Perhaps it could be added that submitters shouldn't submit "flamebait" - eg. titles/articles that will elicit very predictable, emotionally charged responses, or have borderline lying titles. In short, not tabloid material; which some other democratic news sites are buried in now.

This is provably the most popular content for the masses, so it's something to watch out for. The editors here do already kill it and that's great, but why not put this guideline in writing?

"Please submit the original source. If a blog post reports on something they found on another site, submit the latter. ... Don't abuse the text field in the submission form to add commentary to links. The text field is for starting discussions. If you're submitting a link, put it in the url field. If you want to add initial commentary on the link, write a blog post about it and submit that instead."

These rules appear to be in direct opposition to each other. Could someone elaborate on which is the appropriate method?

A link to these guidelines should be added to the http://news.ycombinator.com/submit page.

pg - You should take this out of the story table and just post it right at the top of the page.

Batten down the hatches, guys. Moderators, get your dead button finger ready.

Why can't we ask questions via Ask.YC? We want to hear from the YC readers, not necessarily PG or whom-ever read the info@ycomb

The struggle for purity, in general, provides a depressing history.

I didn't even know until now that there are editors on this site. Who are these people and what magical powers do they hold?

shouldn't this list be on or linked on the submit page?