Guidelines for Paleo-Trail
Proposed guidelines for the Paleo-Trail subtrail of Steemtrail
for public comment, information, and revision
The paleotechnologist
When you submit your paleo posts to this forum, we’ll read them! Not only will your posts be read, commented on, and voted for by members of paleo-trail, but if your posts meet our guidelines, you may have your posts recommended to other users and curators of Steemtrail and their followers on Streemian!
There’s much more to this than voting, however. We want to build a great Paleo Writing community on Steemit – and we want you to be a part of that community! Our team will work tirelessly to make sure that happens.
The Paleo-trail Guidelines for Posting
Please review these guidelines for the Paleo category. These are not strict rules, but following these guidelines will certainly improve your post quality and your chances of receiving support from members – and also receiving recommendations for curation by @steemtrail.
Original Content – We would like to see original writing, images, and personal touches in your posts. Your knowledge, experiences, photos, or tips will add content that readers will desire and value. Show us something unique or personal and your posts will have the chance to jump to the front of the curating line.
Proper Citations – Content that is copied or plagiarized will not be eligible for curation. If you’re using images, quotes, or copied information from another source, cite those sources accordingly. If you use your own imagery, please let us know. It will not only make our job as curators easier, but it will also let your readers know that the images are original – adding a personal touch that may better connect you with your readers and followers.
Accurate Tags – Please tag it accordingly by using “paleo” as your primary tag. This will help sort the posts that we curate for the paleo category. Posts that are not properly tagged will have a lower chance of receiving upvotes. But don’t worry! We will help guide you and offer our assistance along the way.
Formatting – Posts that take advantage of Markdown and HTML to increase personalization and style will be more noticeable, not only to us as curators, but for readers in general. Formatted posts with good and relevant titles and headers will receive more consideration than others that have not been formatted. This is important for search engine optimization (SEO), but there is a balance to be reached and there are many options available to customize the formatting, so it may take some time to figure out what works best for you. Again – we will offer guidance for this, if needed. You can also visit @steemprentice in RocketChat for additional assistance with this. They have a good team and there is a lot of information for new and old users alike pinned in that channel.
Good Writing – We really don’t want to nitpick spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation errors, but a well-written story is important for readers. Multiple spelling and grammatical errors can diminish the perceived value of a post. Give your posts a read before publishing them and correct any mistakes you find. Then give it another read! Your followers will appreciate the effort – and so will your curators here. Mistake-free posts will certainly help with our selection process. Our curators have editing experience and will help you improve your post for voting.
We are not commanding everyone to conform to these guidelines. You may post as you wish and offer whatever content you desire, however you desire. This is only an attempt to help organize and curate the Paleo category – to help with creating and rewarding quality posts and to attract and retain content creators to the community on the Steemit.com platform. There are no penalties imposed on any user for not adopting these guidelines. But our curator will only vote up the post they think represent the highest quality paleo information. There is a limit on how many posts we can get Steemtrail votes for, and those will be selected on merit.
Recommended Guidelines for our Curation Team.
Curators are those who are involved with SteemTrail, are signed up via Streemian, who have announced a desire to curate, has been voted in by current curators and has been approved by the admin to vote up a post for steemtrail group voting.
Curators are responsible to find, promote, comment on and vote for (or decline to vote for) posts pertaining to the Paleo Lifestyle for inclusion in the SteemTrail voting trail.
When a curator submits a post to paleo-trail, it is assumed that they approve the post and they should mark it with a thumbs up. It is that curator's job to solicit discussion and votes for that post. They should shepherd the post through the discussion and voting period which ends when a majority of curators approve the post by increasing the thumbs up, or when the time limit imposed by Steemtrail ends.
If a Steemit author posts their own article to our trail, the first curator to read the article should mark the post with an :eye: reaction to show that they have read it, and a thumbs up if they approve it. When a majority of curators (excluding the author) approve it, the last voter moves it to Approved.
Promoting the post to Channel-approved-posts does not guarantee it will receive the Steemtrail vote, but at that point it is no longer our decision.
Updates on Progress, Changes, Curating, and Contests
We will publish a weekly post about our curating statistics and related information. Any changes to our curating habits and targets will be posted as necessary to keep the community informed. The rewards from our information and update posts will be used for increasing the Steem Power of this account and for covering costs of development and the curating teams.We are also discussing contests and other ideas for community engagement. If you have any suggestions for contests, please let us know in the comments below.
Encourage People to Join Our Paleo Community!
Bringing new users to the platform is one of the objectives for the @steemtrail project. If this is one of your favorite topics or categories, then tell people about it! If you know anyone who wants to share their stories and experiences, encourage them to join us and participate in the Paleo community. They don’t need to know everything about Steemit to enjoy themselves here. We want to tailor this community for new and experienced Paleo writers, and anyone who enjoys reading!
The same applies to existing users. Tell us your experience. Engage with us. Support others in the category. Join our curation trail. When you join us, you’ll know that 100% of our efforts will be focused on the category and topics you love. You – the users – will ultimately shape the future of the Paleo community on Steemit! Bring your friends, your family, and bloggers that might enjoy reading and posting, and may want to contribute to what we’re trying to accomplish!
If you have any questions or feedback, please leave us a comment.
Copied and adapted from various previous SteemTrail guidelines but specifically from the Garden-Trail guidelines.
No intent to plagiarize and any or all reproduced sections will be replaced if requested. Intended as fair use for comment and suggestions.