Tuesday, Apr 17, 2007
We've never 100% clarified what is/isn't acceptable to submit to the "User Submitted News" section of guides. Partly we were a bit vague purposely to see what trends or patterns in submissions would follow after implementing this. And the only solid stipulation we've had thus far is "no links to official network sites". Since this contribution has been available for a while, now's a good time to clarify.
Basically, all types of links which point to any reference site or fansite, or anything similar that has any type of valuable info. about the specific show/person, is allowed. This now includes submitting links to official network sites. We figure the more information made available the better. The whole point of TV.com is to be a great resource for television, right? As long as what you are submitting is a specific webpage that is dedicated/relevant to the guide you are adding the link to, then it's fine (i.e., links the show's official webpage, not the network homepage).
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Basically, all types of links which point to any reference site or fansite, or anything similar that has any type of valuable info. about the specific show/person, is allowed. This now includes submitting links to official network sites. We figure the more information made available the better. The whole point of TV.com is to be a great resource for television, right? As long as what you are submitting is a specific webpage that is dedicated/relevant to the guide you are adding the link to, then it's fine (i.e., links the show's official webpage, not the network homepage).
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Posted Apr 17, 2007 4:03 pm PT
An ability to delete junk links would be good, but any kind of quality control by staff at the approvals stage would be a step in the right direction. I have seen dozens of user submitted links that point to a network's homepage or even the IMdB homepage, with the banal suggestion that the visitor enter the show's name to read about the show…
And why stop at user-submitted news? Some news links submitted by staff link to dynamic web pages that have long since been updated and no longer refer to the show or person in question…
And why stop at user-submitted news? Some news links submitted by staff link to dynamic web pages that have long since been updated and no longer refer to the show or person in question…
Posted Apr 17, 2007 4:41 pm PT
Posted Apr 17, 2007 4:47 pm PT
Thanks for the info on this. Have a good night and hugs. 
Posted Apr 17, 2007 7:05 pm PT
Hasn't Danmod posted a thread about this??
Anyway, could we get a different section for User Submitted News and user submitted links. I hate clicking on what I think is a news, in a news section, and going into a fansite without any news
Anyway, could we get a different section for User Submitted News and user submitted links. I hate clicking on what I think is a news, in a news section, and going into a fansite without any news
Posted Apr 17, 2007 7:11 pm PT
I think it should be news only, people are submit links to sites to get more info, like Wikipedia.
Posted Apr 17, 2007 7:37 pm PT
Wow, it's really great news. This should have happened earlier. A few months back, when I submitted an official site for one of my shows, the TV.com staff immediately sent me a "TV.com TOS Violation Warning." And now you say it's allowed?
Posted Apr 17, 2007 11:58 pm PT
Finally a clarification on what to put there. So basically it is anything relevant to the person and doesn't even need to be news?
Posted Apr 18, 2007 1:42 am PT
Thanks for the info! And welcome back! 
Posted Apr 18, 2007 8:38 pm PT
As far as bugs go, unfortunately (argh) there are obviously still some affecting the user submitted news. I'm checking into it to see if the process of fixing those can be sped up, but in the meantime you guys can always report any of those links for moderation if they seem inappropriate. I agree that it would be a good idea to also allow editors of the guides to directly moderate these links (currently only staff or the author of the link can edit/delete it - when that function is working properly).
Posted Apr 19, 2007 8:29 am PT
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