First of all, article titles: I would put the article titles at the top of the page, and in a more readable font. It's often confusing to figure out where an article starts, definitely difficult if you're just browsing through for anything of interest. If you don't want to put the names at the top because of space issues, then I would at least change the font- it's hard to read if you don't squint at it. It would also be nice to have bylines below/near the title or at the end of the article.
The articles themselves: I noticed that many articles were summaries of discussions that had been posted, and though the people who started the discussions were usually credited, the words were someone else's and might not have said exactly what the poster wanted to say. If you're going to write articles about interesting threads, try contacting the poster to see if they'd like to write their own take on the whole thing.
The photos: some of mine were used, which pleased me since I like to show off my painting, but you should have captions! Just a simple "model/photo by [forum name]" would suffice. Technically, photos (especially photos of our own painting) are copyrighted works, thus posting them without citing their authors at all would be a violation of the copyright. It's not something that could actually spawn a lawsuit because I think anyone who posts their photos in the druchii album is giving implied consent to have them used in the quarterly. However, credit should be given where credit is due! What's more, posting those photos on the quarterly without credit given to the author could lead to people ripping those and claiming them as their own, with no evidence from the quarterly to prove them wrong, which really *would* be a violation of copyright. Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm not talking about suing anyone because my photos were used, I'm just asking that the painters be given credit for their work in the quarterly. It's especially not a big deal because the people who work on the quarterly are volunteers and the publication is free, but it would be nice to know who painted what for all the various pics that were used.
P.S. Thanks for using my SDC noble for the tale of the twin black arks article- that was the perfect spot for him
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I go to the page from the link above and I get to the regular "Monthly" page, but the latest issue is still the October one.
What to do?
