help
How do I write an article?
First you have to join up as a Cit J, if you haven’t done that already.
Once you have logged in head on over to File a Story, in the top right hand of the navigation bar.
Choose a category “The Big Issues” “Candidate Watch” “Please Explain?” or “The Latham Diaries”.
Next step choose story type - if it’s a text story without a main picture hit “Article”.
Type the story, write a blurb (or hit auto blurb if you wish) and then publish. Simple.
How do I file a photo?
So you have a great photo - or image - you want to share. Maybe you caught a politician doing something unusual - like kissing a baby perhaps? First step is to upload the image to a photo-sharing site - we love Flickr, but any will do - and then you need the URL for where the image is hosted. If you drag the image into your browser you will get the URL - it should end in .jpg.
Choose a category as above, then choose “Photo” for story type and add the details - using the image URL. You can also write a story to go along with your photo. Make sure you have permission to use any images you upload to the site.
How do I file a video?
You might have some great footage you want to share or you have discovered a great John Howard YouTube video that you wish to make a comment on. You can embed a YouTube by grabbing the URL (NOTE: not the embed html).
This will embed the video on the Norg you can also write a story to go along with it.
How do I file audio?
Like photos this needs to be hosted elsewhere, but if you find a great Podcast with some political punch, choose a category and then audio - link to the MP3 file and away you go. You can also write a story to go along with it.
How do I file a Webpage link?
If you some across an article on another site that is worth pointing out, DON”T copy and paste it into the Norg - that is breach of copyright!
You can either make a comment and quote the story and file it as an article, or you can create a link to the original story with a short blurb summarizing what it’s about. Choose a category and then choose webpage link and put in the details. The system automatically generates a link to the article.
I need to edit something I have posted, help
No doubt you hit publish and immediately see all your typos. Don’t panic! If you go to File a Story again you will see your last five story headings in the right hand corner. Hit on the title and you can re-edit and refile. Check that the category and story type remain the same as the original one you filed. If you want to edit an older story you can hit “View all your stories” and use the “edit” button under the story to it.
I have forgotten my password
Not a problem, we can send you another one from the Login page. If you are still having problems you can email us at help@norg.com.au
I’m finding some of the content offensive
There is a report button on all stories and comments, hit it only if you really feel that something is truly offensive or could possibly be illegal.
Don’t hit it just because you disagree with something. This is politics - things are bound to get a little heated.
How does voting work?
First off, you need to be logged in to vote. Voting works on a 24 hour news cycle to keep the news fresh and up-to-date. A story’s votes halve after 24 hours until you see that they reduce to 1, fresher stories get priority over older news when it drops down to one as well.
You can see a stories votes in the little blue box.
What are Cit J rankings?
When you join up you are a cadet journalist as you make a contribution to the site your ranking increases and so does your vote. Cadets to CitJ 2 have 1 vote, CitJ 3- CitJ 5 have 2 votes and CitJ 6 to Senior Cit J have 3 votes. The system is built not to reward people who continually upload spam or stories that continually get low votes. You can see all the rankings here.
Um, those are the basics - but if you have any other questions please email us at help@norg.com and we will answer your questions and add it to the help section.
Happy Norging!
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