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You may find it's worth a dig (e.g. using www.archive.org) to find an older edition of the Guardian's style guide. They appear to charge for the current edition. The only edition they appear to make freely available is the 1928 style book, and the quality is poor (i.e. a low-res image pdf c/w lots of jaggies rather than one containing proper fonts). I believe I've had success using www.archive.org to find the edition that was current in September 2007. Chris -- -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Kenward Sent: 16 April 2012 10:20 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Advice for ShareSci - Science Media Portal While I can't see that there will be many takers for this – there are plenty of blog aggregators out there that already have an audience for free words – you might like to clarify these rules. You say "All blogs will be moderated by ShareSci before publication." And then you say "changes will be sent back to the author". As I understand the term moderation it is a binary yes/no process. Either it passes muster or it doesn’t. You seem to be describing editing rather than moderation. In which case, you could change the wording to say "All blogs will be subject to editing by ShareSci before publication." I write "subject to editing" to deal with those that don’t get edited. You might also want to explain why you may want to edit things. For example if it is for stylistic reasons – to get consistency across posts – then it helps to have a "style sheet" of your preferences. No need to write your own. Find one that appeals to you. In the past I have referred folks to the Guardian. I would suggest New Scientist, but I don't know if they still have one, or if it is available on their website. Good luck with anything that does come along. If you are serious about lining up writers, you might like to take a more active approach. See if you can find people who are already out there performing as lone bloggers, not associated with any of the current aggregators. Then invite them to huddle under your umbrella. MK ****************************** ********************************************************************** Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html Email commands: 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate. Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************