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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation,
+Inc."]]
+
+[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
+id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+
+# Short Guide for Writing the QotH
+
+
+## Individual News Items
+
+The basic structure for a news item is as follows: *\[person with](link) did
+\[task with}(link to testable code/patch) which brings us further towards
+\[[goal]] by [short, easily understandable description of the contribution]*.
+
+Each news item should show a step towards the mission of the Hurd.  From
+[[community/weblogs/antrik/hurd-mission-statement]] you can
+glean the following basic goals:
+
+  * Better support for day-to-day desktop use (more packages, more stable, more
+    drivers, easier to setup, ...).
+  * More user freedom and possibilities for programs/translators.
+  * Technical advancement.
+  * More unique or at least interesting features.
+  * Attract more developers and/or users.
+
+The reason for this structure is to resolve the problem that many people think
+that the Hurd won't ever be finished by concentrating on the improvements and
+the steps towards completing our mission -- but only once they have actually
+been done (to avoid showing anything which might become vaporware).
+
+
+## Sources for News Items
+
+Watch these places for news:
+
+  * GNU
+
+      * <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/YYYY-MM/threads.html>
+
+      * <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/commit-hurd/YYYY-MM/threads.html>
+
+      * <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/YYYY-MM/threads.html>
+
+      * <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/web-hurd/YYYY-MM/threads.html>
+
+      * <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/hurd-devel/YYYY-MM/threads.html>
+
+      * <http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/YYYY-MM/>
+
+        Also Git log.
+
+      * (<http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/YYYY-MM/>)
+
+      * (<http://sourceware.org/ml/glibc-cvs/YYYY-qQ/>)
+
+        Better use the Git log.
+
+      * <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/YYYY-MM/threads.html>
+
+  * Debian
+
+      * <http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/YYYY/MM/>
+
+      * <http://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc/YYYY/MM/>
+
+  * Arch Hurd
+
+      * <http://www.archhurd.org/news.php>
+
+      * <http://planet.archhurd.org/>
+
+      * (<http://lists.archhurd.org/devel/maillist.html>)