff
|-
| #staff || Public Staff channel - Everyone's welcome to join, but messages from non-voiced are only send to the ops in the channel || All SoylentNews Staff.
|-
| #editorial || The home of the SoylentNews editors, here you can volunteer for duty, report typo's & ask for submission tips and the like. || Editors & IRC Staff.
|-
| #dev || The home of and for developers that help develop our fork of SlashCode. || Development team & IRC staff.
|-
| #help || This is the IRC help channel, where IRC operators and others provide help and answer any questions related to IRC you may have. || IRC Staff.
|-
| #sysops || This is the Sysops homefront, where most of the magic happens. We maintain the servers and services. || Sysops & IRC Staff.
|-
| #wiki || This is the Wiki's channel, nothing much happens here except for a bot reporting our every edit on the wiki! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #irpg || This is our "nerdRPG"'s (our fork of idleRPG) channel, feel free to idle along! || IRC Staff.
|-
| #test || Main testing chambers, feel free to test anything in here (just be friendly & be considerate) || IRC Staff.
|}

===Private establishments (unofficial)===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Channel !! NSFW !! Description !! Maintained by
|-
| ## || yes || mostly about bacon and stuff || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|-
| # || yes || the batcave; bot testing/borking, random chaos, exec's home || [[User:Alberto|Alberto]]
|-
| #derp || || aqu4bot's origin and the portal to Universe 2. Bring own peanut butter. || [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]]
|-
| #sublight || || Sublight's bot home ground || [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|-
| #rss-bot || no || various rss/atom feeds || [[User:juggs|juggs]]
|-
| #debug || no || bot error spew || [[User:chromas|chromas]]
|-
| #comments || yes || soylentnews.org comments feed || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|-
| #github || no || ~github-list repos push feed - checked every 5 mins || [[User:crutchy|crutchy]]
|}

* NSFW = not safe for work / kids /family (contains adult themes and profanity)

==Bots==
There are a few bots lurking in the Soylent IRC channels besides the services mentioned above.<br />
Anyone wishing to develop bots should use #test or # for testing.<br />
Please avoid flooding in private establishments and official channels (except #test and #). The #debug channel is used by bots for public error reporting (if dumping errors to #debug, bots should ideally be set to not respond to commands in that channel to prevent race/infinite loop conditions).

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! nick !! channels !! triggers !! devs/ops/hosts !! source !! tasks !! usage/notes
|-
| [[Aqu4bot|aqu4]] ||
* #
* ##
* #Soylent
* #derp
* #test
||
* $
* aqu4:
||
* [[User:Subsentient|Subsentient]] (dev/op)
|| http://github.com/Subsentient/aqu4bot ||
* Memos ($sticky)
* Messaging ($tell)
* Logging/user tracking
* Channel control (in #derp)
||
* $sr
* $seen
* $tell
* $help
* $burrito
|-
| [[IRC:Bender|Bender]] ||
* #Soylent
* ##
* #
||
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>
||
* [[User:paulej72|paulej72]] (op)
|| ||
* karma
* todo
||
* coffee++
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>whoup
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>todo stuff
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>uid
|-
| [[IRC:ciri|ciri]] ||
* #
|| ||
* [[User:arti|arti]]
|| ||
* Entertainment
||
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>decide yes "other stuff"
* 8ball (your question)
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>country (2 digit code) - country lookup.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>bin2dec <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>binary2decimal <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>decimal <binary value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>dec2bin <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>decimal2binary <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>binary <decimal value>
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>calc <Equation> - Calculates a mathmatical equation.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>f2c <Fahrenheit> - Fahrenheit => Celsius.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>c2f <Celsius> - Celsius => Fahrenheit.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>ft2m <Feet> - Feet => Meters.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>m2ft <Meters> - Meters => Feet.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>mi2km <Miles> - Miles => Kilometers.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>km2mi <Kilometers> - Kilometers => Miles.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>lb2kgl <Pounds> - Pounds => Kilograms.
* <nowiki>.</nowiki>kg2lb <Kilograms> - Kilograms => Pounds.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>word - word scramble game.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>idle - see who is idle.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>g (term) - google something.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>google (.countrycode) (term) - google something.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>google [.google.country.code] [define:|spell:]
* <search terms> <1+1> <1 cm in ft> <patent ##>
* <weather city|zip> <??? airport>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>images [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>groups [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>news [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>local [.google.country.code] <what> near <where>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>book [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>video [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>fight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>trans region@region <text>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>gamespot <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>gamefaqs <system> in <region>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>blog [.google.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ebay [.ebay.country.code] <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ebayfight <word(s) one> vs <word(s) two>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>wikipedia [.2-digit-country-code] <search terms>[#subtag]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>wikimedia [.www.wikisite.org[/wiki]] <search terms>[#subtag]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>locate <ip or hostmask>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>review <gamename> [@ <system>]
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>torrent <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>best <system>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>worst <system>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>rgb2hex (r:XXX g:XXX b:XXX) - converts rgb value to hex.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>hex2rgb (XXXXXX) - converts hex color value to rgb.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>roll (1dX) - rolls a X sided die (1d4, 2d6).
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>disc - discworld quotes
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dict (word) - dictionary, word lookup via princeton.edu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dailymotion <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>ign <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>myspace <search terms>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>trends [.google.country.code] <YYYY-MM-DD>
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>dawn - random dawn of war quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>bofh - random BOfH quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>duke - random duke nukem quote.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>coffee - order coffee for you or someone.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>coke - order coffee for you or someone.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>icecream - shows menu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>order (nick) (something) - shows menu.
* <nowiki>!</nowiki>pizza - shows menu.
|-
| [[IRC:exec|exec]] ||
* #
* #comments
* #debug
* #github
||
* ~
||
* [[User:cmn32480|cmn32480]] (op)
* [[User:Crutchy|crutchy]] (admin/dev)
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (admin)
|| http://sylnt.us/execsrc || ||
* SN comments feed (in #comments)
* GitHub events feed (in #github)
* refer to [[IRC:exec#Quick_start|quick start guide]]
|-
| [[IRC:Loggie|Loggie]] ||
* #Soylent
|| ||
* [[User:xlefay|xlefay]]
|| ||
* logging to logs.sylnt.us
||
* /invite Loggie
|-
| [[IRC:monopoly|systemd]] ||
* #
* #Soylent
||
* =
||
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (dev/op)
|| ||
* Nothing. It's dead inside.
||
|-
| [[IRC:NerdRPG|NerdRPG]] ||
* #irpg
|| || || ||
* outputs game data
||
|-
| [[IRC:MrPlow|MrPlow]] ||
* #Soylent
* #fite
* #test
||
* #
||
* [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|The Mighty Buzzard]] (dev/op)
|| ||
* Translate to Klingon
* Get help with commands
* Get local weather
* Set #weather location
* Get time/date/channel/message of the last time someone spoke
* Have a libertarian debate
* Instigate fites between users
||
* #bnk
* #fite
* #g
* #help
* #join
* #klingon
* #part
* #roll
* #sammich
* #sammichadd
* #seen
* #smake
* #smakeadd
* #socialist
* #submit
* #tell
* #weather
* #weatheradd
* #youtube
|-
| [[IRC:PlowKing|PlowKing]] || || ||
* [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|The Mighty Buzzard]] (dev/op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[IRC:Regurgitator|Regurgitator]] ||
* #rss-bot
* #soylent
||
* !rss
||
* [[User:juggs|juggs]] (op)
||
Eggdrop v1.8.0+fixbotnetloop http://www.egghelp.org/files.htm <br />
rss-synd v0.6 plugin https://github.com/eggtcl/rss-synd
||
* various rss / atom feeds
* logging only in #soylent for pisg stats
||
* #rss-bot !rss to see all feeds. !<feed> to see individual feed contents. Idle in channel to see all feeds.
* #soylent see pisg output here: http://stats.sylnt.us/pisg/index.html
|-
| [[SedBot]] || || ||
* [[User:FoobarBazbot|FoobarBazbot]] (dev/op)
|| https://github.com/FoobarBazbot/sedbot ||
* message correction
||
* s/old/new/
* nick: s/old/new/
|-
| [[IRC:tama|tama]] ||
* #
|| ||
* [[User:arti|arti]] (op)
|| || ||
|-
| [[WikiRC|WikiRC]] ||
* #wiki
|| ||
* [[User:FunPika|FunPika]]
|| ||
* wiki events feed
||
|-
| [[IRC:exec|x]] ||
* #debug
* #crutchy
||
* ~
||
* [[User:Crutchy|crutchy]] (op/dev)
* [[User:chromas|chromas]] (admin)
|| http://sylnt.us/execsrc || ||
* exec development
|}

===Bot projects / task ideas===

* [[IRCiv]] is currently under development for the exec bot and is intended to be a civilization-like building game played on IRC.
* a Soylent PBC board meeting assistant script is currently under development for the exec bot, intended for minute taking and publishing on the wiki. See [[IRC:exec#Meeting_assistant]] for more details.
* an IRC voting system. refer to [[IRC:exec#Proposed_IRC_voting_system]] for details.
* returning data from the SoylentNews using the [[ApiDocs|SlashCode API]]
* [[IRC:exec suggestions]]

[[Category:IRC]]

Suggestions

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this page: http://sylnt.us/suggest

==Introduction==
This is a compilation of Suggestions from various users. Think of it like a "wish list". These differ from feature requests in that they are projects that may require a significant amount of time to implement. A system should be developed for selecting from one, and having the community vote on which to tackle.

Suggestions can currently be added via suggestions (at) soylentnews.org, or by typing "~suggest [your suggestion here]" in our IRC rooms (must be identified with NickServ). You can also just add them below (must be signed up / logged into wiki). You should check the [https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode/issues bug tracker on github] for bugs and feature requests, the [[TodoList]], or the respective team page before suggesting something to see if it is already being worked on.

Teams: feel free to draw from the following main and IRC suggestion lists and move to a todo list if you would like to tackle one (please remove from here if you do).

==Related pages==
* [[SNPodcast]]
* [[Spreading the word]]
* [[IRC#Bot_projects_.2F_task_ideas|IRC bot projects / task ideas]]
* [[SN API ideas]]
* [[ApiDocs|SlashCode API]]

==Suggestions: Main List==
*SoylentNewsRoundup or SNR (best stories, comments, journals, best of IRC)
*Articles Revisited: (by +5 commenters)
**research, correct, expand
**re-submit to topic "revisited.soylentnews.org"
**example: [[Articles:Watch_the_Watchers_with_Federal_Contracts_Database|Here]]
**Submit story for discussion/publicizing idea
*Add a "settled arguments" section to the wiki (example: the world population is out of control!)
*Add markdown support in SoylentNews ex: http://dillinger.io/
*SoylentNews alternate logo S/N (signal/noise) (also SN = Tin atomic symbol)
*Allow users to mod stories down.
*Allow up-modding of journal entries
*Host our own advertisements
**Keep them in separate areas (sidebars, boxes)
**Keep them (mostly) static
**Keep the off-site javascript requirements for them minimal
*Banner ads that people can use as forum signatures, etc. to spread the word about SoylentNews. See [[Banner ads|this archived forum thread]] for more information.
*Extend validity of mod points (new mod points only awarded once old mod points were used up, but once a user gets mod points he can use them for 3-4 days for topics he cares about instead of just using them up)
*add a field for 'submitters' comment' feature to the story submission process (see [https://soylentnews.org/~drussell/journal/543 this journal entry])

==Suggestions from IRC==
* for moderation, maybe allow anyone to moderate at any time as long as they are logged in and haven't contributed to the conversation, and only have a 'report spam' option as the only negative mod available ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 02:11, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
* put a link to the story queue on the front page instead of burying it under submit story :) ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 02:52, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
* cofee++ karma slashbox ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 07:22, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
* community-building: soylent could 'borrow' the nation states model (maybe with some modifications) and embed it into the SN community/karma/mod/relationship systems ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 08:03, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
* increase karma to maybe 10,000, have badge for number of comments posted, have badge for number of accepted stories, have badge for high levels of karma (bronze for 50+, silver for 250+ and gold for 500+ or something like that) ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 17:32, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
* Show users their own AC comments in their history ~ [[User:chromas|chromas]] @ 07:31, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
* if "comments are owned by whoever posted them" does that mean Soylent PBC has the right to publish them? just a comment on licensing ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 08:40, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
* TheMightyBuzzard make an irc bot for SN api suggestions :D ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 10:58, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
* 'xkcd of the week' slashbox. perhaps start with random xkcd and adjust if an xkcd has been mentioned in a comment/story/wiki edit/journal/irc chat/etc ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 00:44, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
* badges for no. of +5 comments (maybe inc separate funny, informative, etc). badge for no. of successful story submits ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 04:00, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
* need a way to submit SoylentNews bugs/issues without having to sign up to github, and also would be handy to have scripty check for similar existing issues and either automagically append or link to related issues ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 05:37, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
* write a scripty that extracts comments that don't include certain keywords (such as systemd) ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 09:58, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
* a compiled gui client application for SN, with integrated IRC, wiki, auto-login, feeds (based on keywords, username, topic, etc), treeview for comments, user relationship diagram, metadata collection for stats on users (such as no of comments, no of -1/0/1/2/3/4/5 comments, no of accepted submission...
* crutchy to build the above client ~ [[User:TheMightyBuzzard|TheMightyBuzzard]] @ 10:16, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
* community-building: free subscription to SN as prize for various activities, such as coding/bugsmashing comps, 50x+5 comments, etc (sorry not many ideas). not sure of legalities of prizes ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 19:00, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
* for SN client IRC module, a bar that shows the last line (or last few lines) said out of all channels that user is in ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 02:59, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
* we get moar meta moderation ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 11:09, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
* IRC op policy development ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 05:22, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
* incoming tweet feed for irc ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 21:33, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
* if #soylent becomes unruly could always make a server bot automatically redirect quotes containing keywords to a particular channel. then anyone that's interested can congregate there ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 04:13, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
* or if one person in particular becomes unruly, instead of banning them the server bot could be instructed to redirect all that nick's messages to some other channel with a message indicating where when first enabled ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 04:15, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
* a slashbox on SN showing the latest few privmsgs from #soylent ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 09:58, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
* irc polls published in a SN slashbox ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 23:44, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
* a user setting in SN that replaces every instance of a particular word with another word, such as "cloud" could be changed to "butt" (i know there's a firefox plugin for cloud to butt, but for any word in just SN) ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 09:07, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
* indication of logged in users ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 06:54, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
* slashbox with diego's relationship map (http://stats.sylnt.us/social/soylent/) shrunk down, with caption "who's chatting on irc?" ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 11:20, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
* #twitter feed for soylentil's twitters ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 07:56, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
* change the IRC logs so the most recent are on the top of the page, not the bottom ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 00:39, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* assign an official #soylent bot czar to keep all the bots under control ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 02:29, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* hand out some moderation powers to trusted people around different timezones so someone is always around to deal with spam ~ [[User:Konomi|Konomi]] @ 06:21, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* make mod points expirey time based upon number of articles posted in a given time frame ~ [[User:Konomi|Konomi]] @ 06:23, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* anti-spam: prevent posting the exact same comment more than once per article ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 07:04, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* Maybe you could tie the AC post rate to the rate of mod points given to counter it? [tibman (134)] ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 07:46, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* soylent site quotes come from ciri instead of the fortune database ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 08:09, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* "spam" link for SN comments that if clicked more than certain amount of times (say 5) by any logged in user, the comment is permanently hidden unless a 'show spam' check box is checked in the view settings ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 08:34, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* i meant if clicked 5 times by 5 different logged in users ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 08:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* (separate from current mod system) ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 08:36, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
* change the listing of IRC log files so they are listed in reverse chronologicial order (most recent on top). I hate scrolling. :-) ~ [[User:SpallsHurgenson|SpallsHurgenson]] @ 01:25, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
* would be nice to have a comment mode that you can post anon, but view listing of anon comments in profile page (not public obviously). anon in this case wouldn't be truly anon, but just not have username against comment. that way i can troll easier >;-D ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 20:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
* for spam filtering, maybe remove all control characters and spaces from a string before lowercasing and evaluating, cos spam words can get through with spaces between letters ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 00:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
* Would it be worth maybe adding an optional user info field for IRC nicks? If someone wants to query a member of staff it might be handy to know how to ping them in IRC. Most staff are fairly easy to recognize, but martyb/bytram things might be confusing. ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 00:46, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
* there's a bit of space junk in SN page source. http://paste.my.to/at ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 11:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
* could use some sort of "urgent" or "breaking news" check box for submissions to get attention of editors, so that breaking stories that appear everywhere else almost immediately aren't languishing in the queue for a few days before appearing on SN ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 12:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
* maybe a static div at the top with hte mod button instead of having them sprinkled around everywhere, or summin ~ [[User:crutchy|crutchy]] @ 01:13, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Editors

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The editorial team is responsible for checking and revising (if required) user submitted stories. Prospective editors should be prepared to devote a significant amount of time to checking stories, have a good grasp of the English language, and be familiar with slash's formatting options. Contact: editors (at) soylentnews.org, or join #editorial in [[SoylentNews:IRC |irc]].

==Who we are==
<section begin=whoweare />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Editors Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| janrinok
| editor
| UTC+1 (CET)
|-
| mrcoolbp
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| n1
| editor
| UTC
|-
| martyb
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| CoolHand
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| NotSanguine
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Cmn32480
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| takyon
| editor
| ?
|-
| charon
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Fnord666
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Snow
| editor
| ?
|-
| mrpg
| editor
| UTC-4
|-
| chromas
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST; -7 PDT)
|-
| fyngyrz
| editor
| ?
|-
| GreatOutdoors
| editor
| ?
|-
| Xyem
| editor
| GMT
|}
<section end=whoweare />

==Retired Members==
Former editors that have lost their roles due to inactivity or retirement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Editors|Retired members]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| Subsentient
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| LaminatorX
| Team Leader
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Dopefish
| editor
| UTC-8 (PST)
|-
| mattie_p
| editor
| UTC-7 (MST)
|-
| zizban
| editor
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Azrael
| editor
| ?
|-
| Woods
| editor
| UTC-5 (CST/CDT)
|-
|}

==Projects==

*Continue to develop editorial process (see Documentation below)
*Maintain static pages (FAQ.shtml, about.shtml, and moderation.shtml)

==Documentation==
<section begin=documentation />
*A [[Story_Style|Story Style]] document outlines editorial guidelines, it may need additional refining and ratification eventually.
* [[Editing_Process|The Editing Process]] - builds on the Story Style and Submission Guidelines to describe <b>how</b> the editing process is carried out.
* [[Submission_guidelines|Submission Guidelines]] - Notes to all users regarding the formatting of submissions and relevant rules.
* [[Editorial_Policy|Editorial Policy]] - Policy Statement of the Editorial Team
* [[EditorialHTML|Editorial HTML]] - HTML useful in Story Editing
<section end=documentation />

==Dependencies==
*Main Website (slash)
**[[EditorPrivileges|editor privileges]]

[[Category:Teams]]
[[Category:Editorial team]]

Development

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[[TeamPages]] - parent, [[SystemAdministration]]

==Welcome==
We are currently looking for volunteers to help develop SoylentNews slashcode. Anyone willing is free to help, but '''we really need good perl devs'''. Slashcode is based heavily on perl and most pages have some type of perl code on them. We also seek non-perl devs, there is plenty of stuff that you can do without touching the code too much.

Our code is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode. Have a look and see how you can contribute. Bugs are now on [https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode/issues GitHub Bugs].

Volunteers should send an email to dev (at) soylentnews.org expressing your areas of interest and what your coding strengths are. Also you can hop onto [[SoylentNews:IRC]] and join the #dev channel. Come by and express your interest to paulej72, audioguy, or [[User:mrcoolbp|mrcoolbp]].

Currently we are undergoing a bit of a reorganization and we hope to have more information available here soon about our short term and long term goals for the code.

== Who we are ==
<section begin=whoarewe />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
!colspan="3"|'''[[Development|Dev Team Main Page]]'''
|-
| style="width: 20%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''nick'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''position'''
| style="width: 40%; background-color: #f2f2f2;"|
'''timezone'''
|-
| paulej72<ref name="paulej72_notes">Working on template and css issues on the site, main bug herder. - email:[mailto:paulej72@soylentnews.org paulej72@soylentnews.org] [[Paulej72WorkNotes]]</ref>
| Team Leader for Dev
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| Ncommander
| Currently on concentrating on admin-ish stuff.
| UTC-5
|-
| martyb/bytram
| primary bug herder, Database (in training)
| UTC-4 (EST/EDT)
|-
| The Mighty Buzzard
| Code Monkey Extraordinaire
| UTC-6 (CST/CDT)
|-
| Xyem
| Code Monkey First Class
| GMT
|}
<section end=whoarewe />

== Index of Development Pages and Resources ==

Note: Any sort of code posted onto the wiki can now be syntax highlighted using the <nowiki><syntaxhighlight></nowiki> tag. It will default to perl, but can be changed to other languages. For example <nowiki><syntaxhighlight lang="sql"></nowiki>. More documentation is at [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi]].

* [[ImportantDevelopmentLinks]] - Place to put urls for the repositories, etc. (Use current page for now, this page not needed - YET)
* [[DevelopmentWorkCurrentlyInProgress]] - what we are working on at this moment
* [[CodingStyleForOurPerlChanges]] - Suggested style for perl code changes
* [[DevelopmentVMHowto]] - How to get your own Slash code up in a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox
* [[CssWork]] - pages for ongoing css work
* [[SlashDocumentationIndex]] - A single place to find Slash docs, one day it will be organized and accurate
* [[IncidentLog]] - Documentation of how incidents occurred and how they were mitigated
* [[GitUse]] - Tutorial/advice on how to use git
* [[Dev/Sys|To-do]] - A list of items in the pipeline collected from various places

== Work Notes ==

* [[AudioGuyWorkNotes]]
* [[Paulej72WorkNotes]]

== Resources ==

* [[SystemAdministration]] - See this section for actual server details and procedures
* GitHub https://github.com/SoylentNews/slashcode: Slashcode Repository and Issue Tracker
* Wiki: Documentation and work logs
**hosted on the svc linode
* IRC: real time chat for team communications
* Slashcott.org: temporary testing server in use until we get ones setup on Linode.
* Mailman Dev Mailing list: for non-real-time discussions that need a good paper trail.
* http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/index.html - Official docs for mysql we use
* https://perl.apache.org/start/index.html - modperl docs (We use version 1 with Apache 1.3)
* http://remote.demmers.org/~audioguy/manual/ - Apache 1.3 docs don't seem to be on the Apache site any more, here they are.
** http://remote.demmers.org/~audioguy/manual/misc/API.html but this is what is important to understand slash workings with mod perl.

== Slashcode Primer ==

Slashcode is a complex beast. Here is the listing of the repo:

<blockquote><code><pre>Bundle
Slash
bin
docs
httpd
plugins
sbin
sql
tagboxes
themes
utils
</pre></code></blockquote>

We really are only concerned with three of these directories: Slash, plugins, and themes. The first directory, Slash, is the home of the slash.pm module and its related code. The module, slash.pm, does all of the back end work of slashcode. It provides a set of APIs that are used to generate pages and manipulate the database. This is where the heavy perl coding is done. We definitely need help with this section in both expanding our knowledge and working with the code. (As I started on this from a css/html slant I do not have a good idea of what is here --pauej72)

The second main part of the system are the themes. In this case we have only one theme called slashcode. The theme is broken down into pieces the first is htdocs. htdocs is all of the static html files, perl files that directly start page generation events, the css files, images, and other static code. The second part of the theme is the templates. These templates are loaded into the database an are used by slash to layout the data from different sources and turn them into html files that apache can send to the user. Templates re a mixture of perl, slash coding, and html. Templates use slash calls to load other templates and usually each template leaves a breadcrumb in the final html with a start and end comment with the template's name and id. These breadcrumbs make it easy to find out which template file is generating the particular piece of html that you need to change.

Slashcode also has a plugin architecture that allows certain system to be bolted on to the main system. The main system is basically articles, comments and users. The pulgins add the admin interface, the messaging system, enhanced login, journals, and other things. The files for these plugging are in the plugins folder, not in the theme folder. The issue with plugins is that it contains both front end code such as templates, css and pl files, it also has perl modules that are loaded into the perl engine.

The rest of the directories are used for build and install purposes and probably will not need to be modified regularly.

This is a work in progress so please check back here for more.

== Development VM ==

Please see [[DevelopmentVMHowto]] for the full How To.

Additional notes: http://soylentnews.org/~crutchy/journal/114

==Integrated Development Environment==

<sub>'''Note''' This is a work in progress. Currently the Windows development environment seems mostly useless except for Syntax Highlighting and basic Code Navigation.</sub>

:Regardless of what IDE (''Integrated Development Environment'') you choose to go with, you're going to require a Perl interpreter (With a built-in Debugger) and optionally the PadWalker module for variable inspection (Also used by built-in debugger).

=== Perl (Interpreter) ===
:Linux users generally already have a full Perl stack installed, so this resource is for Windows users. There's a number of different Perl interpreters available for Windows users. You can download ActivePerl for free below:

::* [http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads]

=== PadWalker (Variable Inspection) ===
:* [http://perlmaven.com/padwalker perlmaven.com/padwalker]

=== IDEs ===
==== Eclipse ====
:Eclipse with the ''EPIC'' Plug-In provides a great Perl IDE for Windows users. After installing ActivePerl and the PadWalker module you will need to install a Java Runtime.

:'''Before you Begin:''' It's important to note that if you are running 64-bit Windows, you should choose the 64-bit JRE and pair it with a 64-bit Eclipse. They cannot be mis-matched (A 32-bit JRE with a 64-bit Eclipse or vice versa).

:'''Step 1)''':
:: Download Oracle's runtime for free below. You can choose the JRE (Runtime Environment) if you only want to do Perl/Slashcode development or the JDK (Development Kit) if you want to do Perl/Slashcode development and Java development in the future. Choosing the JRE will save you disk space:
:: [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7-downloads-1880261.html Java Runtime Environment 7u55]
:: [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html Java Developer Kit 7u55]

:'''Step 1.1)''':
:: After you have installed the JRE and restarted Windows, follow this guide from Oracle to setup the environment variables for Windows, including the PATH and CLASSPATH variables:
:: [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/paths.html Environment Paths]

:'''Step 2)''':
:: Install the Eclipse IDE. You can download the latest release (Kepler) for free below:
:: [http://eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-standard-432/keplersr2 Eclipse Kepler]

:'''Step 3)''':
::Install the free ''"EPIC"'' plug-in for Eclipse. This is done from within Eclipse and is fairly straight forward. From within Eclipse, click the "Help" top strip-menu and choose the "Install New Software" option. You can also find detailed instructions below, however they may become out of date:
:: [http://www.epic-ide.org/download.php www.epic-ide.org/download.php]<br />
==== Geany ====
::As an alternative to Eclipse, you can try Geany. Geany isn't exactly a full IDE like Eclipse, however you can setup the file locations of Perl and get a pretty good workflow going. You can download Geany for free below:

::: [http://www.geany.org/Download/Releases www.geany.org/Download/Releases]

==Notes==
<references />

[[Category:Development]]
[[Category:Teams]]