
If you're reading this then you probably already know the CoH - and you might even find yourself having to cite part of it on occassion while explaining to someone that they shouldn't be seeding their own stuff; you know, that whole self-promotion issue.
I don't find myself having to tell many people about the CoH but when I do it always seems to be in relation to a Self Promotion seed or "article" (that is actually just a seed to their external content). Inevitably I end up having to mention the CoH, providing a link to it, and then quoting item 3. However, I'm lazy and don't like having to type, essentially, the same thing more than once. With that in mind I created a bookmarklet that should, theoretically, work in both IE and FF. It will insert some stock text into the "comment" box so you can quickly give the seeder/author a heads up.
Sadly, I can't put a bookmarklet into this article so I'm going to give you step by step instructions on how to do this.
copy this quoted text:
javascript:u=document.getElementById('commentsText_');void(u.value='You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the <a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_cms/info/codeofhonor">Code of Honor</a>, in particular item #3:\n\n<blockquote>Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.</blockquote>\n\nHope this helps.');location.replace('#entercomment');
copy this quoted text:
javascript:u=document.getElementById('commentsText_');void(u.value='You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the <a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_cms/info/codeofhonor">Code of Honor</a>, in particular item #3:\n\n<blockquote>Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.</blockquote>\n\nHope this helps.');location.replace('#entercomment');
Perhaps, this functionality already exists elsewhere or Adam Hobson will add something like it to the newsvine firefox toolbar. Until then I hope this makes it easier for you to help people use the vine properly while helping to keep the spam at bay.
I just added a small addition to the bookmarklet script which will automatically scroll you down to the comment box your comment is pasted in. Thanks to Gleuch for this small, but very handy addition!
I've followed these directions (FF), but how would actually post the comment?
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
blockquote>
Hope this helps.
OK, I see a slight problem...
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
blockquote>
Hope this helps.
There! I did it. :) But I see a hanging word in there.
Excellent, finalcut! I'll post a link to this in my Greenhouse article, as soon as that hanging word thing is fixed ;).
I just tried to do it in IE, and it doesn't prepopulate the comment. I'll go try it in Firefox, which I should be using anyway.
didn't work in Firefox either! I must be doing something wrong. Not surprising.
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
blockquote>
Hope this helps.
Okay, weird. I tried it after your fix, and got the above. Then I copied and pasted the text again, just to make sure, and now it won't work at all again.
Whaaaa! I want to wontonly inform CoH violators with ease!!!
Weird! I just tried it again in both IE and FF, and nothing happens when I click the bookmarklet.
I got this new laptop a couple of months ago, and it has Vista, and does weird things sometimes. I think it doesn't understand javascript or something. When I click on my conversation trackers, for example, they take FOREVER to appear, in both IE and FF. I started using that Flock browser just for browsing Newsvine, because I noticed I didn't have that problem when I used it.
I'll keep messing around and see if I can't figure it out. Surely it's just me having a turd for a brain this morning.
Thanks, finalcut. I'll do that.
So bizarre! It works elsewhere, but not on this article!
Thanks, nice work. I linked to this in the comments on both of my recent articles.
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Hope this helps.
Huzzah! Great job.
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Now get with the program, you jerk!
Yeah. That's better.
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Hope this helps.
Excellent! Thanks for doing this. :)
Viki might have some issues. Viki might need to up her medication. Viki might need to stop talking about herself in the 3rd person.
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Hope this helps.
Sweet. Nice bit of work there. What do you call that script? Other uses for that type of thing?
Very nice. Thanks. And I like that it's so politely worded.
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Hope this helps.
I'll add my praise to this script!! Thanks!
Hey there. Seems like a good time to revive this thread!
Good idea, lauhal!
Thanks, finalcut!!
Well, something ate my other comments.
With several new-ish people on spam patrol in the Greenhouse, I though it would be a good idea to point them here to get this wonderful bookmarklet!
Brilliant! Thanks for adding this.
Yeah, it's really nice to have something quick to leave for self-seeders. :)
Hey finalcut? How about one for advertisers???????
It's easy enough to tweak. What should the text say?
"Get the @!$%# out of here with your crappy advertising."
I know, I know. I reported myself. :(
Looks like it only works as a fresh comment, not a threaded one. No big deal as there's no reason for it to be a threaded comment aside from testing here.
There's nothing specifically about advertising. What about this:
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #2:
Before you write, seed, or comment, ask yourself if your contribution increases the strength and virtue of the community.
Hope this helps.
Here's the foreign language warning bookmarklet:
javascript:u=document.getElementById('commentsText_');void(u.value='You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the <a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_cms/info/codeofhonor">Code of Honor</a>, in particular item #5:\n\n<blockquote>Although full internationalization is important to Newsvine, please keep all articles and seeds in English until the system can properly sort multiple languages.</blockquote>\n\nHope this helps.');location.replace('#entercomment');
Oops. Probably should have included what the foreign language warning looks like:
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #5:
Although full internationalization is important to Newsvine, please keep all articles and seeds in English until the system can properly sort multiple languages.
Hope this helps.
I've noticed a bunch of new-ish people leaving comments in the Greenhouse. This will come in handy. :)
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Hope this helps.
Why aren't my comment showing up? I've refreshed. I've left & come bask. WTF?!
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Hope this helps.
It worked, but I'm afraid this is the first of three, Sorry!!!! you may delete them if you want. :)
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Hope this helps.
You may want to review the ToS for Newsvine and the Code of Honor, in particular item #3:
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Hope this helps.
I tired it three times, and my comments didn't show up? It looks fine, my spell checker notices it, then I try to post and it just goes away! What am I doing wrong?
It only works on top level comments, not replies.
Try clicking on the comment field then running the bookmarklet and see if that helps. They can be a little odd if you haven't used them before.
Ok, I'll try that. Thanks!
Nevermind, you just tried when the site was unstable and comments were slow showing up.
We've got a few more people using this. Thanks!!! It's been a lifesaver.
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