21 Aug 2023
Contributing to the osu! News Feed
by 0x84f

Contributing to the osu! News Feed

by 0x84f

Looking for news? We're looking too!

Let's talk about the thing you're reading this very moment. If you're new to the game, welcome! These are semiregular posts highlighting news about osu!, including updates, events, contests, showcases and more.

They are written mostly by members of the osu! team, but you may have noticed a sizeable portion authored by none other than people like you:

Needless to say, concerns have been echoed about how much space the Featured Artist initiative has taken up on the news feed, even though the growth has been exciting. While the onboarding of artists has slowed down since the end of March, we could still do better in breaking up the monotony.

Last year, there was a call to the community to spice up the front page with more variety, which led up to osu!monthly making a comeback for its 3rd season (in news post form instead of forum posts) and a few interesting news articles here and there, but we want to spread the word further and make contributing more accessible to the community.

Are you interested in creative writing and want to share it with the player base, or just have an idea that you would like to see covered on the front page? Then feel free to read on below!

Suggesting ideas

If you have an idea that you think would be a good fit for the front page, you can now submit them via this anonymous suggestion box! Once submitted, the responses will be reviewed and promising ideas will be put up for anyone to take up and write in the #osu-news channel of the osu! Discord server.

In theory, anything could go in that box, but let's outline a few potential candidates to draw from:

  • Tournaments
  • Contests
  • IRL events
  • Large mapping projects
  • People to interview (other than peppy)
  • A piece of osu! history
  • Topics to spark community-wide discussion around
  • Anything niche but interesting or of general community interest

Of course, you may also get in touch directly via Discord.

Writing for the front page

If you are keen on sharing your writing with the community, the process is incredibly simple!

The #osu-news channel of the osu! Discord server is the place to reach out about anything news-related. If you just have an itch to write but don't have something specific in mind, there is a pinned list in #osu-news with news topics that you can freely pick up. Just make sure to give a heads-up, so people know what's already being worked on.

The only prerequisite is that you should be comfortable with constructive criticism and editorial feedback (and be fairly confident in writing)! While review takes place on GitHub, having an account is not required. Take a look at the news styling criteria to get started.

Tournaments

Tournaments are of specific interest regarding news coverage, which has been lacking in terms of making people aware of not only their on-goings, but also their conclusions.

Tournament hosts wishing to advertise on the front page should email the tournament committee via tournaments@ppy.sh, who will review its suitability for the front page along with the news team. The specific requirements are still being worked on, but will be published on this wiki page. (Bookmark this forum post for updates on that.)

If you're not a host but know of a tournament that you think should be featured, the suggestion box mentioned above is the place to send it.

Naturally, we're also looking to give the World Cups more coverage as well. If you're interested in writing for those, feel free to take up the task!


Here are some more fancy graphs:

—0x84f

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I have never been more interested to watch the news.

osu!mania?

plz featured artist tuyu

nice

Nothing is the same after osu!weekly died.

- Marco - _Illustrious_

sadge

love the banner design

Tanza krvqx

thanks! :3

There so many topics to discuss and lots of potential here so I'm hoping osu news gets more active and attention in the future :)

real

Cool graphs tho

bb

stuff that shocks the community could be nice to see as an article
like new pp records

mmatt -Kori

I'd be cool to see monthly score recaps of some crazy scores set in the month.

-Kori mmatt

didn't osu!monthly covered that

this actually would be a good addition for people who regularly enters the site. Having this added gives QoL and keeps the community updated more

:thumbsup:

Shine some more light on the fourms

179bpm B0ii

we need more ot representation

this

its cool to see post like this

the graph is so unbelievably satisfying, banger osu news

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the graph is so unbelievably satisfying, banger osu news