Add News

Six Steps

(There is now an alternative way to add news)

1. Copy this template text

{{NewsForm
| newstitle = News Article Title
| newstalk = Your User Name
| newsname = Name you want displayed
| newsdate = Published: 15 August 2009 <!--Change to todays date-->
| newsfile = [[File:StarIconGreen.png|thumb|70px|This can be replaced by your own graphic]]
| newsteaser = This is replaced by your own lead-in ''teaser'' text
| newsbody = This is replaced by the rest of the main body of your text
| pagename = Enter exactly the same thing here as you did for the newstitle above
}}

2. In the box below, enter a short but captivating title

• Keep - Template:
• Replace - News Article Title

3. Paste the template text above into this new page

4. Replace the info after each equal sign with your own information

5. Go to the News page and paste {{your article title}} into the newspaper. (e.g. If you entered Template:My Great News Article into the box below, you would paste {{My Great News Article}}

6. When your article is posted, you can get the comments page started by adding this to the to the talk page of you new article:

<noinclude>
<comments />
</noinclude>

N.B. The button at the top of the screen makes it easy to announce your news post to whichever community you'd like. By default, I'll announce the article for you on Current. Use this button when you are on the news page or the main page.