| MyAnimeList has always strived to build and grow a community-contributed and user-moderated site. As such, the Featured Articles section of the website has always had the long-term intention of being a place where the community could write articles for the community. To achieve this, we need your help.
As a writer, this is your chance to have your writing featured to not only the MyAnimeList community, but our 230K Facebook and 42.2K Twitter followers. With future development, any articles you write should also be displayed on your profile (like reviews are currently). For readers and editors/admins, this is a great opportunity to get more involved with MAL. To join the MAL Articles project:
Thank you everyone for your interest! |
| nice idea MAL, maybe i can suggest some topics/ideas for articles sooner or later |
| I wanna be writer :o because I always wanted to have a blog on anime, and this website features it but it's better on the website himself :o As I don't know how to join the club I don't know if I should write a submission introduction so I can join it or if the members only need to add me, but take the absence of infractions on my account as guarantee that I won't do anything unfruitful on MyAnimeList. (he said with mutliple supressed threads and posts merged in another post and not researching forum, but please be nice :x) |
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| @Lolsebca I meant to set the club to public before posting, but forgot. You're in the club now. |
Kineta said: @Lolsebca I meant to set the club to public before posting, but forgot. You're in the club now. I love you guys and the staff of MyAnimeList ! How many political and religious anime am I gonna publish now? I bet I'm going to crash into the guidelines about unnecessary stuff about politic, religion, ethnicity... Lil' teaser maybe the first article I'll publish will be on "Democracy in Anime" or "Place of Mahjong in Anime". |
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| Oh so you're telling me, I won't get to see top 10 anime redheads that'll blow your minds type articles now? Where will I blow my load now? :( |
 I don't know why people write that they are approachable persons, if you were you wouldn't be on MAL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extended families or lovers on MAL are a farce. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Nice! I look forward to reading some quality articles. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Ironically I was reading your official response to why we can't comment on articles yesterday, and here you are with this news. The world works in mysterious ways. I'm looking forward to this :D. |
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| I'm a writer on an gadget apps called Anime Amino so I want to ask about something...can I copypaste my writing there on MAL Articles when I write something? I can confirm if the user who wrote the blog there is me. |
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| When should we expect to hear back if we applied for a position? |
CareBearApr 6, 2017 8:07 PM
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You said: I'm a writer on an gadget apps called Anime Amino so I want to ask about something...can I copypaste my writing there on MAL Articles when I write something? I can confirm if the user who wrote the blog there is me. Yes, so long as you can provide proof (e.g. screenshot of your homepage while logged in) that those works were written by you. OneNaughtyBear said: When should we expect to hear back for a position we applied for? For applications sent in today, you should hear back sometime this weekend - most likely within the next 48 hours. Mod Edit: Merged double post. |
KinetaApr 6, 2017 10:50 PM
Congress said: Thanks. And will the new articles have a comment section?OneNaughtyBear said: When should we expect to hear back for a position we applied for? For applications sent in today, you should hear back sometime this weekend - most likely within the next 48 hours. |
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| @Josh If you have some free time, I wouldn't mind reading something you wrote either. Congress said: @You To add to this, I think you should refrain from submitting any articles you have written elsewhere until you are columnist in your own right. Since the club will act as a "vetting" process for new writers, I think it's best to first write original content and transfer those other articles later.You said: I'm a writer on an gadget apps called Anime Amino so I want to ask about something...can I copypaste my writing there on MAL Articles when I write something? I can confirm if the user who wrote the blog there is me. Yes, so long as you can provide proof (e.g. screenshot of your homepage while logged in) that those works were written by you. I'm double-checking internally to ensure this is okay, as well. There may be some reason we haven't thought of restricting this. OneNaughtyBear said: No code development has been made to the page yet, so any articles posted to the Featured page will not have a built-in comments section. If the club does well, then we'll have more reason to look at putting more dev time into the section. Until then, we'll need to pseudo make-do with threads inside the club.And will the new articles have a comment section? |
| Going to apply as an editor & maybe writer since I'm resigning as an Auditor soon, so I will finally have some time to try out these stuff & other hobbies :) Good luck to other applicants! |
Kineta said: @Josh If you have some free time, I wouldn't mind reading something you wrote either. Congress said: @You To add to this, I think you should refrain from submitting any articles you have written elsewhere until you are columnist in your own right. Since the club will act as a "vetting" process for new writers, I think it's best to first write original content and transfer those other articles later.Yes, so long as you can provide proof (e.g. screenshot of your homepage while logged in) that those works were written by you. I'm double-checking internally to ensure this is okay, as well. There may be some reason we haven't thought of restricting this. OneNaughtyBear said: No code development has been made to the page yet, so any articles posted to the Featured page will not have a built-in comments section. If the club does well, then we'll have more reason to look at putting more dev time into the section. Until then, we'll need to pseudo make-do with threads inside the club.And will the new articles have a comment section? Hmm okay noted, let's see where I can pull this. Probably will use google docs since the template for the article text is too small. |
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| Just filled out the application within a rather short timeframe, let's see how we go! Good luck to everyone else participating! |
| Good job, MAL. It's too long overdue. Now you can get better quality articles and you don't even have to pay them. Hopefully those stupid listicles (even though god knows how they seem to have the most views) is no more allowed. |
| Will this be something that's as relaxed as MAL Rewrite? I mean this in the sense that I've enjoyed not having any pressure on me from the Rewrite project during the times when my life gets busy, and would hope that the MAL Articles group would operate roughly the same :) |
| 100 Push-Ups, 100 Sit-Ups, 100 Squats, and a 10K Run, EVERY SINGLE DAY!! |
Foobanana said: Will this be something that's as relaxed as MAL Rewrite? I mean this in the sense that I've enjoyed not having any pressure on me from the Rewrite project during the times when my life gets busy, and would hope that the MAL Articles group would operate roughly the same :) Except for admins, yes. :) LAPX said: Do writers have to stick to a schedule or anything? For example if I'm a writer and one day I'm busy, feeling too tired/lazy to write anything, or just have no ideas for what to write, would I get in trouble, or is it relaxed enough that I can write whenever I feel like it? Nope. You can submit an article whenever you want. To clarify, "writer" is not a position; anyone who sends in an article is a writer. |
| I will Probably (TM) submit something. I've written down scattered thoughts on anime, I just have to spend the time to turn them into coherent pieces. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Achachan said: Regarding editors, is it necessary to join the club when submitting an application, or could I just wait and see whether I get the position and join if/when I do? You don't have to join to submit an app. |
| This actually seemed interesting to me at the start. Might try it out if I come across a topic that intrigues me. For the most part, I have only been writing scientific papers, so how that will translate into another medium will be a good litmus test for me. |
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| I've actually been debating about changing my major and possibly going for editing, so this might be the perfect opportunity for me to, not only, practice my skills, but to also see if this is something I'd be good at and actually enjoy. I'll definitely be trying out for the editor position :) |
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| I would also like to join and become a writer! It's been my long dream to write stories but at the moment I'm not very good at it. However being a writer on here and expressing my passion for anime, maybe it will help me improve my own personal writings! |
| Do any of these positions include profile badges? |
| "Ayyy lmao" - Lil B |
| Freaking finally!! Been asking this for so long.. ;_; |
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Joshuawaddles said: Your MAL profile will be clearly linked on each article and you can advertise anything you like there. Users interested in you and not only your article will likely visit there. Inside the article though, we'd need to discuss. The purpose of this effort isn't to pull users off of MAL to external blog websites, but for MAL to become a place where writers feel comfortable sharing their knowledge and opinion.If we do, can we post links to our own Facebook pages or blogs at the end of our articles? Cinefil_original said: Being featured is one form of recognition. The more people who read the content, the faster good work becomes acknowledged. It basically helps kick start the process. Of course it also opens up the door for more criticism as well.One question: why would writers want their work to be featured on social meadia? As a reviewer, I believe that acknowledgment comes with being good at whatever you do, in this case writing, so if one is good at it, having their work recognized will come in no time. Smashking said: No. All positions on MAL (both official projects and moderating staff) are voluntary. They are suited for users who want to get involved with, and give back to, the community.Are any of these positions paid? fofo808 said: We haven't discussed profile badges because we're not sure how the articles/club set-up will work long-term. If the club is a stepping stone to a more streamlined process on site, then we may consider more "mod-like" positions. If the club remains in a MAL Rewrite fashion, then we'll consider badges. A lot of this depends on the amount of interest and momentum we can generate.Do any of these positions include profile badges? |
KinetaApr 8, 2017 4:05 PM
OneNaughtyBear said: @Kineta so profile badges are only a possibility? What about this? Congress said: We plan to add profile badges for both positions soon! Oh, sorry. That's deprecated information that I forgot to remove. |
Congress said: K, no problem.Oh, sorry. That's deprecated information that I forgot to remove. |
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| Will I get a reply if I apply and DON'T make the cut? Smashking said: Are any of these positions paid? LOL how much were you expecting? ;p Mod Edit: Merged double post. |
KinetaApr 9, 2017 1:47 PM
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| Cool! One day I'd love to write articles. o: Writing about things I actually have to go out and research seems like it'd be interesting! I also want to write about certain fandom things. For example, writing articles on cosplay, useful convention tips, the convention scene in general, and other fandom stuff would be fun, but I don't know if those are okay topics.;; I have to brush up on my grammar though. I just type the way I talk right now.;; |
Euhin said: Will I get a reply if I apply and DON'T make the cut? Yes, we will let you know. |
| Are editors required to meet any quotas or are they able to work at their own pace? |
ReinhardApr 9, 2017 12:03 PM
| Was this by chance already done in the past? Supporting the writers or something |
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KamSung said: Was this by chance already done in the past? Supporting the writers or something there's been a bunch of recruitment posts for MAL Rewrite (which is a totally awesome club you should definitely apply for) |
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| What this person who I definitely don't know said ^ |
| Cheap plug for the win! (Join Rewrite) |
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| Good luck to all the applicants! Also check the link in my sig for another cool club called MAL Rewrite! |
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| I just submitted my editor application today, when will I know if i made the cut or not? also, I see many have already applied for the position, is it possible that they've already accepted all the people they need and probably won't bother considering my application? :ss |
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