does anyone remember when Markos...

[TCO]

used to brag about never missing a dealine to put the weekly column up.

[TCO]

(Ming don't delete this. I actually have a point, which is that i want the columns back up. It's just that I prefer to post trolls that hide serious points.)

[Gramphos]

It was before he got into the army.

[TCO]

whatabout Dan?

[Maniac]

Are there still columns being written?

[Nikolai]

I remember Markos complaining on not getting enough submitments of coloumns a while back, can't that be it?

[TCO]

They get written fine. All it is, is getting the admin to post it. All it is, is a long post about something civish. Can even write about the site or about games or about computers.

[:) Smiley]

I sent in a column to DanQ (and accidentally to DanS) a month ago, no word at all. I'll just post it here in a couple days if nothing happens as a result of this thread.

[DanQ]

Originally posted by TCO
They get written fine. All it is, is getting the admin to post it. All it is, is a long post about something civish. Can even write about the site or about games or about computers.

Very few articles have been submitted for posting in "The Column" feature for some time. There has been the occasional report that the submit form is not working properly but my tests of it in turn are always successful. If this happens to someone, please just do as some others have and send it via email or PM with a note to that effect.

When candidate pieces are submitted to Markos and myself, we do our best to respond as quickly to them as possible to let the author know whether or not their work will be posted and if so roughly when. Miscommunications can occur when circumstances get hectic on and/or off-site, so if after sending in a potential "Column" you do not receive a response from either Markos or myself within four weeks do send us a reminder note.

In short, "The Column" feature has not been cancelled -- it has simply stagnated.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Alex]

I'd like to see this feature reinvigorated.

[TCO]

Well let this be a call to arms. I will break down and write one.

[Skanky Burns]

Lots of Poly features seem to have stagnated recently.

[TCO]

actually I don't care about the column...I just want to help Skanky Raz it up.

[Frozzy]

Dan: You know, with all the stagnated features which people want (e.g. The Column, etc.), and I'm sure there are people willing to help out, wouldn't it be a good idea to let people help out with these kind of things? It's just that we realise that yourself, and obviously Markos, are a lot busier than you used to be, and so these great features don't always get the attention they deserve.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Nikolai
I remember Markos complaining on not getting enough submitments of coloumns a while back, can't that be it?

That's right. It was just after he went through a phase of sitting on submitted articles for several months and responding to polite enquiries as to their possibility of being published with the sort of disdain normally only expressed by people closely observing a large turd at close range.

I swear that not even Nostradamus could have predicted that submission levels might fall after that.