Editorial Policies

It is anticipated that as little editing as possible will be done to articles submitted to the Round Table, and especially to comments on articles already published,in order to maintain a maximum sense of analysts participating in forums in their own manner and style. However, in the event that some degree of editing is considered necessary (pertaining to style, never content), a draft of the edited copy will be returned, via email, to the sender for approval, provided the changes are not trivial and are extensive enough to justify the time delay required to do so. Style will be considered to include matters of civility. It is anticipated that editing will seldom be necessary, but it is important to make the policy clear from the outset.

As a rule, articles will be formatted on the website in a column which is 520 pixels wide, with a sidebar to the left which is 120 pixels. (The limit of 640 pixels allows for printing without the loss of text.) While text formatted differently can easily be reformatted to fit these dimensions, graphics are not easily altered and therefore should be constrained, if possible, to a maximum width of 520 pixels, or, when necessary to be wider, to 640 pixels. Larger graphics, such as a detailed map requiring greater size for readability, should be submitted as separate files and will be linked from the article rather than included within.

Authors submitting to the Round Table are encouraged to use word processing software (e.g., MS Word), with graphics either incorporated or separate in jpg, gif, or other common graphical format.