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Question on formatting a submission

Journal by hubie

When I submit stories, probably 99% of the time it is based upon a journal paper. I always like to copy the abstract, since by definition that is a compact summary written by the paper authors themselves; however, the abstracts can be long or technical, so I don't like to put them in the main summary. I've taken to putting them in SPOILER tags, but often times when an editor has worked over one of my submissions (like today), they move the abstract beyond the "[Continues...]" section. How do I do that when constructing the submission? Do I have that capability, or is that an editor-level thing?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Sunday March 22 2020, @01:39PM (3 children)

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Sunday March 22 2020, @01:39PM (#974124) Journal

    Here's what I do:

    "Text

    [EXTENDED COPY]

    More Text"

    It doesn't do anything, just signals the editor that they should split the submission right there.

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    • (Score: 2) by hubie on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:01PM (2 children)

      by hubie (1068) on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:01PM (#974141) Journal

      Thank you, I will also take this approach (I don't like SPOILER tags for hiding the abstract). I will assume this means I'm not missing some HTML-related thing that I should otherwise be doing.

      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:10PM (1 child)

        by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Sunday March 22 2020, @03:10PM (#974143) Journal

        "Extended Copy" is just the label on the form we use to edit stories. The first section is called "Intro Copy".

        When I add a note for the editor, I use square brackets since they shouldn't be used for much else except spelling/grammar corrections.

        ALL CAPS is to ensure I get their attention.

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        • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Sunday March 22 2020, @06:17PM

          by hendrikboom (1125) on Sunday March 22 2020, @06:17PM (#974175) Homepage Journal

          When I add a note for the editor, I use square brackets since they shouldn't be used for much else except spelling/grammar corrections.

          And, of course, for subscripts. We do have one soylentil who regularly posts computer code.
          However, she (I'm guessing proper grammatical gender) hasn't posted code as a news article.

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