My point was that the option is apparently useless..no, that option is useless anywayI also just wanted to add that when I posted something in USN I was not posting it in hopes to get it put on the front page, and im also positive that others also were not posting articles simply to have them put on the front page. Just saying. From what I gather, we can still copy and paste articles but just not in USN as every thread in the USN is apparently submitted for front page approval( I remember having to click on something for this before).
you cant copy and paste anywhere on the forum.
p1ngpong has been locking threads in general off topic etc
most of the news flagged for the front page is simply a quote of the source site. i expect users to take a few minutes to write something in their own words. most of the internet is news which has been mirrored from other sources. let us try to act more professional than the next site by writing our own descriptions, and then link back to source posts for "more information."
anything which does not follow the formatting in the 1st post will not be allowed on the front page.
anything which is simply a quote of another site will not be allowed on the front page.
anything poorly written (grammar, spell checking, etc) will not be allowed on the front page.
-another world
This is even quoted in the OP and seems to pertain to USN, So if general off topic is affect aswell, where is the general off topic template or should we just assume its not a USN template and just a template for posting anything anywhere on the forum. Wouldnt this then need to be stickied in all the forums? It seems kind of asinine to lock a thread in one subforum and link to a thread about another subforum as reasoning.
Anyway, I hope this all gets straightened out because its quite helter skelter at the moment.