Revision as of 15:11, 1 February 2006

To submit an article, one may use the new article assistant. However, please read through the rest of this page before doing so.

Warning: repeatedly submitting duplicate articles may lead to a block.

Fields

The following are brief explanations about each field in the new article assistant.

Title: The title of the article (See the manual of style); The title should use capital letters only where necessary - sentence case titles, such as Nintendo reveals DS online plans or Pokémon movie 8 premiers in Japan, are preferred.
Tagline: An optional secondary title (See the manual of style)
Type: The type of article
Category: One category (Additional categories may be added using the {{CategorizeIn}} template)
Picture: The file name of an image from Bulbagarden Archives (Image: is not necessary)
Blurb: A summary for the article for use in feeds and on the front page (See Bulbanews:Manual of style/Summarising articles)

See also: Bulbanews:Crediting sources

Type: If the article is an original report written for Bulbanews, select Bulbanews; if the source is non-official, select other web site; otherwise if the source is official, select press release; if it is an editorial written for Bulbanews, select Bulbanews editorial
Name: If the article is an original piece, fill in the name of the author; otherwise, the name of the web site or organisation
Link: If the article is an original piece, fill in the link the author's user page; otherwise, the full URL to the original report; though if TinyURL has been used, only the ID is required

See also: Bulbanews:Linking to discussions

Type: If there is a related thread on Bulbagarden Forums, select Bulbagarden Forums', otherwise, select none
Link: If linking to Bulbagarden Forums, fill in the thread ID (not post ID); otherwise, leave blank

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+<div style="font-size: 135%; line-spacing: 115%;">To submit an article, one may use the '''[[Special:Newarticleassistant|new article assistant]]'''. However, please read through the rest of this page before doing so.</div>
 <div style="background: #ffe; border: 1px solid #aa8; padding: 0.2em; margin: 0.25em 0; text-align: center;">'''Warning''': repeatedly submitting duplicate articles may lead to a [[Bulbanews:Blocking policy|block]].</div>
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 ; Title
 : The title of the article (See the [[Bulbanews:Manual of style/Titling articles|manual of style]])
-The title should use capital letters only where necessary - sentence case titles, such as ''Nintendo reveals DS online plans'' or ''Pokémon movie 8 premiers in Japan'', are preferred.
+: The title should use capital letters only where necessary - sentence case titles, such as ''Nintendo reveals DS online plans'' or ''Pokémon movie 8 premiers in Japan'', are preferred.
 ; Tagline
 : An ''optional'' secondary title (See the [[Bulbanews:Manual of style/Titling articles|manual of style]])