Could you help me understand what this hub needs for the niche site?

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  1. Ponsoo Magoo profile image71
    Ponsoo Magooposted 5 years ago

    Hi. I would like to publish many hubs here to help others better understand my religion, which is Wicca (a modern expression of ancient paganism), and this was my first try. It passed QAP no problem, but was rejected for Exemplore as too like a "blog post." Any hints to help me get this through would be much appreciated. Please don't bother me if you're a Christian/Atheist/Whatever and you don't like my religion, etc. I just want writing advice not to get caught up in a theological debate! Thank you.

    https://hubpages.com/religion-philosoph … ccans-Wear

    1. OldRoses profile image64
      OldRosesposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I took a quick glance at your article and understand exactly what the editors are talking about.  HubPages wants articles that are similar to what would be published in a magazine.  More professional.  More impersonal.  More fact oriented.  Try adding more third person with only the occasional first person for examples.  If you want to write more personally like a blog, try Blogger or Wordpress.  Both are free blogging platforms where you can freely write without having to worry about the restrictions imposed here on HubPages.

      1. Ponsoo Magoo profile image71
        Ponsoo Magooposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        Thank you for your advice.

  2. ReViewMeMedia profile image85
    ReViewMeMediaposted 5 years ago

    I'm a Christian but that doesn't matter when it comes to getting your article moved to a niche site, Some of your earlier sections have too many short paragraphs, which might be hindering your article because the grammar might not be seen as good enough by the editors, what else did they say in the email that you need to change before getting your article moved?  Emails usually explain what you should fix to have your article moved to a niche site.

    I had to fix one of my videogame reviews because it was going to be moved back to Hubpages and the email they sent did explain what I needed to fix and I made changes to the article and it stayed on LevelSkip, the niche videogame site I had my article on.

    If you post what they suggested you fix in the email that might help people give you suggestions so you can edit your article and have it moved to a niche site.

    1. Ponsoo Magoo profile image71
      Ponsoo Magooposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you. I'm happy to have advice from a friendly Christian. I respect your religion, I have just been persecuted often by people who say they belong to it. But I know that many Pagans can be unkind, too. I think we all want the good, which is the most important thing.

      Okay, so I can combine the short paragraphs into longer ones. I'll check the grammar, too. I do use Grammarly because English isn't actually my first language, but I realize that these programs aren't perfect.

      The editors seemed to have copied and pasted a list of things many of which did not seem to apply. But the main comment actually written by the editor (I think) was that it was "too much like a blog post."

      Thank you so much for your suggestions! May your god bless you.

  3. AliciaC profile image93
    AliciaCposted 5 years ago

    I think the fact that you frequently mention "we" or "we Wiccans" may be why you were told that your article was too much like a blog post. There's nothing wrong with your approach, but for a network site some changes and additional information may be needed.

    Perhaps you could add facts that could be referenced, such as information about the origin of the customs that you describe or about variations in beliefs in different groups of Wiccans. You could also add information about the clothing facts that you mention. Reducing the number of "we" mentions might also be helpful. The changes may alter the nature of the article, but this is probably necessary in order to get it switched to a network site.

    1. Ponsoo Magoo profile image71
      Ponsoo Magooposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Hello AliciaC,

      You are very kind to leave comments. Thank you!

      When you say "reference facts" do you mean like in a college essay, a list of books and other articles at the end, or something like that? "The origin of the customs" would fill many books in itself! But, yes, so to show it is not just my idea but something that many people also show and practice?

      Yes, there exist many different groups of Wiccans, you are right. But I don't know them all. Gardnerian and Alexandrian are the most well known. Also Dianic. It becomes a lot for one article, though, to explain all this. I thought to write many articles, explaining something in each one.

      But I think I understand your point to make it less "like a blog" is to make it less personal to my experience with my clan and more general and "academic" in tone. Is that right? I think I can do that.

      Thank you.

      1. AliciaC profile image93
        AliciaCposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        Hi, Ponsoo. I would answer "yes" to your questions. I certainly don't think you need to turn the article into a long and heavily academic one with a huge list of references, but I think the changes that you've mentioned in your questions would be worth trying. Good luck.

        1. Ponsoo Magoo profile image71
          Ponsoo Magooposted 5 years agoin reply to this

          Thank you. You are kind and helpful. I will make these changes and let you and the other kind commenter know what happens. Thank you!

 
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