Should I post or should I comment? A guide for everyone!
Tom @ the BNC
20 November 2019
Below are some guidelines about getting your posts to do with Space on the Hub!
In general, you should be commenting much more than you post. Comments help you connect with each other and enjoy showing agreement or disagreement, and asking and answering questions. If you do want to make a post, make sure it follows these three....
3 Top Tips for Posting:
- Posts must present a completely NEW idea - one that HASN'T been discussed before. Always check to see if your question or point has already been raised, and if it has, comment on that one!
- Posts must gives an OPINION on the issue with reasons to support it - therefore it must be longer than a comment.
- It needs to be about the current issue - Space! We will accept posts on Hong Kong for a short while, but once we're fully into Space it'll be Space and nothing else! You can still comment on old issues, though.
Please check the Hub for your question before you create a post.
We are seeing a number of acrostic poems and A-Z's -we have welcomed the first few, but we want to see you challenge yourself to come up with different questions and ideas about Space.
Poems and A-Z's do not give us much to comment on as they are usually a collection of words and phrases that link to the topic.
Why not think of a new and interesting question that will get other students on the Hub thinking?
Why didn’t my comment or post go onto the Hub?
It might be because of one of these reasons:
- We haven’t published it yet
Comments are approved within 24 hours, Monday to Friday - It asked a question that has already been asked
Before asking a new question, always check to see if someone else has asked it. If they have, comment on their post rather than making a new one. - It was not about the current Issue
We keep all discussions on the Hub focused on the current Issue. This means you should only be discussing your BNC sessions and ideas that relate to it. - It was not appropriate
Comments that might upset people will not be published - It did not add something useful to the discussion
Very short replies such as “haha”, “lol” and “OK” will not be approved - It was not your own work
Posts that have been copied and pasted from the internet, or from another club member’s work, will not be approved. If you are copying and pasting information from the internet you must include the web link to show where you found the information, and you must give an opinion on what you have found. - It’s still saved as a draft
Check ‘YOUR POSTS’ if you can’t find a post that you have written. It might be saved as a draft.
Comments (122)
25 Sep 2019
If you can comment on old issues can you post on them ?
Unfortunately not, no. We like to stay on topic with the current Issue that you're discussing in your BNC sessions.
Sorry it’s just that I’m new too BNC
No problem!
Don't worry so am l
04 Oct 2019
How do l delete my posts if there waiting for approval
I'm afraid you can't but if you write a comment straight away afterwards we'll see that and realise what you want to do.
04 Oct 2019
If you made a mistake And you posted already can you edit it🤔
Hi tidy_world, you cannot so it's very important to read through carefully before you post, and maybe ask someone to check it for you.
Thank you really appreciate it😃
How do you delete a draft?
I have tried, but I could not find a way. I try to delete the text I have typed, but it has not worked and keeps distracting me. Should I ignore it?
Good question, spirited_insect. There isn't a button to delete a draft - but we will try and get this fixed soon. Here's an idea - why not replace the text with 'Please delete this draft', then submit it, and we'll just delete it from our end when it comes through for approval.
Thanks!
I want to challenge you the title is alright but you need to think 🤔 about your mistakes read it properly
Thank you about the accessing
04 Oct 2019
What does BNC stand and this is my first time
The Burnet News Club!
And the badge stands for The Economist. I was confused two months ago when I joined! I searched up news clubs starting with 'E'!
05 Oct 2019
I did not know I'm new
05 Oct 2019
my post has not been approved and it has been more than 24 hours
It's 24 hours if on a week-day, lovable_duck. We check new posts Monday to Friday.
what if you type a comment on saturday
06 Oct 2019
hello, this post helped me but i have something to say about an idea of an issue barely anyone is noticing. In Iraq, there are violent protests going on which are causing curfews. Children and adults are dying cause of these violent protests going on. Some people are noticing these things happening in Iraq by the news. This is just an idea of an new issue for the BNC. Whats happening in Hong Kong is just like in Iraq but a bit more violent.
If any of you agree then thank you for understanding and thank you for reading this!
Comment if you agree if the BNC company should put this issue on the website.
P.S! in Iraq people are causing explosions cause of the violent protests which made dozens of people dead.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for speaking up about something in the news you think needs more coverage, steady_song.
Thank you and regards.
Yeah, that should be the next Issue!
that is a really good idea, steady_song! Well, you learn something new everyday!
Thank you. 😀
that really helped steady_song
06 Oct 2019
I’m new too!
06 Oct 2019
Just a quick question I still don’t understand about the pieces
Hi loved_wildcat, A final piece...
Is a special kind of post
It is the piece of work that you produce at the end of the Issue
It is the end result of your development over the Issue, and will take two sessions to complete
can you make a video about how to delete stuff like posts
Calm_papaya unfortunately im afraid to say you cannot delete posts however if you could quickly reply to your own comment to show that you did a mistake the BNC club will realize that and will take notice.
When does the closing for the BNC goody bag happen because it said complete the survey to win a BNC goody bag.
Hi outstanding_wolf, it has now closed with the winner announced on the page: the winner was dynamic_weaver from Beverley St. Nicholas Primary School.
when will it open again?
can you give the date please =0
08 Oct 2019
thank you for speaking up.
08 Oct 2019
Ohh thank you for explaining nicely!
10 Oct 2019
are we aloud to do stuff which is not about the Hong Kong crises.
Nope! All discussion needs to stay on the topic you're looking at in your Burnet News Club sessions.
Oh okay I have posted loads of issues but there not about the Hong Kong.thanks though.
10 Oct 2019
how long does it take for a discussion starter, final piece or comment to be published/approved?
11 Oct 2019
One of my posts has been waiting to see if it can get published but it has been there for about a week?
Hi fantastic_mode, thanks for your posts. It was not published as it was talking about a question that was not about Hong Kong.
12 Oct 2019
ok thanks
17 Oct 2019
Hi staff of BNC.I was wondering,what do you do if you have commented on all of the editors picks.I did one of the recent picks but i notice Everyone has done only 2 questions : Should we Intervene and A letter to my MP.I had done one of each for both of those but i wouldnt know what to say for the other ones because in a way they're all the same!What could i do now?I wanna get atleast first on the leaderboard before the end of the term and i realized i cant really repost on something i've already posted on.Thank you!
Hi admirable_signature, thanks for your question. You can comment on other people's comments within the editors picks - this shows you are engaging with what other people have written. You can also look beyond the editors picks to the rest of the Hub and find questions you haven't yet considered. Also, you might want to look at this Stretch and Challenge question: https://burnetnewsclub.com/issues/hong-kong-crisis/the-discussion/how-significant-were-events-1st-october/
Finally, it's very important not to see 'getting first on the leaderboard' as the main goal. It's brilliant you're getting stars and we always want to reward effort, but the real value of using the Hub is developing your skills by discussing the issue with others!
22 Oct 2019
hey BNC, i was just wondering if you could post my quiz i made today, it would mean alot to me and I am planning to make bigger and better ones
of course... I'll go now what is it called?
23 Oct 2019
On the posts where experts answer your questions, could you write a comment and will someone answer it?
Perhaps. The best way to ask an expert a question is at the start of the issue on a post like this: https://www.burnetnewsclub.com/issues/hong-kong-crisis/the-discussion/your-chance-ask-experts/
Then, we choose the best questions to send to an expert who then replies. Once the expert's post has been published, they may log back in to answer some more, but I'm afraid we can't guarantee it!
24 Oct 2019
Hi BNC.
Our teachers are in charge of posting our Final Pieces (since we do them at school) though I'm worried that they might not get it done during the half term. If the Issue does change before they are posted, will we be allowed to post them?
Yes, that's not a problem.
phew
will you still allow people to comment on our post even if there is a new issue going on?
You can comment on older issues, believable_introduction, but posts must be on the latest issue (unless it's a final piece).
31 Oct 2019
I made a poem which is now a post and I put a lot of effort an thought into it and it was very good. Why didn't I get a star?It is called why the war.
Thanks for your question, impartial_shark. We , and I'm sure many others, enjoyed your poem and it's great to hear you put a lot of thought into it. Poems don't always tend to get stars because it's hard to show the BNC skills in a poem, compared to voicing your opinion through developed sentences, with reasons and evidence to back it up.
04 Nov 2019
Hi BNC,
Sorry for any bother; I know that it is a Monday, and you must have a lot of posts to approve, but yesterday evening, I submitted a post called “Is An Alien Invasion Possible?”. Today, when I logged in, there was no notification indicating if my post had been published. Obviously, I had thought that the BNC Team simply hadn’t got round to submitting it, but when I looked on the My Posts section, it wasn’t under the Submitted for Approval bit. If it was waiting, then it would be! I was just wondering whether my post is still submitted for approval (and is on your system), only I spent time on it, and put in a lot of effort.
Sorry if it’s all fine! I was just a bit worried.
content_lemon
Hi content_lemon, thanks for your question. I really enjoyed reading your post and thank you for putting it up for approval. On this occasion it wasn't approved as it didn't fit with the questions we are looking at about space and whether exploration is worth the cost. It was very interesting, and I think you'd make a fantastic writer of science-fiction, particularly about an alien invasion - but it wasn't quite right for the Hub. Hope that makes sense!
Thank you, Tom. I just saw it from a wider perspective. :)
You’re welcome. If you are interested in other life forms in space - why not ask Abbie Hutty, one of our experts, a question about it? She was the lead engineer on the Mars Rover! Find the call for questions page in the Announcements!
That would be great! I'll definitely ask her a question on the Experts page!
07 Nov 2019
Thanks for the tips and when I post about space, I will use it. I hope to go to Buckingham Palace😁.
I agree. It was really helpful and I’ll be able to comment and write posts better than I did before : )
08 Nov 2019
Your welcome.
08 Nov 2019
Hi, this has nothing to do with posts but there's a yellow box saying ''Join a live, immersive news event
Sign up by 1st December to receive 50% off your place'' When I clicked on it it said that there was an error and that the team has been notified. I've been checking for a couple of days now and nothing has changed. Sorry to bother you all with this but I was just wondering what was wrong : )
Hi balanced_singer - this is an error on the website as something only meant for teachers! Thanks for letting us know about it though. Is it still there?
Hi Tom. The yellow box is still there and it still says error when I click on it. Thank you for answering my question.
12 Nov 2019
Would it be idiotic if i posted something stupid and have no point to it and have nothing to with the current issue out now
I wouldn't say 'idiotic', but it would be unlikely to be published.
12 Nov 2019
thank you
12 Nov 2019
it was actually about human rights that do women have more rights than men
12 Nov 2019
Thank you
12 Nov 2019
Thanks a lot Tom for this idea you've helped all of us and your top tips were excellent!
I like your idea
12 Nov 2019
Please make more of these posts.
Agree
THANKS!!!
13 Nov 2019
On the subject or posts, how do you delete a draft?
If you have already submitted it, write a comment (which will go to 'pending') asking us to delete it and we will.
what if we do not want to delete our post
and we just want to correct one mistake?
sorry for if i am disturbing you
Just write another comment afterwards telling us and we'll adjust it!
ok
15 Nov 2019
Thank for the top tip tom
15 Nov 2019
I've been seeing posts which has two usernames on there how do you do that?
You'll need to ask your teacher to do it from their account, or you could write at the bottom 'this was also by...' and we'll ads their name to it!
16 Nov 2019
Thanks!
16 Nov 2019
please can you reply because yesterday I made a post space is ace and it hasn't been posted yet
Hi openhearted_twilight, thanks for the question. We liked your poem, but in the guidelines in the announcements we said early on that we would not be accepting any more acrostic poems as we want to hear what you think about the big questions, and poems do not give people much to agree/disagree with!
thanks
19 Nov 2019
Is it better to save first before you submit for approval
19 Nov 2019
I am talking about a post
20 Nov 2019
why haven't lots of my
posts been published
when its about the topic
we are focusing on?
I've posted more than 3 posts that have not been published.
Why is that?
Is it bad and you don't like it BNC?
Hi inspired_petal, thank you for posting. No, it was not because they were 'bad'. The reason they were not published was because they were acrostic poems and alphabet descriptions, which we've said we are not looking for as they do not start discussions - you'll see this in our words above! Why not try giving lots of comments on what is already here, there are plenty of good questions to answer.
ok
20 Nov 2019
i'm just curious
20 Nov 2019
I think posting a comment called be good because you get some stars
21 Nov 2019
Hi I just wanted to say that you came to my school and you talked to us about the space topic☺️
22 Nov 2019
If your post does not get approved can you still see it for later inspiration and other benefits?
Unfortunately not as the website doesn't work that way! It would be great if you could save it on your computer too. We'll let you know when we manage to change this with the website!
thanks!
22 Nov 2019
Great tips, this has helped me alot thanks alot Burnet News Club.
excited_mode | Whyteleafe School B
22 Nov 2019
it is bad
22 Nov 2019
How do you do joint comments and posts?
22 Nov 2019
When two users do a joint comment do both get a star?
Yes!
excited_mode | Whyteleafe School B
Tom @ the BNC's comment
25 Nov 2019
yes!!!
26 Nov 2019
what do you do in space.
27 Nov 2019
I just wanted to say that my post didn't get published but I thought it was completely original as I checked and no one had posted about it. It also took me a long time to write so why did it not get approved? I checked in my "Submitted and awaiting approval" section but it wasn't there. Nor was it an acristic poem or fact file so I wondered why it wasn't approved. Sorry to bother you BNC.
Hi succinct_leaves, it’s no bother - happy to explain. I could see that you had written your piece on the Tesla car yourself, and it was an original idea. What I wasn’t fully persuaded by was the link to space and how relevant it was to the topic. But we admire your effort to think about it, ask it and take a bit of a risk!
27 Nov 2019
I wasn't taking a risk; I geniuinely thought it linked to space because Elon Musk sent a similar model to space and, with a few adjustments, this Tesla could also be sent to space. If it does, then that is linking to space and space exploration since they're sending it to space. I still think it does link with space, in fact, and I thought it was a good post.
28 Nov 2019
Sorry to bother you again, it's just that I saw that the amount of posts on the Hong Kong Issues have gone up recently. They were at 497 and now they are at 511, however, it might just be my computer. But I wondered if there was a way you could post on old issues. I thought there wasn't but I might be wrong with this. I am just a bit confused.
It's no problem - it's always good to ask questions! Yes - some schools are still adding their final pieces because they started a bit later. At our end, we can then add them to the last issues, so this is why you see the number going up. You can still comment on old issues - there's plenty still to discuss, but obviously there might not be many people who see it as it's tucked away under 'Hong Kong'. Hope that helps!
02 Dec 2019
This knowledge is very helpful, thank you!
04 Dec 2019
on my waiting approval post, what is life? i accidentally submitted it i meant to save it as a draft!
05 Dec 2019
I do not want to bother you to much BNC, but when I clicked on 'my posts' I got a weird surprise. One of my posts which was called ' was there ever life on Mars and other planets' changed its name into ' could we live on Titan. I don't know if anyone hacked my account or if it was just by accident. I really liked that other name but I can't change it back. If you understand my problem BNC, please reply or give help/advice.
Hi miraculous_badger, thanks for the question. That was us. We already had lots of posts about life on other planets and so this title would not have been adding anything new. But you did raise a very interesting question about Titan in your post, so we just brought that up into your title so it would spark a new discussion.
05 Dec 2019
Hi BNC, if you do a joint post with a few other people and it gets a star, do all of the the people get stars?
Yes they do.
06 Dec 2019
Nice!
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