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How Do I Contribute Content to Our Website?

We need you to submit content for our Website!

Content Sought

Our Association is certainly about camaraderie, reconnecting with shipmates, and reunions and we need articles, links, and downloadable files that address these subjects.

Articles

We are also about the legacy of our Navy and Navy cryptology in defense of our nation and our national interests. We can tell these stories without violating security restrictions or flaming others. We're looking for stories—Sea Stories, too—of Navy Cryptology in our conflicts, from World War II to today, of Women in Cryptology, of surface, subsurface, and airborne direct support.

Guidelines & Policies

Copyright Authors of articles published on this website retain copyright to their materials.
Politics We do not publish partisan political statements or politically-charged content.
Humor, etc.

Good Navy sarcasm and humor are fine. What is not fine are:

  • Profanity
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Insults

Decisions by the Web Administrators regarding violations of these standards are final. You may, of course, protest their decision and whine about “political correctness.” But the Web Administrators are Chiefs and Chiefs are never wrong.
Images
  1. Ensure that you have the copyright permission to use any images you submit.
  2. Caption your images—this is easy to do if you use the content editor; if you embed images in a document file, include the captions in the file and also send the image files separately from your document
Book Reviews
  1. We welcome your review of books whose subjects relate to the U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy cryptology, the history of cryptology, U.S. history, and so forth.
  2. Please include an image of the book cover with your article.
  3. Include all relevant publishing information (ISBN, Publisher, Publication date, and so forth).
Sea Stories YES! Send us your sea stories.
Formats

If you submit an article in a document, you can use these file formats:

  • .doc
  • .docx
  • .txt
Editing The Website Administrators will review and edit your article for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Review
  1. Authors must submit any content containing information of or references to their U.S. Navy cryptologic service or experience for formal Pre-Publication Review.
  2. Authors must submit to the Webmaster a copy of the results of the Pre-Publication review before their article will be published online.

Web Links

 If you have a Website user account and have been assigned Author access rights, you can submit a link to another Website for inclusion in our Links section.

Guidelines & Policies

Politics We do not publish partisan political links or politically-charged content.
Relevance Check the link Categories we have set up—in most cases, links you submit should “fit” in one of these. If you want us to set up another, different, category, please email your suggestion to the Webmaster.
Commerce We do not publish links to commercial Websites—that is, those whose primary purpose is to sell content (blogs), services, or retail items—because the U.S. NCVA will not endorse products or services.
Humor, etc.

We do not publish links that include:

  • Profanity
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Insults

Decisions by the Web Administrators regarding violations of these standards are final. You may, of course, protest their decision and whine about political correctness. But the Web Administrators are Chiefs and Chiefs are never wrong.
Review All submitted Weblinks are reviewed by the Web Administrators to ensure compliance with these standards and to assign them to the proper Link category.

Files

Members are strongly encouraged to offer documents and digital images for publication on this Website that are relevant to the Association and its purposes. Each submitted file is reviewed prior to publication on this Website.

Guidelines & Policies

Politics We do not publish partisan political statements or politically-charged content.
Humor, etc.

We do not accept or publish files that contain:

  • Profanity
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Insults

Decisions by the Web Administrators regarding violations of these standards are final. You may, of course, protest their decision and whine about political correctness. But the Web Administrators are Chiefs and Chiefs are never wrong.
Images
  1. Ensure that you have the copyright permission to use any images you submit.
  2. Caption your images—this is easy to do if you use the content editor; if you embed images in a document file, include the captions in the file and also send the image files separately from your document
Formats

If you submit a file, you can use these file formats:

  • .pdf
  • .jpg
  • .png
  • .gif
  • .doc
  • .docx

NOTE: Documents (.doc, .docx) will be converted to PDF documents prior to publication.
Review
  1. The Web Administrators will review files submitted for publication to ensure compliance with these standards.
  2. Content submitters must submit any content containing information of or references to U.S. Navy cryptologic service or experience for formal Pre-Publication Review.
  3. Content submitters must submit to the Webmaster a copy of the results of the Pre-Publication review before their article will be published online.

Procedures

Sign up for a Website user account or Login first!

Submit Articles
  1. Let the Webmaster know that you will write about your cryptologic experiences.
  2. The Webmaster will assign you the necessary access rights as an Author.
  3. Login to the Website.
  4. Click the Submit Article link under the Members menu.
  5. You can find helpful information about the Editor interface and steps to create an article by clicking the Author FAQs link under the Members menu.
Submit Weblinks
  1. Let the Webmaster know that you will write about your cryptologic experiences.
  2. The Webmaster will assign you the necessary access rights as an Author.
  3. Login to the Website.
  4. Click the Submit Weblink link under the Members menu.
  5. You can find helpful information about the Editor interface and steps to create an article by clicking the Weblink FAQs link under the Members menu.
Submit Files
  1. Open the Contact form for the Webmaster.
  2. Click the Browse link at the bottom of the form.
  3. Select the files you want to upload from your computer.
  4. Complete the “I’m not a robot” challenge—if required.
  5. Click Send.
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