UnNews:Newsroom

See also: UnNews:Classic style guide

The short-lived UnNews TV channel ran afoul of broadcasting standards.

Welcome to the Newsroom!

UnNews is a parody of WikiNews. The content is up to you, but below you will find some suggestions about formatting, and some tips and stuff.

Write a headline

Short and sweet. If possible, your headline should fit on a single line in the daily list of stories on the UnNews front page.

You could try one out right now.

Add a picture

This is too small and those are too big.

At least one picture should be in your article. Either find one on here that someone has uploaded already, or upload yours by clicking "Upload File" on the side bar (or here). The default template looks like this.

[[File:Name of your image.jpg|thumb|A '''funny''' caption goes here.]]

• To change size, do this.

[[File:Name of your image.jpg|thumb|250px|A '''funny''' caption goes here.]]

• To realign, do this.

[[File:Name of your image.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A '''funny''' caption goes here.]]

• To not fuck up adjacent text, do this.

Check (Ctrl+ and Ctrl-). The UnVoyage How To Article has more image templates you can spork.

Or a video

Videos from Youtube can be jammed into stories. Some editors don't like it, because it looks a bit ugly, but hey, some people probably don't like you because you're a bit ugly.

Anyway, the code is simple, but you need to insert the video snippet three times for the mobile resizing, and don't change any of the initial sizes. Also, make sure you set a unique class for multiple videos, or else!

{{yt | class=CLASSNAME | <youtube width=278 height=200> PASTE_LAST_BIT_OF_ADDRESS_HERE </youtube> | <youtube width=430> PASTE_LAST_BIT_OF_ADDRESS_HERE </youtube> | <youtube width=640> PASTE_LAST_BIT_OF_ADDRESS_HERE </youtube> }}

So, if the address is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-1-62TcN70 copy the part of the address that comes after v=

Like so: {{yt | class=CLASSNAME | <youtube width=278 height=200> R-1-62TcN70 </youtube> | <youtube width=430> R-1-62TcN70 </youtube> | <youtube width=640> R-1-62TcN70 </youtube> }}

It resizes for mobile, and you can add a caption if you want – check {{yt}} for details. This displays the video like this:

Another Example:

One of Britain's most important hospital dramas.

This one is floated to the right with a caption and the larger size is omitted. As with other floated elements, you probably want to use {{SP}} or {{nobr}} in the text below it to prevent odd word-wrapping for narrow screens.

Cite sources

Link readers to the original story. (Many will have no idea what you are talking about if you don't.) There is a template at the bottom of all new UnNewses.

url= web address of the real news

title= article's title

author= article's author(s)

pub= website name (CNN, MSN, BBC, etc.)

date= date the article was published

Add categories

It is also nice to add categories at the end, to link your new page with other pages. You could, for example, use a category to indicate what nation is the setting, such as [[Category:United States]]. Categories can also indicate the general field of interest, such as [[Category:Politics]]. You can see a complete list of categories in Category:Categories.

Get stories in that sexy "In the News" section on the first page

Edit this page here. More complex is making your article one of the five "lead articles".

Control the stars

Edit the sneak preview here, and the full page here. Do not confuse the order of the star signs. We have a hell of a lot of intense, obsessive whoroscopers here.

Use UnNews Audio

How to listen

You will find the mp3s embedded in the stories in Flash players. You simply have to enable Flash to work on the site. They look something like this:

If you want to pore over links to recent audio recordings you can find an archive at this lovely place here.

As well as the archive, you can find new stories at the UnNews Audio bit at the bottom right hand corner of the UnNews mainpage.

If you're more of a doer than a listener, read on for a guide on how to upload your own audio!

How to author

• Create an mp3 file on your computer machine.
• Upload your recording as you would any other file, under 'Upload file'.
• When you have updated your file, you should see a screen like this. Click on the link under the white square (here, UnNews--South.mp3).

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• A second screen, like this, will appear. Copy the URL.

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How to add the audio to your story

• Edit your story and add the following template as the first line.

{{UnNews Audio|file=PASTE_YOUR_URL_HERE|title=TYPE_WHAT_YOU_WANT_THE_PLAYER_TO_DISPLAY}}

• Edit the areas in bold. Paste your url, making sure it starts with "images" (not "http").
• Write what you like for the message. Whatever is in your heart.

Example

Let's continue with the UnNews--South.mp3 from the screen shot above. Here is what we want to add:

URL: images.uncyclomedia.co/uncyclopedia/en/1/14/UnNews--South.mp3

Message: Interview with Marios Charalambous

The code to display it, therefore, looks like this:

{{UnNews Audio|file=images.uncyclomedia.co/uncyclopedia/en/1/14/UnNews--South.mp3|title=Interview with Marios Charalambous}}

There are more UnNews audio templates here. That's it. Good luck and God bless.

Whom can I talk to?

On any newspage, click history and you will find out the author! You then have a 30–70 chance of having a pleasant conversation! Alternatively, push your eyes a little further down to see a list of recent contributors to UnNews.

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