Gossip Girl News Watcher Journal ([info]ggirls_watcher) wrote,
@ 2008-06-04 18:26:00
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Help Wanted!


Responsibilities
[info]gossipgirlnews is automated, meaning we use a script to automatically sort and compile the newsletter from recent links in our Delicious account. Editors spend about 15 minutes every day reading their assigned filter and collecting, labeling, and tagging links for our Delicious. Three times a week, an editor runs the script, proofreads and corrects the output, and posts the newsletter.

Requirements
  • You must be a super huge fan of the best show ever, obviously!

  • You must commit to spending up to an hour each week sifting through a filter of Gossip Girl communities/news and collecting links for the newsletter. Links should be collected regularly, at least every other day.

  • You should be over the age of 18. We'll take your word for it, but you will be linking to (and likely reading through) posts that contain adult content. So you should probably be an adult!

  • You must have regular access to a reliable Internet connection.

  • You cannot be spoiler-phobic. (Unfortunately, there is simply no way to compile the newsletter without always being moderately spoiled for upcoming episodes.)

  • You must be open minded. [info]gossipgirlnews is an inclusive newsletter, and you'll be linking to all sorts of things, regardless of your personal preferences.

  • Familiarity with delicious.com is a plus, but it's not required as long as you're willing to learn. (And it's *really* easy!)
If none of that scares you away, drop us a comment in this post. If you've got questions, ask away.

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-19 12:50 am UTC (link)
i'd be willing to help, but i don't know anything about delicious.com so i'd have to be taught. :]

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[info]ggirls_watcher
2009-09-20 06:22 am UTC (link)
Yay! And do not worry, delicious is very simple.

(1) I'll need to know which filter you'd prefer to take, Blair/Chuck or News/General. News/General is quite a bit more work, but possibly more interesting if you don't ship Blair/Chuck.

(2) I'll need whichever e-mail you'd like to use for newsletter business, preferably one you check daily. (We use a mailing list to communicate.)

(3) Once I friend you with the watcher journal (don't friend back), you should review the following sections of our manual: Getting Setup (which will include links to a couple programs you'll need to download), Finding Links, Adding Links to Delicious and All About Tagging. Once you've chosen your filter, you can read its primer in the Learning Your Filter section. (Blair/Chuck filter = shipping filter.)

I ([info]caitiedidit) will be happy to answer any questions you might have, either via this thread, by PM, or by e-mail (caitiedidit@gmail.com).

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-20 06:25 am UTC (link)
1. i can do Blair/Chuck, since i ship them and everything. :]

2. lauradunnxx@gmail.com

3. sounds good! i'll let you know if i have any questions.

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[info]ggirls_watcher
2009-09-20 07:56 am UTC (link)
That works out well! Since you ship them, you're probably already a member of [info]blair_chuck. (Technically the filter has two or three other B/C comms in it, but they never post.) So if you already use Firefox, you'll probably hardly ever have to log in to the watcher journal.

Anyway, you're all set on our end! Just comment here when you're ready to start so we can ease off collecting the links and give you a chance to try out the system. Then I'll give the links you've tagged a once-over, and you can officially take over. :)

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-20 08:00 pm UTC (link)
okay, i think i got it, but let me just run things by you to make sure i know the basics.

to add a link to delicious, i:
go through blair-chuck/etc.
find links.
add links to delicious (right click > del.icio.us > post current page or manually set shortcut).
make sure url is clean.
add description (username must be in lowercase followed by a colon).
summary in extended if needed
tag them. 9 categories, spoiler tag, character/pairing, rating, editor's pick, various other tags as needed.
click ok.

and just to confirm: if i already have the relevant communities on my flist, there is no real need for me to log into the watcher journal to add links and such.

anything else i'm totally missing? :]

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[info]caitiedidit
2009-09-20 08:14 pm UTC (link)
Yes, that's exactly it. The various tags can be a little confusing at first (especially the fanfiction tags, and there's quite a lot of fanfiction posted to Blair/Chuck), but once you've got the hang of it, it's a cinch.

And yes, if you've already got [info]blair_chuck on your flist, you won't need to log in to the watcher journal. The Blair/Chuck filter is 99.99999% content from [info]blair_chuck. The other .00000001% can deal.

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-20 09:27 pm UTC (link)
awesome.
what would you like me to do now? how far back do i need to go in blair_chuck? anything else? :]

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[info]caitiedidit
2009-09-20 10:03 pm UTC (link)
There's nothing to catch up on right now. Our previous B/C editor stayed on until Friday, and I collected links for the filter last night. The last link I collected was an icon post by james_wislon_90. I think that's still the most recent post in the filter. So you probably don't need to do any link collecting today.

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-20 10:19 pm UTC (link)
okay, when should i start collecting links?

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[info]caitiedidit
2009-09-20 10:25 pm UTC (link)
The next issue goes out tomorrow. I'll drop you a link after it goes out and you can start collecting links from there. That way you'll be able to use the previous issue as a guide, cool? So basically plan to start collecting links circa Tuesday/Wednesday.

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-20 10:26 pm UTC (link)
yup, that's totally cool. thanks! :]

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[info]ggirls_watcher
2009-09-22 07:52 am UTC (link)
Okay, I put the new issue out, so you can use that as a marker. Let me know if you have any issues or questions at all! And you should be getting the mailing list e-mails?

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-23 05:05 am UTC (link)
okay, awesome. i'll collect some links later tonight - let me know if i do anything wrong.
and yes, i'm getting the mailing list emails.

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-23 06:35 pm UTC (link)
just a question:
is it common for most things to be already tagged/etc. for my filter? i'm assuming so because people cross-post like crazy and other people get to them, but i'm just wondering if i'm like totally missing something, lol.

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[info]ggirls_watcher
2009-09-24 01:55 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, it's typical to attempt to link to things another editor has already grabbed, especially fic and icons. It just depends on whichever editor gets to their filter first. Sometimes it will be you, sometimes it will be Joelle (fic) or Lori (icons).

Anyway, you did a good job with the links; everything ended up in the right category. Just make sure to format the fic titles like we do in the newsletter, for neatness's sake: No quotes around titles, and WIPs should go like so: [username]: [Title] (Ch. #) or (Part #) or (#/#).

But *thumbs up* on the whole!

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[info]shim_shim
2009-09-24 06:59 pm UTC (link)
okay, awesome. yay! :]

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