IJARG

Article I

• IJARG stands for "International Journalistic Appropriate Reporting Guidelines".
• IJARG guidelines are to be kept and watcehd by all IJARG members.
• There is no IJARG central council, thus each newspaper is accountable to itself, and all other IJARG newspapers.
• The IJARG is strictly unnafiliated with realm, para-realm, or religious organizations, namely the OCPAU.

Article II

• The IJARG is present to define how articles can be appropriately written, allowing for "journalistic creativity", and for the preservation of the truth.
• Factual truths must NOT be lied about. (OOC- If the game says such and such a realm won a battle, then they did indeed win a battle!)
• Facts and truths are open to interpretation. Tehre is more than one way of looking at an event.
• IJARG papers are committed to providing quality work, even if it is laden with bias and half-truths.

Article III

• IJARG papers are committed to not writing, or sponsoring the writing, of any articles specifically dedicated to the insulting or "bashing" of any other paper, IJARG, OCPAU, or otherwise.
• IJARG papers are free to slip in comments about the aforementioned other papers in articles with a clear purpose other than newspaper bashing.
• IJARG papers are free to bash, insult, and verbally maul each other in whatever non-published form they choose(OOC- discussions).
• IJARG papers must back up insults or mudslinging with reasons. Merely insulting a paper and saying, "You're stupid" will not suffice. We try and have quality articles, so we will have quality insults as well.

Article IV

• IJARG is signed by:
  • Hireshmont Vellos, Supreme Master of the Oligarchian Observer
  • Editors of the Caligan Courier
  • Legatus DeSyrr, editor of The Kalmarian Chronicles
  • Alex and Widfara Exiled, Founders of the Itorunt Informer
  • Aurum Bishamon, Editor of the Itorunt Informer

Version

• IJARG Draft 2

Feel free to post comments or suggested changes in the discussion! We need to work this out so we can all agree to it!