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Q: What is the publication process?

A: First, a potential author gets an idea for an article, maybe from main, meta, the chat room, or the blog chat room, or elsewhere. It's probably a good idea to talk about the idea in the main chat room or the blog chat room, to make sure it's a good idea.

Then the author writes an article. Usually, the author then goes to the blog page, signs in to the admin panel, and submits the draft. When a user signs in for the first time, that user can't actually post a draft to the blog, and needs to ask for additional privileges in the blog chat room.

Once the author has submitted a draft, he or she goes to the blog chat room and indicates that the draft is ready for review. An editor will review and perhaps copyedit the article. If additional input is needed from the author, then the editor will ping the author in the blog chat room. Otherwise, the editor will notify an admin that the post is ready for publication.

The final step is double-administrative review. Two admins will review the final draft, simply to make sure that nothing remotely questionable or distasteful gets through.

Once an article passes through these steps, it gets placed in a publication queue, to be published when its turn comes. Notice that although there are different stages, the flow should feel very familiar: you write an article, someone else edits it, and it gets published.

Q: What is the publication process?

A: First, a potential author gets an idea for an article, maybe from main, meta, the chat room, or the blog chat room, or elsewhere. It's probably a good idea to talk about the idea in the main chat room or the blog chat room, to make sure it's a good idea.

Then the author writes an article. Usually, the author then goes to the blog page, signs in to the admin panel, and submits the draft. When a user signs in for the first time, that user can't actually post a draft to the blog, and needs to ask for additional privileges in the blog chat room.

Once the author has submitted a draft, he or she goes to the blog chat room and indicates that the draft is ready for review. An editor will review and perhaps copyedit the article. If additional input is needed from the author, then the editor will ping the author in the blog chat room. Otherwise, the editor will notify an admin that the post is ready for publication.

The final step is double-administrative review. Two admins will review the final draft, simply to make sure that nothing remotely questionable or distasteful gets through.

Once an article passes through these steps, it gets placed in a publication queue, to be published when its turn comes. Notice that although there are different stages, the flow should feel very familiar: you write an article, someone else edits it, and it gets published.

Q: What is the publication process?

A: First, a potential author gets an idea for an article, maybe from main, meta, the chat room, or the blog chat room, or elsewhere. It's probably a good idea to talk about the idea in the main chat room or the blog chat room, to make sure it's a good idea.

Then the author writes an article. Usually, the author then goes to the blog page, signs in to the admin panel, and submits the draft. When a user signs in for the first time, that user can't actually post a draft to the blog, and needs to ask for additional privileges in the blog chat room.

Once the author has submitted a draft, he or she goes to the blog chat room and indicates that the draft is ready for review. An editor will review and perhaps copyedit the article. If additional input is needed from the author, then the editor will ping the author in the blog chat room. Otherwise, the editor will notify an admin that the post is ready for publication.

The final step is double-administrative review. Two admins will review the final draft, simply to make sure that nothing remotely questionable or distasteful [link to Grace's comment] gets through.

Once an article passes through these steps, it gets placed in a publication queue, to be published when its turn comes. Notice that although there are different stages, the flow should feel very familiar: you write an article, someone else edits it, and it gets published.

Q: What is the publication process?

A: First, a potential author gets an idea for an article, maybe from main, meta, the chat room, or the blog chat room, or elsewhere. It's probably a good idea to talk about the idea in the main chat room or the blog chat room, to make sure it's a good idea.

Then the author writes an article. Usually, the author then goes to the blog page, signs in to the admin panel, and submits the draft. When a user signs in for the first time, that user can't actually post a draft to the blog, and needs to ask for additional privileges in the blog chat room.

Once the author has submitted a draft, he or she goes to the blog chat room and indicates that the draft is ready for review. An editor will review and perhaps copyedit the article. If additional input is needed from the author, then the editor will ping the author in the blog chat room. Otherwise, the editor will notify an admin that the post is ready for publication.

The final step is double-administrative review. Two admins will review the final draft, simply to make sure that nothing remotely questionable or distasteful gets through.

Once an article passes through these steps, it gets placed in a publication queue, to be published when its turn comes. Notice that although there are different stages, the flow should feel very familiar: you write an article, someone else edits it, and it gets published.

Q: What is the publication process?

A: First, a potential author gets an idea for an article, maybe from main, meta, the chat room, or the blog chat room, or elsewhere. It's probably a good idea to talk about the idea in the main chat room or the blog chat room, to make sure it's a good idea.

Then the author writes an article. Usually, the author then goes to the blog page, signs in, and submits the draft. When a user signs in for the first time, that user can't actually post a draft to the blog, and needs to ask for additional privileges in the blog chat room.

Once the author has submitted a draft, he or she goes to the blog chat room and indicates that the draft is ready for review. An editor will review and perhaps copyedit the article. If additional input is needed from the author, then the editor will ping the author in the blog chat room. Otherwise, the editor will notify an admin that the post is ready for publication.

The final step is double-administrative review. Two admins will review the final draft, simply to make sure that nothing remotely questionable or distasteful [link to Grace's comment] gets through.

Once an article passes through these steps, it gets placed in a publication queue, to be published when its turn comes. Notice that although there are different stages, the flow should feel very familiar: you write an article, someone else edits it, and it gets published.

Q: What is the publication process?

A: First, a potential author gets an idea for an article, maybe from main, meta, the chat room, or the blog chat room, or elsewhere. It's probably a good idea to talk about the idea in the main chat room or the blog chat room, to make sure it's a good idea.

Then the author writes an article. Usually, the author then goes to the blog page, signs in to the admin panel, and submits the draft. When a user signs in for the first time, that user can't actually post a draft to the blog, and needs to ask for additional privileges in the blog chat room.

Once the author has submitted a draft, he or she goes to the blog chat room and indicates that the draft is ready for review. An editor will review and perhaps copyedit the article. If additional input is needed from the author, then the editor will ping the author in the blog chat room. Otherwise, the editor will notify an admin that the post is ready for publication.

The final step is double-administrative review. Two admins will review the final draft, simply to make sure that nothing remotely questionable or distasteful [link to Grace's comment] gets through.

Once an article passes through these steps, it gets placed in a publication queue, to be published when its turn comes. Notice that although there are different stages, the flow should feel very familiar: you write an article, someone else edits it, and it gets published.