HAMMERHEAD Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 That ain't what I meant. By all means, sign your article. What I meant is that the articles will be reviewed for content. During this review process, the article's value will be decided. If the moderators do this: fine; but, this creates only more work for Bill. I was thinking the article could be posted and the Members of this Board could vote on the article. Hopefully, this would save Bill some time. -HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Cenidoza Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Sign your article after it has been posted, not when submitting it for review. The moderator in charge could leave the name off until it has been decided upon. We don't want people accepting or rejecting articles because the like or dislike the person writing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianders1 Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 (edited) Some good ideas - also: How about an open section where people can post requests for article topics? People could post their ideas there, and that might give the authors some ideas of topics to write about. First suggestion - a Beginner's Guide to Grip and Grip Equipment Beginner's Guide to Grippers Beginner's Guide to Bending Beginner's Guide to Block Weights etc. Intermediate Guide to Grippers Intermediate Guide to Bending Intermediate Guide to Block Weights etc. Advanced Guide to Grippers Advanced Guide to Bending Advanced Guide to Block Weights etc. Also, I would volunteer some of my time and layout experience to compile these articles from time to time in a PDF/CafePress book, if desired. Edited June 21, 2004 by ianders1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegann Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Also, I would volunteer some of my time and layout experience to compile these articles from time to time in a PDF/CafePress book, if desired. I'd volunteer some editing (grammar, usage, and/or style) skills to those who are interested. Anyone considering this should note that I speak and write American English, and he should not be surprised if a word like colour gets "corrected" to color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqeezeMasterFlash Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 I think it's a great idea. All the info at the #1 place for grip strength in one convenient spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianders1 Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 I'd volunteer some editing (grammar, usage, and/or style) skills to those who are interested. Scary - you'll get two English geeks to volunteer their time - I have an English degree and was a writer/editor for several years, and I would be happy to do some editing as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Edgin Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Rather than having a vote on it, what about setting up the new forum with a new moderator who could (1) review the article for content and value, (2) edit as needed, and (3) post it to the forum. Like what we have now with the Records and Stats forum: one go-to guy who handles it on his own and defers to Bill with questions. Edited by Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wood Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 An outstanding idea. I plan on contributing many informative articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeP Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 It all sounds great, except about the "only grip" clause. IF it relates, ie "How to work your grip training into a PL routine" or something like that, that contains other info too, I think it should be included. That is one of my worst problems that could be helped by others, how to work in grip with strongman, OL, etc and not have problems. Just a thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Dockery Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Sounds good to me. I especially like some sort of a review of the article before it's posted in the "articles forum." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infojunkie Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 As a newbie this would be great, having an area like this to get started would also save a lot of the questions we all think or ask to get going. Some of the lists i.e. the bending stock strength list and list of grippers would also fit in well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted June 22, 2004 Author Share Posted June 22, 2004 New forum has been added. I posted some guidelines for discussion. These are not set in stone obviously, but just starting guidelines to open discussion. Let's discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger LaPointe Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Great idea! I'll be happy to contribute a few articles. Live Strong! -Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mac Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Sounds like a very good idea to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danegarreau Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 WannaGrip, i was wondering if you are going to put some of the old articles that are in the FAQ forum. They are pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 I don't like the idea of writing priviledges. It's no big loss reading a subpar article and just because you're not as strong as the next guy doesn't mean you don't have anything to contribute. It doesn't matter the strength of the author. There are some guys in strength training who could not write their way out of a paper bag but who are very strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegann Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I don't like the idea of writing priviledges. It's no big loss reading a subpar article and just because you're not as strong as the next guy doesn't mean you don't have anything to contribute. It doesn't matter the strength of the author. There are some guys in strength training who could not write their way out of a paper bag but who are very strong. And vice versa. Look at the late Dan Duchaine. That guy was built like a librarian, yet tons of bodybuilders were paying for his advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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