There are a number of long articles stuck in the holding tank, waiting for someone to release them. Most articles that pause don't stay that long. Here's how you can speed up release:- Keep them on topic. WoT is preferred — I read those articles first.
- Keep them short. Most news articles contain the meat in the first few paragraphs, then a lot of background in the remainder of the article, until you get to the piece that the editors wanted to bury. Cut the background part. That makes it easier to grasp the whole thing.
- Squish the writer's verbiage. An article made up of 15 1-sentence paragraphs can usually be squished into three 5-sentence paragraphs, and even make more sense. (I know... Sometimes I go overboard...)
- Don't post opinion pieces. Even if I agree with them, I'll probably end up letting them die of old age. I'm thinking of putting in an editorial page when I get time, but for now you'll just have to wait.
- If it's from a blog, either post the link only, or an excerpt with your discussion of why you think it's important or significant.
- Keep to the format. Don't bold your entire text. Insert your hilited comments between paragraphs, rather than in the middle of a sentence.
- Lastly, see number 1, above. WoT is preferred, then the ridiculous as a break from WoT, then politix as it applies to WoT.
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