Submitting Materials to Little M
Here's your guide to helping us help you publish your materials. As we note in our Freedom of Speech Webitorial , we — the Webmasters — have a responsibility as MWM's official Web site to be, well, responsible . We therefore reserve the right to refuse to publish articles, advertisements, and links that we do not believe reflect the best interests of our group as a whole.
On the other hand we have not gone to the trouble of putting up a Web site for the express purpose of censoring you . This is a new medium and as such presents new challenges.
We will all, we hope, find common ground as we explore the capabilities of the World Wide Web and find its strengths and weaknesses.
Please make life easy for us and adhere as closely as possible to the following guidelines:
- All data must be in electronic format. Submit data via e-mail or per prior agreement with the webmaster.
- E-mail: Our preferred method of transmission. Send us mail with your body text within it, or send files as mail attachments.
- Faxing is not currently accepted.
- Text: We prefer standard unformatted ASCII files. Almost all text posted on the Web is in plain ASCII format to which is added HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) tags. We'll accept Microsoft Word, or PDF files, but please keep formatting to an absolute minimum — no embedded pictures, no columns, no footnotes, etc. Be sure to tell us what kind of file(s) you're sending.
- Photographs and art: We prefer JPEG or GIF files but will accept BMP, PCX, uncompressed TIF, Targa, and other standard file formats.
- Correspondence: Unless you tell us otherwise, we assume that you grant us permission to post your correspondence as if it's a letter to the editor. (Actually it's an E-mail to the Webmaster, but let's not quibble.)
- Copyrights: We cannot print copyrighted materials without permission.
- Pointers and hyperlinks: We reserve the right to post warnings adjacent to links to adult or possibly inflammatory or offensive materials.
- Format: We may rework materials to make them more suitable for the Web. Reformatting may include inserting (or removing) headers and footers, hyperlinks, and HTML format codes. We may crop, resize, and recolor art as necessary unless you ask us not to do so. We cannot guarantee that your document will look the same on every browser. (However, if you wish to submit files in a highly structured format such as Adobe Acrobat or Lotus Envoy, we will post in that format and provide a link for the reader to download the appropriate viewer software.)
Despite all the pseudo-legalese, be assured that we do want to post your materials and will make reasonable efforts to accommodate you. If you have questions or want to discuss possibilities, write or call the Webmasters.
Webmaster: Rawligh Sybrant
- E-mail: Webmaster@mwm.org
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