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Unlike most news services, your submissions to Bulbanews are '''immediately visible''' to all and are included in updates to the front page (under the heading ''developing stories'') — so even if there are no editors on duty, your contribution will not be missed.
Unlike most news services, your submissions to Bulbanews are '''immediately visible''' to all and are included in updates to the front page (under the heading ''developing stories'') — so even if there are no editors on duty, your contribution will not be missed.


=Article submission process=
==Article submission process==
Clicking on "Submit a new article" in the site's left navigation panel will open the [[Special:Newarticleassistant|new article assistant]], a form where the author inputs basic information about the article.
Clicking on "Submit a new article" in the site's left navigation panel will open the [[Special:Newarticleassistant|new article assistant]], a form where the author inputs basic information about the article.
==Basic information==
 
===Basic information===
* Title: an informative headline like in a professional newspaper. Only the first letter of the headline and proper nouns are capitalized, and the title must contain a verb.
* Title: an informative headline like in a professional newspaper. Only the first letter of the headline and proper nouns are capitalized, and the title must contain a verb.
** Example: Explorers of the Sky sells 141,771 in first day
** Example: Explorers of the Sky sells 141,771 in first day
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** Example: Platinum boxart
** Example: Platinum boxart


==Source information==
===Source information===
* Type: Most articles are of the Bulbanews type; that is, they are written by a Bulbanews account holder.
* Type: Most articles are of the Bulbanews type; that is, they are written by a Bulbanews account holder.
** Bulbanews
** Bulbanews
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**If the source is external, the link would be a URL to the source.
**If the source is external, the link would be a URL to the source.


==Discussion information==
===Discussion information===
* Type
* Type
** Options are None or Bulbagarden Forums. If the article topic has a forum topic, select the latter.
** Options are None or Bulbagarden Forums. If the article topic has a forum topic, select the latter.
* Link
* Link
** For None, leave this field blank. For Bulbagarden Forums, enter the five-digit thread number (at the end of the thread URL).
** For None, leave this field blank. For Bulbagarden Forums, enter the five-digit thread number (at the end of the thread URL).
==Blurb==
 
===Blurb===
This, in most cases, will be the lead sentence or sentences of the article. These sentences should give the most important and relevant information of the article. In journalism/inverted pyramid style, this information is generally the who/what/where/when/why/how angle.
This, in most cases, will be the lead sentence or sentences of the article. These sentences should give the most important and relevant information of the article. In journalism/inverted pyramid style, this information is generally the who/what/where/when/why/how angle.
* Example: According to a Media Create weekly rating, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky sold 141,771 in its first day on shelves. The game ranked above Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes and Mario & Luigi RPG 3.
* Example: According to a Media Create weekly rating, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky sold 141,771 in its first day on shelves. The game ranked above Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes and Mario & Luigi RPG 3.
* Example: The Secret Key will be available over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and at Toys "R" Us stores in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It will be available via Wi-Fi from April 20 to May 12 and at Toys "R" Us stores from April 19-26.
* Example: The Secret Key will be available over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and at Toys "R" Us stores in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It will be available via Wi-Fi from April 20 to May 12 and at Toys "R" Us stores from April 19-26.


==Article text==
===Article text===
The article itself, with the blurb text first.
The article itself, with the blurb text first.


=See also=
==See also==
* [http://knol.google.com/k/holly-bowen/bulbanews Google Knol — Bulbanews]
* [http://knol.google.com/k/holly-bowen/bulbanews Google Knol — Bulbanews]


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