Sigton wrote:

monkeytrooper wrote:

Also if someone wants to do AV I would be all for it although I don't know how to do it so can someone who does do it

Brains, Crazy and I at least know how to do it.

Sigton

monkeytrooper wrote:

Add in my Column

MegaByteCorporations wrote:

Idea: I think we should make an Archive thread to store the articles in, and use the Archive Post for the most recent ones, because we all know that one day we will exceed the character limit. My Idea is that I will make the thread and post the previous Articles on there, and use the front page to link to the articles, so that we don't exceed the character limit on the actual thread.

Mega the Cardboard Robot

Sigton wrote:

MegaByteCorporations wrote:

Idea: I think we should make an Archive thread to store the articles in, and use the Archive Post for the most recent ones, because we all know that one day we will exceed the character limit. My Idea is that I will make the thread and post the previous Articles on there, and use the front page to link to the articles, so that we don't exceed the character limit on the actual thread.

Mega the Cardboard Robot

If Crazy is in charge shouldn't he make the thread?

Sigton

TheFederationTimes wrote:

Cover ☑ wrote:

BANNER ☑

The Federation Times ISSUE #1 DATE: 9/Something ☑

Cover Story Headline: “TSF COURT HAVING A SAY” or something along those lines ☑

Featuring Interviews with makethebrainhappy, CrazyGoldfish3, and Austinato! ☑

*Feature Shop: ✔ Ray of light ✔* ☑

Enjoy reading! ☑

Ads wrote:

Banner+Link for each Ad-
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Co49: https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Co49/ ☑ Banner:
Employee of the Week will be determined after the issue has been completed.
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Interviews ☑ wrote:

Each interview + Article based around it-
makethebrainhappy: https://titanpad.com/2UxqOnHV9t ☑ Article: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/2180552/ ☑
CrazyGoldfish3: https://titanpad.com/2UxqOnHV9t (Under MTBH's) ☑ Article: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/2187322/ ☑
Austinato: https://titanpad.com/2UxqOnHV9t (Under CG3's) ☑ Article: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/2185755/ ☑

Articles wrote:

2 columns + Cover story-
Cover Story: CrazyGoldfish3; Banner: ; Article ☑:

[center][b][big]GETTING A SAY:[/big] The TSF Court to make a First Ever Ruling[/b][/center]
Later this week, the TSF Court, who has never actually made a ruling in the history of The Shop Federation, will now get a say. It is a simple case, for sure, but still a historical moment for the Federation. The Court is actually 2 members short of what it can be, but still is on an odd number, therefore the decision will still have a majority. 
The ruling will concern whether or not [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/CrazyGoldfish3/]CrazyGoldfish3's[/url] shop, deemed [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/214891/]CrazyGoldfish3's Custom Block Shop -REMASTERED-[/url] , should be Endorsed. The reason why CrazyGoldfish3 can't do it is because of the fact that it is his Shop, and it wouldn't make much sense for him to be the one to determine whether or not it should be Endorsed, which would give a large amount of Advertising and boost the Shop overall, if it is his Shop! Therefore, the TSF Court, led by [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/makethebrainhappy/]makethebrainhappy[/url], will make the decision.
The Court is designed to hold 5 Justices, but due to recent Hierarchy reforms, is only sporting 3. Besides the Chief Justice, makethebrainhappy, the 2 other Justices are [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Doni24/]Doni24[/url] and [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Austinato/]Austinato[/url]. The Court might be incomplete, but is still functional, and will be able to make this minor ruling before they get 2 more dedicated Justices.
The Shop meets all Endorsement Standards, so all that is left to discuss for the Court is whether or not they consider Custom Block service unique enough. Until then, however, the Shop will simply be a basic member of TSF, waiting for a minor verdict that has historical implications.

Column 1: The Feature Shop Breakdown, with rainbow_waves ☑; Banner: http://i.cubeupload.com/p7SDhw.png ☑

[center][big][b]Featured Shop Breakdown[/big], with rainbow_waves[/b][/big][/center]
At banana439monkey’s shop, Ray of Light, orders are a priority. Ray of Light provides a number of services that can not be found anywhere else! They offer Lego® Guides, websites, Unicode emojis, HTML code, and Scratch Wiki signatures.
Along with their special offers, Ray of Light also provides the traditional services: art, outros, ideas, stories, BBcode, projects, reviews, code, logos, and designs. At Ray of Light, orders are taken quickly, and completed within a week, guaranteeing happy customers. 
This shop is fairly old, as it has been open for almost nine months. It has fifty-two pages of order completion and satisfied customers, and no inactivity to be seen. The staff list is fairly small, with only fourteen workers, yet these Scratchers are dedicated to getting orders done quickly. 
All in all, Ray of Light is a great shop to go to if you want a large selection of services, and fast completion. The staff are friendly, the quality is high, and Ray of Light is, well, a ray of light.

Column 2: TSF Lately, with MegaByteCorporations ☑; Banner: http://i.cubeupload.com/38JnfY.png ☑

[center][big][b]TSF Lately[/b][/big]
[i]With [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/MegaByteCorporations/]MegaByteCorporations[/url][/i][/center]
     Recently the Shop Federation has been going through some major changes. This began sometime near the end of [url=https://scratch.mit.edu/users/CrazyGoldfish3/]CrazyGolfish3's[/url] - who we'll call Crazy from now on - summer vacation. Crazy's summer inactiveness caused TSF to go into a very severe activity slump. About 3 posts were made very week, though occasionally there would be activity spikes that lasted a day or two. This caused TSF Officials to begin planning a complete reform of TSF, the only hampering circumstance was Crazy's absence from the happenings; and so TSF Officials opted to elect a Temporary Manager until Crazy returned from his hiatus. As election preparations were being made, Crazy returned, and with the return of Crazy, the reform truly began to happen. All of the inactive TSF Officials were cut, opening up spots for Hierarchy hopefuls.
[center][i]And that was [b]TSF Lately[/b] with MegaByteCorporations[/i][/center]

Unique Article to issue-
Topic: Guilds, by monkeytrooper ☑

Recently the TSF has set up a new Guilds program. It is designed so that shops that sell the same things can discuss individually regarding different topics. There are many benefits of being in a Guild. It gives partnerships, deals, ideas, and more to the joined shops. Currently Guilds are for TSF members only. To join a Guild you must first become a TSF member, then apply for your Guild. Currently, we have two Guilds, Personal Art (logos, banners, etc.) and Project Art (sprites, backgrounds.) (NOTE TO PAPER STAFF, Place links to the guilds where they're mentioned) More Guilds will be coming soon, such as Writing, Music, and Scripting. We urge all shops to join the TSF and a Guild, so please consider it.[/code]

Review wrote:

One Detailed Review of a Shop- Ocean Breeze Shop of Everything: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/159006/

Review: Interface: 20/20 Very easy to use, and understand.
Order-Related Activity: 10/20 Almost immediately my order was swamped in a storm of music-related offtropicness, I had to bump it twice before someone took my order.
Staff: 14/20 They were quite kind, but again, too offtropic.
Order Completion Swiftness: 20/20 They completed it on the same day.
Order Final Product: 20/20 Exactly what the order said.
Overall: 84/100 - About 4 stars out of 5 - About 8/10 ☑

Article:

Polls☑ wrote:

2 Standard Polls-
Who should be our Scratcher of the next issue? A: rollercoasterfan- https://scratch.mit.edu/users/rollercoasterfan/, B: Sigton- https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Sigton/ , C: ZLGames- https://scratch.mit.edu/users/ZLGames/ ☑
Which project should we feature next issue? A: Bubble Bear- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/118843730/ , B: Stages of Government in Ancient Greece- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/70830574/ , C: Summer- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/108683988/ ☑

1 Unique to the Issue Poll-
Do you think CrazyGoldfish3's Shop deserves to be Endorsed? A: Yes, B: No ☑

- Additional Art Pieces (Sigton + RCF)
- Formatting to Newspaper Style (Everyone)

I'll add the Review Article later, but for now I have to go.

3 things:

- Co49's Logo
- Banner for Cover Story
- Add links to rainbow_waves' and monkeytrooper's stories.

monkeytrooper wrote:

I dont understand the archive.
Can someone enlighten me

MegaByteCorporations wrote:

monkeytrooper wrote:

I dont understand the archive.
Can someone enlighten me

They Archive will be a thread where we keep all of the issues of the Newspaper, so we don't use up all of the space in the actual Archive post on the TFT thread. The Archive Post will be where we keep the 5 most recent issues, as well as on the Archive thread. On the post, the issues will be newest to oldest, top to bottom.

Mega the Cardboard Robot

makethebrainhappy wrote:

Justices should run voting! That sounds like a great idea !

monkeytrooper wrote:

MegaByteCorporations wrote:

monkeytrooper wrote:

I dont understand the archive.
Can someone enlighten me

They Archive will be a thread where we keep all of the issues of the Newspaper, so we don't use up all of the space in the actual Archive post on the TFT thread. The Archive Post will be where we keep the 5 most recent issues, as well as on the Archive thread. On the post, the issues will be newest to oldest, top to bottom.

Mega the Cardboard Robot

How about every issue except the current is kept in archive

monkeytrooper wrote:

Add in my Article

MegaByteCorporations wrote:

Idea: I think we should make an Archive thread to store the articles in, and use the Archive Post for the most recent ones, because we all know that one day we will exceed the character limit. My Idea is that I will make the thread and post the previous Articles on there, and use the front page to link to the articles, so that we don't exceed the character limit on the actual thread.

Mega the Cardboard Robot

rainbow_waves wrote:

snip

MegaByteCorporations wrote:

Why? Why not just put them all there?

Mega the Cardboard Robot

monkeytrooper wrote:

What is SDS jingle

Sigton wrote:

1 article per post would be much simpler since we don't have to make a whole new thread.

Sigton

CrazyGoldfish3 wrote:

Again, I think that for such a small scale operation, also taking in the account we've voted for 2 positions already, AV isn't really helping anything. Mega won Editor handily, and the Artist election is at a tie between Sigton and maybe Rainbow, I forget.

For the Writer and BBcode elections (If we ever have them), we'll use AV, or STV. or whatever.

CrazyGoldfish3 wrote:

monkeytrooper wrote:

Add in my Article

I will.

MegaByteCorporations wrote:

Idea: I think we should make an Archive thread to store the articles in, and use the Archive Post for the most recent ones, because we all know that one day we will exceed the character limit. My Idea is that I will make the thread and post the previous Articles on there, and use the front page to link to the articles, so that we don't exceed the character limit on the actual thread.

Mega the Cardboard Robot

It is true that we will exceed the limit of the characters on my Archive post eventually, so we could get as many issues on that post as possible, then the bottom would link to an Archive Thread that simply continues the strand.

CrazyGoldfish3 wrote:

MegaByteCorporations wrote:

Why? Why not just put them all there?

Mega the Cardboard Robot

Well, keep in mind that the TSF FP is massive, but it still fits on there, so I can still have a Recent Archive that will document the last 2-3 issues.