| From: | "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | NERPS Submission Guide |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Oct 1994 19:19:29 -0400 |
for quite a while. Since this is our Fearless Leader's job, I'll leave
it to him -- I only assume that it has something to do with his being so
busy recently, and perhaps the transition from his Vorlon machine.
So, here's the NERPS Submission Guidelines (including info on
getting an author-id#) for those who either don't remember or didn't save
their personal copy of the FAQ (which was EMailed to you when you
subscribed.)
3. HOW TO SUBMIT MATERIALS TO NERPS
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There are specific submission and formatting guidelines for all materials
that MUST be adhered to or you risk the chance of your creation being
rejected. While putting up with these guidelines may seem like a
hinderance and a genuine pain in the ass, there are reasons for this. In
other words, READ WHAT FOLLOWS AND USE IT! :-)
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A. Registering a Submission and receiving an Author-ID#
Every person that submits materials must be issued an Author-ID
number. The purpose of this number is to make sorting and
cross-referencing easier, as well and providing a easy Index
reference for the final product.
To get an Author-ID#, you are required to register at least one
submission. This registration is simply letting the list know
what it is you are planning to submit later on. It also serves as
a sort of promise of what it is you are going to do. NO IDs WILL
BE ISSUED WITHOUT THE PROMISE OF A SUBMISSION.
To register your future submission, you need to send an email
message to J.D. Falk <jdfalk@****.com> with the following format:
REGISTRATION
Project Name [ShadowLore II]
Title of Submission
Your Real Name
Your eMail address (you may also substitute your ID# if it has been issued)
--------
Up to twenty lines describing what it is you will be submitting
At this point, you will be issued an ID# (if you do not yet have
one). Your registration will periodically be posted to the list
as a reminder and you are expected to submit that material prior
to the closing deadline.
Please note that an author-ID# is not required for participation in
the discussion about Psionics.
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B. Formatting Guidelines
As might be expected, there are formatting requirements that must
be met prior to submission. This is to save later re-editing when
the document is assembled. Failure to use the required
formatting can result in the summary rejection of your submission.
Each submission will begin with the type of submission it is
alone on a line. Only one word is acceptable here at present:
SHADOWLORE. This line is being retained in case other projects
should spring up.
The second line is the title of your submission.
The third line will contain your three-digit Author-ID#.
NOTE: For postings with more than one author, each listing of
the ID# should go on its own line.
Finally, the fourth line will contain eight (8) dashes.
Everything after the line containing the eight dashes will be
considered the submission (although .signature files and
irrelevant material will be removed). The only exception to this
is a revokation certificate.
----- >BEGIN EXAMPLE<
SHADOWLORE
Super Big Guns
H-01
X-##
X-##
--------
...etc....
...etc....
...etc....
----- >END EXAMPLE<
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C. Submission Guidelines
Assuming you have the formatting correct, you then need to submit
your item. To do this, you need to post it to the discussion list
for everyone to look at (see Part I:1:C). Once posted, your
submission will enter a phase where everyone can comment on it.
If you wish to make changes, you can repost an updated version to
the discussion list.
NOTE: If you have written up your submission on most word
processors, especially those capable of exporting the
Microsoft "Rich Text Format" documents, you can send
J.D. Falk <jdfalk@****.com> that version (must be uuencoded
for Email). It will save him editing time at the end.
Please be sure, though, that you send a text to the list
for others to see.
Feel free to contact him for a list of word processors
supported; the major ones include Lotus AmiPro for Windows
and WordPerfect (up to version 5.2).
Unless the submission is revoked (see part D and E of this section),
the MOST RECENT incarnation of that submission will be ultimately
entered into the final document.
Only items posted to the discussion list will be valid for entry
into the final project.
IMPORTANT NOTE::
Each submission must be sent in by itself or the software
that handles categorizing will not be able to handle it.
This means if you have three things to send in, you must make
three seperate mailings.
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D. Issuing a Revokation
If, during the discussion period, a particular entry is
determined to be, for some reason or other, not proper for final
inclusion, the original author can issue a revokation.
To issue a revokation, submit an entry TO THE LIST with the same
formatting as if you were submitting an item (type, title, and
author-ID#), but where the text would normally appear (after the
eight dashes line), replace that with the word REVOKE. At that
point, the item will no longer appear in the final document.
----- >BEGIN EXAMPLE:
Shadowlore
Big Guns
H-01
--------
REVOKE
------ >END EXAMPLE:
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E. Revoking Someone Else's Submission
It is possible to revoke another author's submission. This is no
simple task, though, and should be reserved only for submissions
that are truly bad or munchkinous.
To revoke another's submission, you must get no less that five
(5) others to support your revokation (making the total at least
six). To issue a revokation in this style, use the following
example:
----- >BEGIN EXAMPLE<
Shadowlore
Big Guns
H-01 <--- This is the Author-ID# of the original author
--------
REVOKE
name1 email1
name2 email2
name3 email3
name4 email4
name5 email5
name6 email6
----- >END EXAMPLE<
Name# and Email# are the names and addresses of the MINIMUM six
people who support that revokation. More than six people can,
of course, support it.
NOTE: The individuals listed in this revokation certificate may
be verified with, so beware of fradulent revokations.
Once the six persons have been verified as supporting that
revokation, the item will be removed. Also note that the
revokation MUST be posted to the list to be considered valid
(everything is part of the public record here).
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