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26 December 2008

NS Chronicles

One of our players has decided it's high time NationStates had an online newspaper and asked if I'd be willing to give an interview. I obliged, and you can read the full transcript over at www.nschronicles.com

There have been attempts at making a newspaper for NS in the past, but they've all failed. Mostly because most people couldn't be bothered, but also, I think, because of the enormity of the task. There's always something happening, and it'd be impossible to keep abreast of all of it. But I wish them the best of luck! It's always interesting to read what someone else has written about NationStates, and there's not much material out there.

I look forward to reading later editions!
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NSC Administrator said...

Thanks Sirocco. There are currently three of us working on the project though I am the chief administrator of the site. AW is the official spokesperson as the rest of us want to keep our identities closed so we can live in peace within the game.

AW has rattled my cage recently, encouraging me to finish the site. I almost fell off my chair when I first saw our thread in the Jolt forum. It was a complete "OMG" moment as I realized that we had never fully finished the site; and there it was being advertised.

NSC originally began as a small regional project. We just wanted to do it. Then we played with the notion of making it into something that all NS players could use. Then it got shelved as NSC was not the only project on my plate at the time and was intended to be released by the summer of 2009 anyway. Now we will be working overtime to get it up to speed.

There are a number of frontend items we never got to as securing the backend as well as the editors module took priority. There's more coming. What you see today in merely the skeleton of the site.

That being said, we are able to handle submissions and players are encouraged to do just that. The site can not be spammed as all submissions are first previewed for content. Subject matter is only limited to the imagination and creativity of the writers.

Some of the items currently on the table include but are not limited to adding the ability for readers to attach comments to any article, a photo gallery that would allow players to showcase flags, maps, crests, real-life images or anything else they so desire and all within their own personal photo albums. Players will have to first create a free account with the gallery before they will be able to use it so that we can ensure the site remains clean. The editors will have complete control over all content and accounts. The World Assembly page is currently being discussed so that the section can be expanded as well as the Featured Region page. All of this will naturally take time but nonetheless, we will be moving forward with the project with or without articles. It's a challenge thing and we love the challenge the site affords us.

With increased reader feedback we would then be able to tailor the site to meet the demand. I personally love the notion of the site developing due to nothing more than player input.

Anyone with ideas they want to share can leave feedback on the site itself or can contact us at admin@nschronicles.com

Thanks again for the exposure Sirocco as well as everything else you do for us all. Cheers.

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