N.E.W.S. - A Guide to Posting News Threads
It has come to my attention that we have been getting an influx of "[News]" threads and threads that post new interesting information. I personally believe this is great and it is very important. But not all the threads have been satisfactory, some have been redundant or poor in their representation. So I believe a guide may be needed for some. This is my guide to posting news threads.
This is a very simple guide with a four step process called "N.E.W.S." and if you follow it, everything should be fine.
So without any further delay the steps. (Note, you can probably just read each section's title as a TL;DR)
Notice - Other threads may exist for your news/topic
Be sure that the topic or thread you're posting hasn't been posted before, search through the 
button or check the last 3 to 5 off topic pages using "CTRL+F" and typing in key words for your topic to check each page. (this will make page searching easier overall.)Explain - Don't just post a title and a sentence without any context
When you create a news thread reporting information, just quickly explain the situation before putting in your two cents, so that others who didn't have time to
read the article(s) can know what's going on. (TIP: Try not to push a bias if you can.)Watch - Don't just leave your thread to gather dust if it is a hot topic
Not all topics are going to apply to this, but this is still a good thing to keep in mind. If your news thread has an active story with details coming through, make sure to edit the
Thread and keep it up to date. Don't leave it the way it is and hope the activity will keep it relevant, if you don't update it, you risk other users posting redundant threads because
you didn't update it and the information may no longer match.Sources - Post sources and multiple if possible
This one is self explanatory and very simple. All you need to do, is when you search in google for your news thread that you have found, copy the links from the address bar on every
page you have read through on this topic. (don't shove a million of them in there, 2 to 4 should be good enough.)
Also, don't be afraid to add new sources if you edit your thread to keep it up to date.
ATTENTION: STOP USING THE loving "[NEWS]" TAG TO GRAB PEOPLE'S EYES, YOU'RE FLOODING OFF TOPIC
I hope this thread helps some one out there, and if you feel that something should be added then post below.
