The DB Times

Question

Posting of the articles will not happen until the Forum is up and I have talked to PM about a spot there for The Times.
If I need contact info then I will ask you in chat.

Thanks for your efforts,

~MK

Update: However, I will be making changes to the software some time in January so will try to fix this problem and the forum can go up soon after. - Pokemaster
Listen guys, if you don't have your articles done by then, you'll have to wait until issue two to have your article featured, because I don't want the whole paper to have to wait for one or two articles that weren't completed.

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Articles will be released once per month. There will be some set articles, but also some other from "guest" writers. If you have to submit an article for the paper then it must be done so at least two days before the paper is published. Failure to do so will result in your article being postponed until the next issue. If you repeatedly fail to submit articles on time then you will receive a probation on writing for the paper. You can submit again after the probation is up, but each probation will be extended before you are entirely banned from writing for the Times. I doubt it will come to this.
Articles can be given to Poke'Slash or Myself (MrKijani) and we will publish the Paper.

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IMPORTANT, READ IF YOU HAVE SENT IN YOUR ARTICLE ALREADY: Gen. 6 has changed the Metagame somewhat, and I know a few of you wrote some excellent articles on Competitive. If you did, contact myself (Poke'Slash) or MrKijani if you want to redo your article to fit the current metagame.

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If you're interested in writing an article then comment on this question letting us know you'd like to do one and what you want to write about. If it's an acceptable subject then Poke'Slash, Recoded or MrKijani will contact you and discuss it further. We will also probably want a sample of what you can do to assess your skills so make sure you have something written up that you like and are prepared to show us.

Comments

@ Poke'slash - I'm sure someone is already doing this, but if not maybe just general news going on on the Pokebase. E.g., the load of unanswered questions, the return of trachy, that new tournament thing on the Meta etc.

I'm unsure of how often a new DB times issue will be released, but if one is released too often then I may not be able to do this. I'm not afraid of rejection because I'm sure someone would have volunteered for this by now so feel free to crush my spirit. xD
Thanks for considering. :D

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I'm not sure if someone is already doing that. I can't remember whether we shot the idea down or not. XD
We're aiming for monthly issues, but if you would like to sign up for an article every four months, that's fine too.

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If I recall correctly Ninja was doing something like that but he asked to be changed to doing updates on the server, so I'd be happy with Indigo giving us a DB Update for the Paper, so long as you agree Slash.

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;D Fine with me.

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...Yaay I feel useful now. :P

Answer 1

We now have enough articles for about half of one issue, as well as a few extras(same type of article, different edition) for later issues

People we need articles from:

• Blobyolo(War Story) [Postponed]

• Breaking Point

• Ninja(Meta) [Canceled]

• Jofly

• Poke'slash

• Flare(In-game and competitive Fails) [Unless someone sees Flare: Canceled]

Received articles:

• Ninja (video games)

• |Sent_By_Ravens| (Featured Pokemon)

• Rio (Interviews)

• MrKijani(Featured RMT)

• Poke'slash(The Edit Wars)

• Mew

• Blobyolo(Pokemon Trivia)

• Poke'slash(Surprise Article)

Extra Articles(for next issue):

• Dr.Flame(Featured Pokemon)

• Ninja(Video Games)

• Blobyolo(Pokemon Trivia)

This will be edited.

Comments

I thought you were writing tier shift. :P
Sorry, it was kinda sudden but we decided to let you in. If you don't want to do tier shift any more, I'm sure Breaking would be happy to let you into the Misc. section.

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Surprise article? You gotta tell me at least :3

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Let's just say... I know interveiws are Rio's thing, but I couldn't resist this one. :P  He has a DB account, but he's not exactly active.

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Hasn't Flare left?

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He seems to have, sadly, but we're hoping to catch him for an article. Or just in general. :/

Answer 2

With the introduction of Walls, you can just post the links to your articles on an editor's wall, or on Breaking Point or MrKijani's.

Editors, Recoded and MrK, please delete said wall posts afterwards to avoid trolls editing it. ;)

Answer 3

Please read.

The following articles are being edited:
The Edit Wars (Poke'slash)
Surprise Article (Poke'slash) [About to be replaced, need to find someone to interview]
Featured Pokemon (|Sent_By_Ravens|)

Doctor Flame, if you would like to edit your Politoed article for Featured Pokemon so it is for Gen. 6, please tell us, and remember to resubmit it.

Comments

I'd say once a month would be optimal, and submission before the publication deadline is required, if you miss too many of them then you're off the writer's list. Obviously some people won't be able to write as often due to their personal lives if that's the case we can have them be a different category of writers who can submit articles once every four months.

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Am i still involved with this or have i been sacked?

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Once a month is good. Obviously we can't do once a week.
I suggest:
We have set writers/reporters. If anyone wants to be one, they submit a request saying 1) why, and 2) a promise not to slack. If you're on vacation that's different.
This way, no there's no confusion about who's able to submit an article and who's not.
Reporters can interview anyway they want, maybe? For a good reason.

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Sounds good. Can you edit that in the original post, and include a sign-up sheet for people who want to do it every 4 months? I gtg.

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That was @ Mr.K, I'll reply to the other comments later.

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@ Recoded You can still be in this, but you might want to go for the one-every-four-months option.

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I agree with Dr.Flame, what do you think Kijani?

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What I was thinking is some set writers, but people Like Blob might want to write something yet are only active at certain times of the year, so they can sign their name, write an article, and we'll work it into a section with a cool title. Otherwise we'll have set writers who have an article they can write, for example Doc, Slash, Ninja, Prof, Rio, and myself would always get an article due to being active enough (not final, just an example) and then we'd have other people who might not be as active but write from time to time (such as Blob).

And I would think Reporters can interview anyone they want so long as the interview is a good one.

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"Reporters can interview anyway they want, maybe? For a good reason."
Misspelled anyone to anyway xD

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Also, can I post the awards every december issue :3
For this year I might do some in April/May, depending on when it gets up.
:D

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I'm on board with all of this. :D

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Can I do an article once the NU beta comes out?

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Sure, just provide a replay or something so we're know you're good. ;) I don't doubt your skill in NU, though, so a simple "He's good" from another NU player here works just fine.

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Scraf is in the running for NU GL so I can vouch for his viability in the tier. I'd be interested to see what you write Scraf. When you write it up you can post a link on my wall or PM on the server.

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booo :x
Can I do an NU one too :D?

You guys all know my NU level ;P peak 17 and all the phat shizzle.

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If poke/ can get the articles ready by the end of May, that would be amazing. I'll write a new article saying how rain has changed.
I reall hope we can get an April issue up. I'll also try to get domes awards up.
For the first issue of interviews, could someone interview the OU leader wannabes? I can do this if need be.

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I'm here almost every single day now Slash, just in a very awkward time slot :P. I can have the article done easy if that's what you're worried about, or if you're worried about meeting up to discuss, I can do that on my phone instead.

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That's fine, if you feel up to the once a month thing I have no problem with that. :P

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@ Semp feel free. Wanna do one for the April issue?
@Dr.Flame I can definitely get them done by the end of the month, I'll be more active starting next Tuesday.
@Mr.Kijani, can you edit all this into the main post? I can't do much more than reply to comments, and even that is really slow with my current internet.

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We should do one issue a month, imo. I'd like to revoke my Meta staff, but instead go for Server updates.

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That's fine, I think.

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Once a month is ideal and I think that's what Slash and I will aim for. As for server updates, go right ahead.

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Hey MrK, mind doing that WarStory we were going to do? :3 Now's the chance.
As well as the collab RMT :D