Editing RPGnet (section)

===Columns and articles===
RPGnet currently has approximately 20 regular [[Columnist|columns]]. Columns are posted on a four-week, Monday-Friday schedule (with 3 to 4 columns posted during a typical week, as per columnist cooperation), with any "extra weeks" in the schedule filled in with additional columns, as they become available. Most columns cover [[gamemaster]]s offering advice on running roleplaying games to other gamemasters, but there is some variety. This site has become noted as a source for player theory on role-playing games, and these are often written by authors with an academic background.<ref>{{cite conference | first=Marinka | last=Copier | year=2007 | title=Connecting Worlds. Fantasy Role-Playing Games, Ritual Acts and the Magic Circle | work=Proceedings of the DIGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views: Worlds in Play | pages=16–20 | access-date=2009-12-18 | url=http://lib-ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/1563 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706203033/http://lib-ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/1563 | archive-date=2011-07-06 }}</ref>

Notable columns have included: 52 Pickup which promised to offer a new game every week for a year (it got to about a dozen before the initial author gave up, then another dozen before the second one did); Behind the Counter which continues to detail the runnings of a gaming [[Retailing|retail store]]; and Freelancing is Not Free which describes how to [[Freelancer|freelance]] in the gaming industry. Noteworthy columnists have included game industry veterans such as Ross Winn, [[Chad Underkoffler]] and Matt Drake. Sandy Antunes' monthly column has run without interruption since inception.

The forums include threads describing actual play of role-playing games in concrete terms. These threads include descriptions of how players have overcome specific challenges, and they allow observers to view how a role-playing game is performed without having to actually participate.<ref>{{cite journal
 | first=Bryn | last=Neuenschwander | year=2008
 | title=Playing by the Rules: instruction and acculturation in role-playing games
 | journal=E-Learning | volume=5 | issue=2
 | pages=189–198
 | doi=10.2304/elea.2008.5.2.189 | s2cid=144127000 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

The columns software was upgraded in 2006, and it now includes full [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] feeds as well as a variety of [[database|database-oriented]] lookups and full integration into the RPGnet forums.

Prior to 2008, Columns Editing was handled by C.W. Richeson (2008), Shannon Appelcline (2006–2007), [[Michael Fiegel]] (2001–2005) and Sandy Antunes (inception - 2001). As of January 2008, it is handled by Shannon Appelcline.

RPGnet columns have been referenced on [[Slashdot]] (including "Gaming Girls of GenCon"<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Slashdot]] | title=Gaming Girls Of GenCon Interviewed | date=17 August 2003 |url=https://games.slashdot.org/story/03/08/17/0230246/gaming-girls-of-gencon-interviewed  |access-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118193013/http://games.slashdot.org/story/03/08/17/0230246/gaming-girls-of-gencon-interviewed |archive-date=2016-01-18 |url-status=live}}</ref> and "A History of Wizards of the Coast"<ref>{{cite web |title=A History of Wizards of the Coast |url=https://slashdot.org/story/06/08/03/2054247/a-history-of-wizards-of-the-coast |website=[[Slashdot]] |date=3 August 2006 |access-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118193014/http://slashdot.org/story/06/08/03/2054247/a-history-of-wizards-of-the-coast |archive-date=2016-01-18 |url-status=live}}</ref>), as well as on many blogs and gaming sites.