[yagr]

The current events section has the following guidelines:

This forum is for the discussion of current news items such as you find on the nightly news, in newspapers, on Psych Central's news or professional blogs, on CNN, etc. only. Do not post only headlines, URLs and summaries here -- you need to express an opinion or reason for posting the link too. Each item you post here should have a link URL and an opinion accompanying it.

I have a question about the last line. There have been times, though not currently and I'm afraid I'm going to have to make up a rather poor example, that I have wanted to discuss something of a current event nature - but without having read a story on the issue and therefore I don't have a link URL as required.

For instance, perhaps I wanted to discuss the declining percentage of voters participating in the democratic process. This is certainly a current event, and plays significantly in shaping our current events - but do I have to do a search to find an article first and, failing to find one, scrap the thread?

Thanks in advance.

[TheWell]

Hi yagr,
The requirement of a link is enforced so yes, you need to make sure you find a news story to post a link.
I hope this helps,
TheWell

[lizardlady]

Ygar, I've been in that situation. Had a topic I wanted to discuss, but hadn't read something about it. Usually what happens is that I see or hear something then go off on a mental tangent. I google the topic in order to find an article I can link to. It can be a pain, but stays within the guidelines. The way I came to think of it is that it's the "current events" forum not the "this is my opinion" forum.