Proposing Articles

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Anyone is welcome to propose an article!

Proposals can be ideas or specific pitches (an example is below). Proposing an article doesn’t automatically mean the same person needs to write it. Having a good set of ideas helps writers to write what they know is relevant for the Magazine.

Submitting an idea

Join the community on the Fedora Magazine Discourse forum and submit your idea as a new topic.

NOTE Make certain to select the #fm-proposed tag before submitting and add an 'X' in the AI Assisted Contributions box.

All contributions MUST conform to the Fedora AI-Assisted Contributions Policy

If this is your first proposal, and you also plan to write an article, you will need a Fedora account. If you don’t have one you may sign up here. Note that contributors are required to sign the Fedora Project Contributor Agreement (FPCA).

A specific pitch example

The following article serves as an example outline for proposing a new pitch for the Fedora Magazine. This example was used for the Never leave IRC again with ZNC article.

Summary: Describe how to set up an IRC bouncer using ZNC

Description: The purpose of this article would be to describe what an IRC bouncer is and how someone can set up their own ZNC instance to connect to IRC networks and remain persistently connected to channels. The article would aim to educate the user about two things: what and how. Since IRC is a major communication platform for Fedora (and most free and open-source project communities), this article would ideally promote using IRC as well. The flow of the article would be as follows:

  • What is an IRC bouncer / proxy and how does it work?

  • Introducing ZNC

  • Download, installing, and configuring ZNC on a Fedora machine

  • Configuring IRC client to use your ZNC bouncer

Workflow

Next step: Clarification