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tysok · 12-19-2006, 02:24 PM

We have some news articles that are sorely needing some bulk in them. We'll be posting up some suggestion threads for these shortly.

These are a little different, we're not NEEDING full stories. You can post them if you want, if they're really different than the messages already in there or they're really good we may use them, but mainly we're looking for quotes or the story section that's got some good description or celebrates the feat a little better than what may be there now. So if you right up a story header and a quote with a stat line we may just end up using the quote, or using the quote and the header in two different objects.

For instance stories should really be like:
It doesn't get much better than this for a 25-year old rookie center fielder. Not only is Steve Link playing professional baseball for the Boston Links, he's already putting together some pretty solid numbers--good enough to win the National League Batter of the Month award for May.
In 5 games he recorded a standout .333 average with 15 homeruns, 102 RBI, and 5 runs scored.

It's got a good story line at the top. The stat line is pretty much basic no frills in everything. Quotes would go in between the main story (what's there in that example) and the stat line.

We have a lot of stories that look more like this:
Steve Link of the Boston Links has been chosen the top Rookie in the National League.
In May he racked up 60 hits, 15 homeruns, 102 RBI, and 5 runs scored. He hit .333 with an OBP of .455.

Short and to the point. I'd like to bulk some of those up. My creativity goes only so far so we're going to post up and get some ideas about bulking those little things up some so they make good news.
You can post quotes, a news story (the header up there) or the whole thing. Try to keep to just one, maybe two stats in the header... the rest get stuck in the stat line.
We're also not dealing with conditions right now, these are general messages. The only conditions we're playing with are pretty much age, and quality at this point. You can specifiy what condition you think it may need, or not. Just help us bulk up some of these scrawny things so we can eat them for christmas dinner.

12-19-2006, 02:24 PM	#1
tysok Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,925	Wanted: Bulk! We have some news articles that are sorely needing some bulk in them. We'll be posting up some suggestion threads for these shortly. These are a little different, we're not NEEDING full stories. You can post them if you want, if they're really different than the messages already in there or they're really good we may use them, but mainly we're looking for quotes or the story section that's got some good description or celebrates the feat a little better than what may be there now. So if you right up a story header and a quote with a stat line we may just end up using the quote, or using the quote and the header in two different objects. For instance stories should really be like: It doesn't get much better than this for a 25-year old rookie center fielder. Not only is Steve Link playing professional baseball for the Boston Links, he's already putting together some pretty solid numbers--good enough to win the National League Batter of the Month award for May. In 5 games he recorded a standout .333 average with 15 homeruns, 102 RBI, and 5 runs scored. It's got a good story line at the top. The stat line is pretty much basic no frills in everything. Quotes would go in between the main story (what's there in that example) and the stat line. We have a lot of stories that look more like this: Steve Link of the Boston Links has been chosen the top Rookie in the National League. In May he racked up 60 hits, 15 homeruns, 102 RBI, and 5 runs scored. He hit .333 with an OBP of .455. Short and to the point. I'd like to bulk some of those up. My creativity goes only so far so we're going to post up and get some ideas about bulking those little things up some so they make good news. You can post quotes, a news story (the header up there) or the whole thing. Try to keep to just one, maybe two stats in the header... the rest get stuck in the stat line. We're also not dealing with conditions right now, these are general messages. The only conditions we're playing with are pretty much age, and quality at this point. You can specifiy what condition you think it may need, or not. Just help us bulk up some of these scrawny things so we can eat them for christmas dinner. __________________ I don't know about you, but as for me, the question has already been answered: Should we be here? Yes! Jack Buck, September 17, 2001 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. I firmly believe that any man's finest hour... is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. (Vince Lombardi) I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. (George S. Patton)