Call for contributor guidelines to metafandom, and for more dw meta

ETA Dec25: Re a complementary newsletter: I made a suggestion in dw_suggestions about a meta feed. Bad timing, but I was worried about forgetting to do it if I put it off for too long. So far people seem worried that it will give dw a poor image (too fannish) and will catch too many false positives with the tag I suggested. If you have time and feel up to it, maybe you can join the discussion or signal boost. /ETA

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- I did not know you wanted people to pimp their own stuff
- I do not know what your criteria for posting links are
- - What type of content is welcome?
- - What style of writing is welcome?
- - How is relevance determined?

I am not going to suggest my own content for a comm where I suspect it might be off topic. I am not going to suggest my own content to an editor who is going to hold it to a "secret" standard.
But if I knew what you're looking for, I'd be likely to suggest both my own content and whatever interesting meta I come across, so please consider writing some general guidelines for contributors.

( More meta posted on dreamwidth )

This poll is to see which options there is any interest in. Please check all that apply :-)

Poll #1914

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 54

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How would you as a reader like to be made aware of interesting meta posted to dreamwidth, including the sort not accepted by metafandom?

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An official dw feed for the tag "meta"
40 (74.1%)

A notice board, where meta writers can post links to their own content
18 (33.3%)

An edited newsletter which would be a digest of all the meta the editors had come across
25 (46.3%)

An edited newsletter which would be a digest of the best meta the editors had come across
19 (35.2%)

How would you as a writer like to have your meta reported?

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An official dw feed for the tag "meta"
31 (73.8%)

A notice board, where meta writers can post links to their own content
18 (42.9%)

An edited newsletter which would be a digest of all the meta the editors had come across
25 (59.5%)

An edited newsletter which would be a digest of the best meta the editors had come across
9 (21.4%)

I think answer no. 4 is superfluous, since we already have metafandom. Answer no. 3 is unlikely to happen, but it's possible someone thinks they have the time and energy to edit a newsletter like that. Answer no. 2 might be feasible. I would probably not put a comm like that on my regular reading filter, and it might get annoying if people didn't tag their posts consistently or well, but it could work. Answer no. 1 is my favorite, and if enough people want that, dw might grant the wish :-)