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--- instructions [2014/12/05 11:06] – sbw
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   * Advertisements should be removed altogether
   * Images should be removed altogether (along with any text directly relating to that image). However, if that image is particularly important, such as a map relating to a walk, you can leave a note on the [[magazines|tracking page]] that it should be included.
-  * People’s names should be corrected, if you know they are incorrect eg **Ian Wolf** should be **Ian Wolfe**
+  * People’s names should be corrected, if you know they are incorrect eg **Ian Wolf** should be **Ian Wolfe**. If a member is only mentioned by their first or last name in an article, and you know who it is, try and add their full name in brackets eg Tom [Tom Wenman]
   * Place names should be corrected, if you know they are incorrect eg **Wollangambe**, not **Wallangambe** or **Wollangambie**
   * If a place name has a more recent, or common alternative name, add it in brackets eg Wallara Canyon [Dione Dell]
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 The number one priority is to get the text corrected. However, it will certainly help us if you can spend a bit of extra time to get it into a more readable format.
-As mentioned above, the most important thing is the paragraph - leave a blank line to automatically create one.
+As mentioned above, the most important thing is the **paragraph** - leave a blank line to automatically create one.
 If you would also like to format the resulting text, please use the following conventions where possible. Note that recent newsletters may have a fair bit of formatting, so some of these conventions may be difficult to follow:
   * Use [[wiki:syntax#basic_text_formatting|bold]] (%%**bold**%%) in place of underlined/capitalised text, except in story titles, in which case...
-  * Use Heading 2 (%%===== Heading 2 =====%%) for story titles, and Heading 3 (%%==== Heading 3 ====%%) for subtitles. Use proper case, even if the original was capitalised, unless absolutely needed.
+  * Use Heading 2 (%%===== Heading 2 =====%%) for story titles, and Heading 3 (%%==== Heading 3 ====%%) for subtitles. **Please use proper case**, even if the original was capitalised, unless absolutely needed.
   * Use a [[wiki:syntax#tables|table]] for the index, and any other text requiring aligned columns. See the [[wiki:syntax#tables|syntax]] for how to create a table, or copy and paste from the example magazine below.
+Avoid using the forced line break (\\) except where absolutely needed eg poems. Use a normal paragraph break in most cases.
 ===== Example =====
 For an example of a largely complete magazine, see [[199201|January 1992]]. If you click on **Edit this page** (you need to be logged in), you can also see examples of all of the formatting.
+For post April 1994 editions, have a look at [[199912|December 1999]], as the format of the magazine changed.
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+You can also copy text from old revisions, for example, if you accidentally deleted a section.
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