- No memes or images. Exceptions may be made in the case of images of an ongoing news story becoming available.
- User-edited titles are not allowed. Copy the headline directly and use it as the post title.
- News articles written over a month before posting must have the date of the article in the post title.
- No social media/blog/YouTube links. Exceptions may be made if information about an unfolding news story/crisis emerges on Twitter, for example, or if it is the official account of a news source.
- No paywalls. Use an archived link to post a paywalled article.
- Translate non-English articles.
- This is not a hard rule, but please be civil.
We had a small discussion about it ages ago with a little feedback but no rules were made. I took some of the feedback and made this rough draft.
I am also not sure about #4.
How about something like direct-source social media only. Meaning if a subject of the news posts a social media, or if the social media is a part of the news, it ok.
But no random tweets from unconnected people expressing opinions.
There's a better way to word that I'm sure, but I think you know what I mean.