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Observations on the current control dispute over Indymedia UK

Scrapple | 11.01.2007 01:52 | Indymedia

the fact that the following post was removed from the newswire only goes to justify the criticism that the article is making about IMUK (forwarded by someone else)

originally sent by Scrapple on 10.01.2007 at 18:16

Observations on the current control dispute over Indymedia UK

I think it's pretty much common knowledge at the moment that a battle is raging for control of the UK Indymedia web site between the current editorial team and those who wish to see the site return to one where the Editorial Guidelines form the basis of what is Hidden and what is not as opposed to the present system of it being a subjective decision by the moderator concerned.

Many unpleasant emails have been sent and the last face to face meeting developed in to little more than a shouting match however there was one excellent suggestion made concerning how the site would look if the Editorial Guidelines where once again to form the basis of control. The Guidelines are as follows

Newswire Open Posting Guidelines
articles and/or comments may be hidden for the following reasons:
Repeated : content that is reposted or text that was originally a comment posted as a report.
Non-news : posts which are clearly purely comment, opinion or rants unrelated to a recent event or action etc.
Discrimination : posts using language, imagery, or other forms of communication promoting racism, fascism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia or any other form of discrimination.
Inaccurate : posts that are inaccurate or misleading.
Advertising : posts with personal or product promotions.
Hierarchy : The newswire is designed to generate a news resource, not a notice-board for political parties or any other hierarchically structured organizations.
Disruptive : Contributions by individuals who habitually publish above mentioned discouraged content. Posts where topical or regional selections disrupts the utility of the sub pages (ie spamming regional and topic selections).
Reposts : Articles that are simply pasted from corporate news sites. Please write something original, by all means link to articles elsewhere and quote from them but don't just copy them.

The notes below reflect the changes that would happen if the Guidelines were once again applied as they once were :


REMOVED
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  1. The fact that it was complete bullshit ....... — Twollza Wong
  2. Contradiction — ben