what do you put in the place where it asks for url.
do they allow you to put in nothing?
I put in the URL that points to the article that I am posting. I do this for the benefit of the the reader (I hate it when I'm misdirected by bad links.) I also believe in the integrity of honesty. - consequences be damned.
do they allow you to put in nothing?
Apparently so. Successful vanity posts frequently have no URLs to sources.
Many successful post to News/Activism omit referencing URLs. Chat threads and vanity threads are frequently allowed.) I also observe the occurrence of successful News/Activism posts that link to sites that are little more than blogs - in that they are not bona fide news sites.
It's evident to me that the blog site rules are applied inconsistently.
It's also evident to me that appeals to FR administrator for reconsideration are uniformly ignored.
The rules as applied to the Belmont Club site are unfortunately misapplied.
do they allow you to put in nothing?
Yeah, you can leave that box blank. When you leave it blank, the FR system doesn't know what website you're posting from, so you can avoid some of the usual FR rules.
(Don't use this trick to try to defeat certain rules -- like the rule against posting something from USA today, for example. The Moderators will spot it right away and pull the post, and they'll be annoyed. But the trick works great when used for legitimate purposes, like putting The Belont Club into its rightful spot.)