1,885
edits
Changes
→Posting Guidelines
* '''Provide context''' so that someone happening across your blog post will understand what you are talking about.
* '''Write professionally.''' Blog postings are less formal than other types of writing, but they are still a reflection of your communications skills.
* '''Remember that the internet has a long memory.''' The Planet Telescope page is generated periodically, and even if you delete or change your posting, it may be indexed, cached, or reposted until in the planet is re-generatedprevious form. Avoid saying something that might come back to haunt you later -- and remember that future employers may read your old postings (as well as future in-laws, office mates, and so forth).
* '''Write in English.''' English is the language of instruction at Seneca and the main language of communication in many open source communities.
* '''Define appreviations and acronyms''' the first time each one is used.
* '''Keep the postings relevant to your open source work'''.
Failure to follow these guidelines may result in removal of your feed from the PlanetTelescope, and in a severe case (such as a breach of the AUP) may result in disciplinary action from the college.
Please note that if you want to create blog entries that may not conform to these guidelines, you are free to do so in one of two ways:
# Create a separate blog for your personal postings.
# Use a feed for the Telescope that only includes articles tagged with a certain word or classified into a certain category, and then ensure that articles that do not meet these guidelines are not tagged or classified in such a way that they are picked up in the feed. See [[Open Source@Seneca Planet List]].
