SHRT NWS

Podcast The Retro Hour (uk) did an interview with Wammes Witkop.

https://audioboom.com/posts/7870745.mp3?modified=1621546503&...

Again 'SHRT NWS'? Do you know anything about Google and SEO at all?

Well, no shit they're different URLs. If they'd be the same URL you'd be unable to hyperlink to a specific post, and because the new post would overwrite the old post anyway. You don't have file folders with two identical filenames either, right?

In terms of content (including titles), this site's had better times, that's for sure.

You only need to look at old posts, and learn from its style and conventions. I don't have the time anyway.

2021 is not like 2006? More colors now.

+1

I find Wammes' story that MSX got so popular in the Netherlands solely because a ship's cargo full of MSX computers was put on the Dutch market for dumping prices hard to confirm. Does anyone know if there's any credence to this?

So to be clear, I meant: same title, no (successive) consistency in the slug (the vowels were removed this time )

I said 'who cares', because there's obviously a funny/frolic twist to this news series, and as the rest of the content is pretty in order, not a biggie I think

But it might be better, if this is to become a ~monthly thing or so, to name it SHRT NWS #2106 next month or so, or #03 (and then you'll get/have your consistent slugs etc )? (Keeping it in 'shrt' spirit )

Otherwise, if you wish to use the title again without a date or edition indicator, you could mention the date, or to what period the content applies and/or the edition in the first sentence; here on the site you'll always see the date of publication, search engine results might not show that (but then will probably show the first sentence(s)).

Though, of course / obviously, using a descriptive (unique) title plus a good (coherent) slug is a good/advisable thing generally

And yeah, thanks for these reports, they're actually pretty relevant! Are these based on news submissions, or gathered from personal findings (as well)?

Cheers!  🍻

Um, what does this have to do with anything?? Why are you saying this, I wonder?

Some of these "nws" have already threads with lots of posts, why not post something really new instead?

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No mention anywhere of the Pyramid warp enhanced+ edition? Twitter post

Download: https://github.com/theNestruo/msx-pyramidwarpex

Cavit cute little new game for MSX (and other 8 bit machines) Video:Youtube video

Download: http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/cavit/index.html

Newsposts have several sources. They either come from a submission by a visitor or are found out about by an admin.

Subjects found by admins might be published whenever an admin feels like publishing it/when the admin feels the article is ready. None of the visitors will ever know how long the post was in the queue, so there's nothing to explain about that really.

The visitor submissions come in several shapes and forms. Some are perfectly written and can be published with some minor alterations. Others are just a link. The perfectly written ones get published rather soon and the less info that comes with it, the longer it takes to be published.
You must know that however there are several admins in the MRC team, not all knowledge is onboard. Some things need research to make a link into a worthy newspost. Writing a newspost about things you don't know about is just waiting for flames.
Then not all admins do handle newsposts for several reasons. The others do their very best to present the news with enthousiasm and a nice picture.

tl;dr: a couple of admins - with family, work, personal reasons, other lack of time, no degree in journalism and often not all needed info handy - have to do it all. They do their utter best.

I know you guys know. You're all smart people and not new here.

Writing about a subject may perhaps seem like black magic that only a few lads could ever do, but if you follow certain guide lines and procedures, there's not much to it really. The problem is there's no editor in chief anymore, guarding the whole form factor. Styles are a run-away at the moment. In the days when snout and I did the news, we usually did all the news (with snout being even more fanatic than I was), each with its own news post. No matter how small. That does result in proper attention to each subject - just think of it: there are MSX fans who now get mentioned only in a collection-newspost. It's easier to find things when each subject has its own title. It's easier to hyperlink to. You don't get msd mentioning that things are missing from that one line he got. You get dedicated user reactions. It's way better for Google. You can add a bit o' personal fun to a newspost. Etc. etc.

And yes, I had a rather fucked-up day, that day; but this trend is something I've been eyeballing for a while now, so that's kind of unrelated. It had to be said at some moment, so I did.

The Short News was actually one of my ideas. There's just a handful of writers in the MRC team that can actually write with finesse. It's just not every one's cup of tea. Some peeps are better at writing music, some make good images, and others live by coding. Having a small team of writers that have to handle more than enough news to fill a bathtub with, it's frustrating to let some news just go.. unmentioned or unattended. MRC should have some kind of "news flow" window, twitter like short messages. And that is why we came up with this alternative instead.

In all fairness, I never liked the small news posts. Including yours, Wolf. Back in those days I already missed a news ticker kinda thingy. And, I think, the MSX scene has be come more active in the last years with more news than before. But that's an assumption. On the other hand, I did recognize some write quality in your (wolf) news posts. As a writer myself, I know how damn hard it is to make a short, powerful and to the point write up with enough context for every one to understand the subject. Not something for any one to grasp.

I have a standard too, and it takes me some time to do proper investigations, checking resources, getting in contact with owners, writing a well versed intro, verse, chorus and ending. Most of the times about subjects that are new to me. You know, getting a news submission that says "we have a new game ready and it's called xxxxyy". Sometimes not more than that. I love to write about it, I really do, but blank messages like that needs proper focus and free time. Not something I have a bag full of, being married with children and having a full time job.

In other words; I love to discuss how we can handle all input and have keep a good format while keeping every one, including ourselves, happy.

Inspirationally yours, ro.

Funny, I write stuff like that in my lunch break too
(seriously)

It all boils down to this:
If I had the time and space to write an article of any length about any blog, tweet, video, fart and other nuts that has MSX value, I'd be needing an 8 hour lunch break. I want to, sure, but I just can't.

- Can you ? YES!
- will you? YES!
- have the time? NO!

And there's the dilemma. I would have love to expand on the Black Hole blog, but choose to mention it in the shorts instead.

About your initial rant of URL choosing: 100% agreed on that. A title, name, URL should be somewhat unique.

Now, if you'll excuse me. There's a few news submissions and downloads in the queue that needs my attention...

With all due respect for everyone: Wolf, please help out the team by writing a few of these articles during your lunch break. Just a few. Offloads the team a bit and you can subtly slide in your stile again, just like the ol' days

Sorry for being off-topic, hamlet. I'll behave now.

Loved the interview with Wammes. IMHO that deserved a single news post :-)