5) Writing Fresh Content For 7 Cups: Guidelines

I understood all the points well. Do we need to attempt an article-writing, as part of the activity?

@Fristo Hi there, not for now - we will be over the next few weeks though!

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Whew, 1000 words is a lot! Thanks for keeping our pace in mind.

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so for now, its just a learing to keep in mind for some project later on ?

@blissart yes after covering the basics we'll get to completely practical work soon.

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Oh, thanks for clearing that up.

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Regarding writing an article with quotations from reliable sources...For example, on mental health related human conditions. Should we only use data published in scientific journals? I assume it is not right to quote data from wikipedia if a wikipedia article is a second-handed source.

@WendinCaring Generally, you can usually outreach to experts or people with lived experience for direct quotes, but yes, for reliable data reporting, you can use Google Scholar and other scientific journals to confirm facts and statistics, for instance, reported on a website. I would generally recommend not visiting Wikipedia at all.

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I find that Wikipedia can be a helpful place when looking for just the general overview of a topic. Of course never to use as an actual source but since it's written for the layman it can be an okay glance at the topic to see if its something you want to dive into elsewhere and the SOURCES for the wikipedia article can useful so scrolling straight to the botttom is a good use of Wiki when unsure where to start.

@BlueTurtle5

Wikipedia is a an easy and convenient source to utilize but it isn't as professional, in my experience.

You can try websites such as psychology.com. I think that's okay, if I can get verification on that that would b few great.

Hope this helps turtle. :)

Why would keywords be provided instead of simply the focus? I think it limits creativity and from my experience, keywords are the latest to be provided after an entire research and its report are done, not the other way round.

@11820Read that's a good point - generally, I provide keywords for our experts as some topics have such a wide scope, though they are always invited to discuss and finalize the topic as well as outline. Keyword insights are sometimes helpful and yes, are used after extensive research - such article briefs take quite a while to put together!

But your point is also correct, we could always edit the published piece for optimization.

I think the best approach depends on goals.

For our current focus here, I will not be providing keywords initially.

@SoulfullyAButterfly I have read it and I understand.

I agree that using Wki, is not the best source, for information.

Google search/Google Asst. is really good, as well.

I have used both and there Amazing.

More Google Asst.,now a days.

@SoulfullyAButterfly ok so um for coursework piece 5 this one we don't do anything right now correct ? its a much later planned activity ? if so I can move onto the next pieces I have left 6 and 7 then can do quiz and progress report

@CaringBrit correct, you just need to read this for now

@SoulfullyAButterfly Thank you for providing these details :) I will keep them in mind

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Well understood! I will keep these details on my mind!

@SoulfullyAButterfly noted

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Noted with thanks.

@SoulfullyAButterfly Great guidelines, will keep this saved to my forum threads!

The steps are very clear . Just many congrats for those who write them because it's not easy work !

@AnisiaCocanTherapist Thank you, I am glad the course is being well received and is easy to follow

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Do we need any badge for it?

Thanks

@NityaSpiritualHealer if you apply to join the CDM Program you will get a Trainee badge and later a Graduate Badge. Writers also get a badge when joining the content team.

Sounds like fun to me

@SoulfullyAButterfly Thank you for this information

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Thanks for the refresher! Will be useful for content volunteering :)

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Thank you so much for this. The guidelines were clear and make sense. The only curiosity that I had was the reason for not adding punctuation at the end of the subheading.

@Lugi123 great question! While you might spot some headings or subheadings with punctuation applied, research shows that they do better in terms of comprehension if they are without punctuation. So as a general rule, if we have a sentence-long headline/subheading we try to go without punctuation.

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Hi there, understood all the points, just had the following two questions:

A) About including image(s) in the article, could we use a site called Pexels? I used it while writing articles during one of my internships...

B) While listing the sources at the end of the article, is there a particular citation style (MLA, APA, etc.) we have to follow? I know these styles are used mainly while writing academic articles, but I was wondering if we need to use the APA format for listing the sources, since the article would be related to Psychology, or do we just have to list down the links?

Thank you!

@unassumingFarm3602 Thank you for your questions! Pexels is a website that provides free pictures for commercial use, so yes, it is ok to use it!

As for references, you can note that many of our articles have listed basic links and some might use APA too - we do not require in-text citations as a mandatory requirement, but at the end of the day, it is up to you on how you present the reference list - which we try to keep from 3-5 links that are not back-linked (hyperlinked) within the article itself.

@SoulfullyAButterfly  Please can someone explain what APA is?

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Thanks for this information I will keep it in mind while doing it later ❤

@SoulfullyAButterfly

The guidelines are clear and informative! Thank you ❤️

@DaisyDaph Glad to here that.

Thank you for providing guidelines for writing content. If any query arises during writing content will post later. As of now everything clear.

@SoulfullyAButterfly

I love these guidelines! I'm so excited to write an article YAY!!!

I have no questions. The guidelines are very well written, easy to understand and educational :)

great guidelines. Will definitely revise them before sending an article.

Regarding the photo, we mention the source next to it, I suppose?

@Creamyyy Hi, yes a link can be helpful to download/check it separately for usage.

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Thank you for the tips. Makes sense.