Contribute your idea to Feature Store for ML

Share your content, bring new discussions and share your innovations to improve ML pipelines

1. Why should you become a contributor?

We are looking for insightful and relevant content focused on data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence and, of course, feature stores. If you have written something related to these topics, share it with us!

By submitting your article to us, your content will be featured at our featurestore.org page to reach a broader audience. According to Google Analytics, our page received in 2020:

• 22,000 Unique Daily Readers
• 44,000 Pageviews

You also remain the only owner of your work, in accordance with the Medium Terms of Service that you agree to when creating a Medium account. This means you will be able to edit or delete your content at any moment, even after we have published it.

2. Submission guidelines

There are some important guidelines that you need to know before submitting your content. Make sure to read carefully the following points and to understand them. Once you submit your content, you agree to comply with the following:

1. Medium’s Rules and Terms of Service also apply to Feature Store for ML (FSML).
2. You’re the only person responsible for the content you create and publish. This means you assume all risks related to it, including someone else’s reliance on its accuracy, or claims relating to intellectual property or other legal rights.
3. We value copyrights and violating them will not be accepted. It is your responsibility to ensure you own or have a legal right to use all content, images, and videos you include in your articles.
4. We might edit your content to correct basic spelling mistakes and update minimal formatting, also we have the rights to remove images where the source isn’t clearly stated.
5. We have adopted Medium’s Content Guidelines and Medium’s Curation Guidelines for every article we publish. This means that if your post isn’t of a high enough quality to be curated or doesn’t follow the guidelines, we won’t publish it on FSML.
6. We can remove any articles you post on FSML for any reason and at any time. If we do so, your content will not be lost but still hosted on Medium.com and redirected there.

3. Tips for writing insightful articles

Are you interested to submit your content? Here are some tips for getting your articles published at FSML:

Do you bring a new approach, idea or discussion point?

Before you submit your content, ask yourself: am I submitting something new or has a topic with similar ideas been published at FSML?

We do not require exclusive articles and we are open to republish content originally published in other sources. But, we ask that you submit something that is new for our FSML page. If you have read many articles addressing the same issue or explaining the same concept, think twice before submitting your content to us. Conversely, if your article addresses an underserved area or presents a new idea or method, that’s just what we are after!

Promotional vs informative content

The main purpose of this page is to create a sustainable community with knowledge and curated content. As a non-commercial project we ask that you keep your content informative and not promotional. However, you may include in your conclusion the link to the original post and even one relevant video.

How should you structure your content?

All articles must include an eye-catching short title (aim for 30–40 words) and an insightful subtitle that explains in just a few words (50 to 100 words) what you will talk about.

With the overflow of content available nowadays, make sure the readers understand right from the start what you will talk about. Give a short and sharp introduction that tells our readers what is the main topic and why it is relevant for them.

Once you’ve introduced the topic with a short and sharp, you can discuss it as long as you would like, but make sure to stay on top of the takeaways that you want our readers to take from your article. Your article is more likely to be accepted if you include a background discussion on the topic (why are you bringing this up now?) and concrete examples that bring to life your new idea.

And do not forget your solid and non-commercial conclusion!

Best practices for including images and coding

Coding should not be copy and pasted as an image, but instead should use Medium’s code blocks & inline code. If you for any specific reason really require to include coding as an image (such as to highlight with different colours), make sure to be explicit and clear on what you’re referring to.

We cannot emphasise enough how important it is to include the source for your images! Make sure that all your images are sourced (even if you do not have to include it) with the name and hyperlink, and that you only include images that you’ve the rights to use.

Here are images sources where most images may be used without asking for the owner’s permission:

• Unsplash
• Pexels
• Pixabay

If you include an image for which you have purchased a license, make sure that the license never expires and that it can be used for commercial purposes on the TDS Publication.

Even better is to include an image or graph that you created yourself! If that’s the case, make sure to include yourself as the source for the image (Image by author) in the image’s caption.

How should you refer to other people’s work?

We encourage you to refer and generate a discussion of other content published! If you mention a specific idea or article, you should include a reference list at the bottom of your article containing: the references’ full names, date of publication and source. Also, make sure to include the source with a hyperlink so readers can check the information provided.

4. Ready to contribute?

1. Create and check your Medium profile

To have your article featured at the FSML page, you need to have a real and verified Medium account. Please include your real personal or company name, a photo or company logo, and a bio as we don’t publish posts anonymously.

2. Submit your content

First of all, publish your article in Medium. All articles must be published in Medium to be able to be featured in our page. Then, send your article using the form available on our page or by email at featurestoreorg@gmail.com. If your article has been published already, we kindly ask that you include the URL when contacting us. Be advised that it might take some time before we answer and evaluate your content.

3. Get your article published or receive feedback from us

If your content is interesting and you’ve followed all guidelines, you’ll receive a confirmation email that your article has been approved and inviting you to be a writer for FSML.

Once you receive a confirmation, you can submit the article by:

1. Clicking in your profile picture
2. Select Stories
3. Select “Published” tab
4. Click on the article you wish to submit to us
5. Click on “…” on and select “Add to Publication”
6. Select “Data for AI” page and click on “Add Story”

See illustrations below:

After you have submitted your word, we will do a final review to 1) make small edits such as to correct spelling and grammar mistakes, 2) make sure it follows all rules and guidelines, 3) give final approval to your article, and 4) publish your content on FSML.

If your article is not approved, you’ll receive an email from us explaining the reasons behind our decision. Depending on the feedback you receive, you may resend your content with suggested modifications.

FAQs

1. Can I republish a content previously published on Medium or another source?

Yes! We do not require exclusive articles and we are open to republish content originally published in other sources. But, we ask that you submit something that is new for our FSML page.

2. Do I get paid to publish content?

No, we do not pay any writer to submit content to our page.

3. When will my article be featured at Featurestore.org?

Every article is featured for at least one week in the featurestore.org page. However, depending on the volume of articles received it might take a little while for your content to be promoted there. However, rest assured that all articles published at FSML Medium will be included and promoted in our page.

4. May I publish my article in other languages?

No, articles published in FSML must be written in English. But you can submit a content that is a direct translation from another language. Note that you need to own the original content or have permission from the author.