3.5 The News System
The Midkemian news system is divided into several sections. Some include:
Name Who Can Read Who Can Write In-Character?
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Public Everyone Everyone Yes
Events Everyone Administration Yes
Announce Everyone Administration No
Patchnotes Everyone Administration No
Comments Ishap Everyone No
Organizational news boards can only be read by those in that organization.
You may access the news system in two ways:
1) Read articles via the READNEWS command (see below), or
2) Type NEWS. Once in the NEWS system, enter HELP to get
information on how to use the news.
While you must be in the news in order to write articles, you may
read articles from outside the news. Typing NSTAT will show you how
many articles there are in each section you can read, and the last
number you read.
If you choose to write an article, you will enter the composer. This
tool allows you to write an article, skip around from line to line,
replace lines, delete lines, and so on. Typing *help from within
the composer will give you help on how to use it.
Something to keep in mind: All news is considered in character
unless otherwise stated.
Commands
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NSTAT
Show you a summary of the news sections you can access.
NEWS
Enter the news system.
READNEWS <section> <article #>
Read a news article from outside the news system.
The syntax is, for instance: READNEWS PUBLIC 1
NSUM/NSUMMARY <section> <beginning article#>
See a summary of a range of up to 20 articles, starting at
whatever article you choose.
RN
Review all news sections to which you have access.
(See HELP READNEXT)
NMARK
Mark a news article to easily find it later.