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| Ron Mears, creator of WorldCountries.info, lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. He is a software developer and photographer. |
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WorldCountries.info
was designed to be a place where you can tell the world about the interesting
things to see in your country and about the great people there, or learn
about other cultures and countries. Despite the availability of the Internet
to almost everyone, there is no other site which makes this possible.
This site was launched in January of 2005. At that time,
the site was like a big house of hundreds of rooms with no one at home
--- only a few dry facts about each country. After six months of development,
I really had to question if this concept would work once actually published
in the commericial environment of the Internet. But, one by one, people
and governments all over the world began to respond. There are now well
over a dozen feature articles here for you --- and not little short articles
with tiny photos but full length articles in which the pride of the contributors
seems to shine from the pages.
There must be millions who believe, as I do, that each
country on this beautiful planet is an interesting place with good and
thoughtful people, and that we should know much more about each other
than we do. Wherever you live, there is a room here for you.
Let's fill it with the sights and sounds of your part
of the world for all to see.
For Contributors
There are several ways you can participate in our growing
on-line community.
Travel Writers. There are two
levels publishing:
- Feature articles on the
main site: The standards are extremely
high. The article must be well written in English (although we will
happy publish a mirror article in a second language); it must contain
at least one picture per page; the photography must be of excellent
quality; the article must focus exclusively on the attractions and culture
of the subject country; we are not interested in political articles
of any kind. Nor should the feature article be based around or reference
one time events. The idea is to provide information about your country
which is not likely to change much over time. You will be given full
credit on each article page and can post links to your web site. These
are articles are a lot of work, so send
us an email before submitting anything.
- The Writer's Cafe: Here you are free
to publish short, one page articles (or longer ones), with or without
pictures. The article may be about any destination on earth, but self-promotion
of travel services is not permitted except in the article credits section.
Click
here to enter the Travel Writer's Cafe.
Photographers. We welcome family-friendly
photos of just about anything in our Photographer's Gallery. The galleries
are attractive and offer you the way to add a running narrative to your
photos! Click
here to enter the Photographer's Gallery.
Discussion Forum. Disussion forums
are difficult to get off the ground because newcomers see little activity.
We hope you will register and post to get the ball rolling, or perhaps
even become a moderator for your country. Click
here to enter the Discussion Forum.
For Readers
Not everyone has time to contibute, so we hope you will
simply enjoy WorldCountries.info as a reader or use it as an information
resource.
It's a big world, so we've built a big house. One
day, we want to see every people in the world represented here, because
there should be some place where is it crystal clear that we really do
live in one big house, that the same sun and stars shine upon us all in
equal measure. This is a mission which cannot fail.
Regards,
Ron Mears
www.worldcountries.info
January 21, 2006 |
