Guide [Issue 26] Guide to the Forums: The Press

[Tommy60 406]

 

Hello tankers! This series was made with the intention to introduce new or otherwise unacquainted users with the forums that the Tanki Online servers support 24/7; providing enough information for them to efficiently utilize and navigate their own way throughout the online message board. Read, enjoy and (hopefully) be enlightened.   :)

 

The Press: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showforum=125

 

Obviously, this is the best section of the forums of Tanki Online. ;) It got its name, like most newspapers have, from a common method of newspaper printing quite a few years ago, of taking a set of arranged letter stamps, dabbed thoroughly in ink, and pressing them down upon a paper, leaving text on the page. Later, a similar method was used in mechanical printing, with large rollers and more automatic 'pressers.' Just some history for you all. :) However, no pressing goes on here! In the Tanki Online English newspaper, we reporters and staff members find the news, and press on those keyboards we've worn out so much doing our job! Oh, I guess there is some pressing still happening, even in this digital age.  Anyway, this is the forum section to find news about the game, reviews of what's in it, comments from its players, and even some contests to help out our beloved ENG community. :)

 

Press: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showforum=107

This section is the namesake of the forum section. Here, goes the culmination of a month's worth of efforts by the Reporter team, administrators, and editors. All types of news may be covered here, and contests are included in every edition- you'll only know if you check them out, however!

 

Newspaper Material

This is the part of the Newspaper forum that only moderators and reporters have access to. Here, we work hard all month long, from the time of publishing the previous issue, until (often times) the next one's deadline. :P  We reporters post our proto-articles there, and receive criticisms and support from our coworkers, and work out the bugs in them. Sometimes, we propose making the most ridiculously themed articles the forum has ever heard of, but those will just be our secret. ;)

 

Newspaper Archive: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showforum=112

The archive is the place to go if you want to discover the fads of players past, find an old guide you really liked (that we made better than the FAQ section)) ), reread a favorite article or useful review, or perhaps just to relive a bit of nostalgia from before Update 1.100, if you were around in those days. To help you navigate through the 10+ pages of yellowing articles, here is a guide carefully compiled by Raphael2 : http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=181462  (Pay no attention to the Retired Reporters list- I'm still around!)

 

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Well, this time around things were a bit brief! You all have my permission to tell your eyes "You're welcome." ;)

 

Next issue: Cybersport

 

[aBdUlLaHkInGg 39]

Nice one :)

[canadarules 1,938]

interesting even though i knew most of this :)

Edited September 6, 2014 by canadarules

[lordmostafa 3,821]

:) I know some of your secrets HAHAHA.

 

I can't wait for the Cypersport one, but I want the Problem and Solutions one  :wub: Or the general section of the forum.

[Meliora 1,652]

interesting even though i knew most of this :)

The information you provided is not very "outstanding" - even for one who is new to the forum, "Press" would obviously be a newspaper of some kind, they wouldn't even know that the Newspaper Material section exists, and "Newspaper Archive" is self-explanatory. What more is there to say, other than you giving us a sentence or two about what a press originally was.

 

And actually, it does even say in the section description of Press "all the latest news" - short, sweet and you know what to expect when you click on it.

Edited September 6, 2014 by Meliora

[Superlative 500]

You're not getting on writing. Are you ?

He wrote an article for the new forumers to have a deeper insight into what the press section is ? and how it works ? Instead of criticising every reporter-made article, why not show us how you'd have it done.

[Superlative 500]

Interesting one indeed, .

[Superlative 500]

I'm too working on my version. Hope you and the tankers enjoy it. :P

[Pathfinder 1,690]

I found it interesting to read, even though I'm a reporter! Some of the stuff in here you can't know unless you are a reporter/mod.

 

Good article, considering how little there is to write about this topic :)

[Meliora 1,652]

You're not getting on writing. Are you ?

He wrote an article for the new forumers to have a deeper insight into what the press section is ? and how it works ? Instead of criticising every reporter-made article, why not show us how you'd have it done.

I'm not getting on writing? Can you please write something that actually makes sense?

You are seriously annoying me by telling me I cannot criticise people's work - how do you suspect things ever improve, for heaven's sakes? My point is that there is hardly any new information being covered here. You would get a lot more information if you actually clicked on the Press forum rather than reading this. Same with the Newspaper archive. The fact that they're in a place called an "archive" suggests that these are past newspaper articles.

And I would not have bothered with writing this article at all, everything is so simple and self-explanatory I'm not sure to what extent this can be helpful.

[Sr.I3oSS 2,546]

Great Article.

[7919zola 252]

This guide has enlightened me.  :D