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[Neil]

I have now added a further new section to the web site in an attempt to make more content available to the online community. This new section is called Articles and gives all members a more formal and organised way to submit things like gig reviews, record reviews, how-to guides, advice and even their own columns if they wish. At present this section has not been divided into sub-sections but I hope to do this over time once articles start to build-up.

Posting articles is near identical to starting regular forum threads but offers some more advanced features such as being able to break up your article in separate pages, add image attachments as well as give readers of your articles an easier way to rate and post comments on them. All articles posted are manually moderated by the staff to ensure they are of a suitable relevance and quality.

I know quite a few of our members have made some excellent posts that could be considered articles in themselves and I'm hoping they will now spend some time to submit some material into this new section as well. All articles posted into the section of the web site will be made public to both members and non-members of the web site to ensure maximum exposure.

So what are you waiting for people? Get typing up your articles!

[Cloud]

Oooh...I have an idea for this Neil, something that could be really interesting. but i'm saying nothing just yet

[Frosty Jack]

Anyone got any more? Spread your knowledge, people...

do the articles have to be music related?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by tv tanned

do the articles have to be music related?

Yes, albeit only broadly speaking. The articles do not have to be about the local music scene or local music in general. They can be about anything music related.

[soundian]

I've taken an article off-line, if you guys are serious about having an articles section you better be serious about moderating it, otherwise there will be no more articles.
I'm fed up having to report peurile, juvenile and personal attacks on a forum which should be free from such things.
Sort it out mods, or I don't see a lot of people bothering to post articles in the future, certainly not me.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by soundian

I've taken an article off-line, if you guys are serious about having an articles section you better be serious about moderating it, otherwise there will be no more articles.
I'm fed up having to report peurile, juvenile and personal attacks on a forum which should be free from such things.
Sort it out mods, or I don't see a lot of people bothering to post artricles in the future, certainly not me.

Ian, every time you reported a comment on your article we deleted it and Flash's last response seemed nothing more than a tongue-in-cheek comment to me rather than a personal attack. There will always be juvenile and silly replies made to articles just like there is to some threads. We would like to stop this happening but we can't I'm afraid and can only try to deter people from doing so by deleting their posts and banning them if necessary (and has happened in the case of one person who replied to your article).

If this proves to be a frequent problem then I will simply make replies to articles impossible.

[soundian]

Originally Posted by Neil

Ian, every time you reported a comment on your article we deleted it and Flash's last response seemed nothing more than a tongue-in-cheek comment to me rather than a personal attack. There will always be juvenile and silly replies made to articles just like there is to some threads. We would like to stop this happening but we can't I'm afraid and can only try to deter people from doing so by deleting their posts and banning them if necessary (and has happened in the case of one person who replied to your article).

If this proves to be a frequent problem then I will simply make replies to articles impossible.

The point is, I'm not a moderator, and if the articles section is to work, it has to be moderated firmly. There has been some comments deleted (ironically what Betamax continues to refer to) which were genuine questions, and my replies to those genuine questions.

Disallowing comments is not going to work, I could post any old shit then, and no-one could pull me up about it.
If you want an articles section, strict moderation is the only way it'll work. Until I get the promise of strict moderation, my article will stay offline, and I certainly won't post any more.

And if someone want to call me a cunt, there is a plethora of smileys to indicate their "humour".

i actually deleted my own posts, just so there is no confusion.
i felt i was partly to blame there.

[Stripey]

I've actually been trying to decide wether to take my articles offline aswell, since there seems to be no benefit and have had several insulting comments from people who obviously dont understand the point in trying to share things.