Constant thrust is Equal Opportunity for Every Child.
Every article should reinforce the whole point of Meritocracy: Equal Opportunity for Every Child. With some articles it will be optimal to exploit a connection from each paragraph. Always be closing on this deal, the apex of what Meritocracy offers.
Current push is to use current events.
- Current happening + your interest + Meritocratic interpretation =
great article for MeritocracyParty.org.
The idea is to instill the Meritocratic ethos by modeling it, and not by prescriptive moralism. So, ideally a news story of the week would serve as material around which to develop interest. Then interpret it from a Meritocratic perspective — through a Meritocratic lens.
This also give us an instant and endless supply of material.
Writers must submit original work or have permission to reprint.
- Data, quotes, paraphrases and summaries (all sources) are properly
cited. - Quotations are exact; if they represent non-standard syntax,
use square brackets to indicate.
Views must be in line with the Meritocracy Party Narrative:
- Persuades the public towards Meritocracy/Meritocratic Democracy.
- Inheritance Tax: we advocate 100% IT after $1,000,000: Millionaire’s
Estate Tax. - Mentions of versions of the Inheritance Tax are clear as to the stage
of transition for which their implementation is intended. - Inheritance Tax (Millionaire’s Death Tax, Millionaire’s Estate Tax),
Customised Education, and Qualified Government are at the
core of Meritocracy/Meritocratic Democracy. - We are against the entrenched elite, but are not anti-elitist per se,
as we support a hierarchy of merit. - We are Meritocrats, and do not capitalise royal titles or terms.
Capitalisation is under consideration for titles such as Plumber,
Chef, Student, Construction Worker, Teacher, etc. - We advocate family as integrated with community, not isolated from
it. - Article does not call for violence.
- Article is free of any hate speech and/or bigotry whatsoever.
- We use unbiased terminology as regards gender.
Solid credibility is inherent.
- Thesis is sound.
- Information is current and accurate.
- Contentions are supported by reason and facts.
- Facts, dates and statistics are verified.
- Article defines unfamiliar terms.
Article must engage readers and spur them to action.
- Article has to be entertaining.
- Has to be directed to a wide audience (whether to the general public
or to a specific target group). - Express Meritocracy in terms of what it does and will do, not in
terms of what it “seeks to do” or “would do”. - Our material has to grab the reader’s attention, arouse their interest and lead them to make a decision about us which produces action on their part. Even if it’s just accepting Meritocracy as a viable system.
Tone may be outraged, but must be professional (not bombastic):
- Article does not contain words commonly perceived as vulgar or cuss
words.
Article is organized logically:
- Contains title, introduction, body, conclusion.
- Ideas flow logically from one to the next.
- Concepts likely new to the general public are explained or internally
linked. - Article feels whole, complete.
- Article preferably features a clincher.
Article employs optimal language usage:
- Preferably, article employs pop trope, in title and/or content.
- Optimal syntax
- Standard spelling (BE where in question, when author is Meritocracy
Party) - Standard punctuation (BE where in question, when author is
Meritocracy Party) - Vocabulary is varied and not repetitive, in less technical articles.
- Capitalize “Meritocracy” and “Meritocratic Democracy”.
- Assume high levels of competence in readership.
“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.”—William Strunk (1918). “Elementary Principles of Composition”, The Elements of Style via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style
Article is presented in pleasantly readable format:
- Paragraph breaks
- Italics for emphasis, not caps
Images
- Apply interesting, apt images that capture attention as well as some
sense of the article. - Featured images need to be at least 1000 x 700 pixels large; inset
images can be of lower resolution. Each article needs a featured
image and an inset image, though they can be two versions of the same
photo, based on resolutions. - Featured images are horizontally oriented, not vertically/diagonally.
:-p - Images are copyright free, or used with permission.
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page is a good starting point
for a search.