Frequently Asked Questions

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ARTICLES OR ADS DIRECTLY BY Email! Also, do not submit an article or ad simply by replying to an issue of the Baja Western Onion you received. We get over 100 Emails a day associated with our business interests. We simply don't have the time it would take to reformat all of the articles that are sent to us each week, and most likely your article sent by Email will be overlooked and/or forgotten. Instead, please use the Article Submission Form found on this web site. The submission form automatically formats your article and groups it with our other submissions, thereby saving us a lot of work and helping to ensure your article won't be overlooked.

Here is a Step-by-Step explanation of how to submit an Ad or Article:

1. Open your browser and Click Here to go to http://www.bajawesternOnion.com/submitarticle.asp
   
2. Enter a title for your article or Ad in the "Title" box. Please limit it to no more than 100 characters.
   
3. Enter your question, article or ad in the "Please Enter Your Article or Ad" box. If you like, you can simply copy and paste your text from Word, Notepad, or an Email. Please keep it short, preferably less than 200 words.
   
4. Enter the name, phone number, Email address, location, and a web site that you want to have associated with the article (strictly optional, this information will automatically be added to the end of your submission if you want.)
   
5. Enter any comments you would like to send us, again strictly optional. Comments will not be included with your article. If you want an image to appear with your article, please include a link to the hosted image and we'll see what we can do to include it. Please see our FAQ on Can I Submit an Image, Graphic or Picture With My Article or Ad? for more information.
   
6. Enter the Security Code you see in the image near the bottom. If you cannot read the Security Code, click the "Load New Code" link until you get a code you can read.
   
7. Press the "Submit My Article or Ad" button.
   

TIP: If you get an error message that the security code you entered was incorrect, use your browser's "Back" button to return to the Submission Form and click the "Load New Code" link to get a new image. If you still have problems submitting this form, it may be because you have "cookies" disabled in your browser. Here is information on How To Enable Cookies in Your Browser.

Your submission will be reviewed for possible inclusion in the next issue. NOTE: Please be sure to include your phone and/or Email so people know how to contact you. NOTE: To ensure inclusion, you must submit your articles or ads through the web site. Articles or ads sent directly to the Publisher or Editor by Email will most likely be overlooked and not included.

There is no charge for personal or commercial articles or ads that appear occasionally. However, we do offer paid advertising services for individuals, businesses and non-profits who would like their articles or ads to appear on a regular basis. Please visit our Advertising Page for more information.

By Submitting an article or ad to the Baja Western Onion, you agree to abide by all our Editorial Guidelines, Terms and Conditions of Use:

1. Types of Articles - The format of the Baja Western Onion is not well suited for posting long articles, "blogging," poetry, jokes, essays, political or editorial "opinion" pieces, stories, or other creative writing submissions. There are already many other venues on the internet and in our area better suited for this type of content.
2. Length of Articles - Out of consideration for our other readers and posters, please keep your articles short and to the point. Articles no more than 100 to 200 words are best. Longer articles will be edited or rejected.
3. Article Formatting - We do our best to include articles as they are submitted but there are some things we don't like:
   • Please check your spelling. There are several free spell checkers that work right inside your web browser. Use them.
   • Do not submit articles typed in "ALL CAPS," or include lots of words in "ALL CAPS".
   • Do not submit articles with overuse of punctuation, such as !!!!! or ???? or .......
   • Do not submit articles with excessive vertical space between paragraphs or sentences.
4. Stick to One Topic - Do not "shotgun" by including multiple topics in one article. Articles concerning only one topic are best. Any excessive, questionable, objectionable or inappropriate content may be edited or rejected.
5. Commercial Articles - Do not attempt to submit commercial or promotional ads that are disguised to appear as non commercial submissions. Do not include links to sites in "non-commercial" submissions that are not relevant to the topic of the submission. They will be removed.
6. Links in Articles - Do not attempt to submit articles or ads that contain pay-per-click "affiliate" links to external web sites in an attempt to garner revenue for the submitter. Such ads and/or their links will be regarded as "Spamming" and they will be removed or edited.
7. Type of Content - The Baja Western Onion is not a public forum for debates, or for airing political views, personal disputes, opinions, complaints, "Hate Speech", "Witch Hunts," remarks that disrespect ethnicity, religion, race or gender, or articles that are intended to disrespect, harass, humiliate, embarrass, criticize, attack, challenge, harm, intimidate, or provoke other individuals or groups. These types of submissions will be discarded.
8. Criminal Accusations - In our goal to maintain fairness and neutrality for all, the Onion will not reprint any article that accuses any person or business by name of committing any crime. The Publishers, Editors and readers of the Onion cannot be expected to sit as judge or jury to assess the guilt or innocence of any individual based on someone's unverifiable assertion in an article. If a crime has been committed, then the incident should be reported to the appropriate Mexican authorities.
9. Other Accusations - Please do not submit articles that accuse any person or business by name of committing any wrongdoing, malfeasance or deception, or that contain anything that might be determined to damage or besmirch by name an individual's or company's personal or professional character or reputation, or that is intended to "Out" someone.
10. Names and Addresses - Please do not include the name(s), Email addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information for any third party without their permission. If you like, you can request that readers contact you for more information.
11. Submitter's Identity - Please do not submit articles without providing some information about who is submitting the article. If you wish to remain anonymous then tell us so in the Additional Comments section of the Article Submission form. Submitters will need to identify themselves and then provide a reason why their identity should be withheld. All articles submitted need to have valid contact information in case we need to follow up.
12. Responses and Retractions - If there is an issue with a factual misrepresentation of something that appeared in the Baja Western Onion, or if you have a dispute with someone, then we would expect the individuals involved to work it out among themselves and not attempt to thrash it out by way of posting articles or disputes in the Onion. The Publishers and Editors of the Baja Western Onion may, entirely at our option, choose to print a response to something that appeared in the Onion but we will not permit an ongoing dispute or "Flame War" between individuals or groups to be published. We may also, entirely at our option, choose to print a retraction to any article that appears in the Baja Western Onion.
13. Copyrighted Materials - DO NOT submit copyrighted materials or images, reprints of copyrighted articles, or materials for which you do not have full ownership, without the explicit permission of the copyright owners. All Ads and Articles you submit become the property of the Baja Western Onion, and you grant unconditional rights for the Baja Western Onion to reprint or reuse the content thereof in any way it sees fit.
14. Spamming - Do not "Harvest" E mail Addresses from the Baja Western Onion with the intent to send our readers unsolicited bulk mailings, AKA "Spam." This is specifically against our Terms and Conditions of use, and is also downright rude. Most of us receive enough unsolicited junk mail as it is. Violaters may be permanently removed from our subscription list. Please report all violations to the attention of .
15. Free Speech - Finally, please understand you do not have the "Right" to post anything you want in the Baja Western Onion, any more than you have the "Right" to trespass upon someone's private property, to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater, or to spray graffiti on someone's home or business. The Baja Western Onion is a private concern, paid for entirely by its owners, and provided through volunteer efforts. Thus, we retain ALL rights to decide what goes into the Onion, and how it goes in, whether you think it is fair or not, or whether you think of it as censorship. Readers who do not understand this point of ownership are invited to go to the considerable time and effort it takes to build their own web site and send their own newsletter however they see fit.

Violators of any of our editorial policies may be warned, or banned from our subscriber list altogether and their future submissions rejected.

All submissions will reviewed, and the decision to include or edit any submission is solely at the discretion of the Owner, Publisher, Editor and Staff of The Baja Western Onion. Our opinion of what is acceptable is final, and is not open to argument or petition.

Out of consideration for all our readers, and to keep each issue of the Baja Western Onion from being overleaded by repeat ads every week, we ask that you do not submit unpaid event notices, updates or ads more than once every 2 weeks. We may make exceptions to this if we feel the information submitted is time sensitive or useful to our readers. Our decision is final.

If you want your ad or event notice to appear more frequently, we do offer Paid Advertising.

Multiple submissions regarding the same organization, subject or event may be rejected or consolidated into one submission, entirely at the option of the Editor and Publisher of the Baja Western Onion.

We cannot automatically repeat ads for you. If you want an ad to appear more than once, you will need to resubmit it by way of the Article Submission Form. If you want your ad or event notice to appear more frequently, we do offer Paid Advertising.

We may, from time to time, add date-sensitive events to our Community Calendar section where they will reappear until they expire. The "Every Week" and "Workshops and Meetings" sections in the Community Calendar are reserved for local events in the immediate areas of Todos Santos and Pescadero.

If you have an image hosted on another web server, you can submit a link to that hosted image in the Article Submission Form.

For unpaid ads or articles, we may include your graphic if time allows, and if it conforms to our other guidelines and size limits (below). If you need us to upload and host an image for you on our servers, we can do so for a donation of $10.

See our Advertising Page for more information on our specifications for all graphics and display ads submitted.

Paid Display Ad Creation and Editing Services

If you need help creating a paid display ad for your business or announcement, we can provide this service for $30 per hour. See our Advertising Page for more information. If you need help editing your existing image to conform to the above sizes for paid display ads, we can provide this service for $30 per hour. Most graphics take no more than an hour to edit. Please submit all advertising graphics for review by E mail to the attention of . See our Advertising Page for more information.

If you prefer to edit the image yourself, there are many resources and tools on the web that will help you to learn how to do so. Here is one site where you can do this for free: http://www.reducephoto.com/step1.asp.

Yes, but please note that you are responsible for staying in compliance with all US and Mexican laws, and for paying all state or federal taxes that may be due on any items you sell.

Yes, paid advertising is available. Please visit our Advertising Page for more information on advertising opportunities. All commercial ads are subject to approval by the Editor and Publisher of The Baja Western Onion. Also, inclusion of commercial listings in the Community Calendar is strictly optional, and at the discretion of the Editor and Publisher of the Baja Western Onion.

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• If there is a clear violation of a stated policy, please inform The Baja Western Onion .
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