[Boston-editorial] please announce to this list when centering

[Matthew Williams]

OK, fair enough. -- Matt

On Jun 9, 2005, at 11:13 PM, Pete Stidman wrote:

> Well, we should talk about changing the policy at the
> next meeting but for now, do you mind continuing?  I
> do see a need for it.  in sum, it puts the burden on
> the poster, not the five other people who are curious
> who posted it= time saved.
>
>
>
> -Pete
>
>
>
>
> --- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> I centered it. It's not the best article in the
>> world, but it was OK
>> and it seemed like it would be a good issue to
>> cover. I double-checked
>> and it doesn't seem to be a press release. I doubt
>> the IAC even had a
>> role in organizing the press conference they were
>> covering.
>>
>> Now, I'm not a fan of the IAC, but I don't see why
>> we should refuse to
>> feature articles by them, just because many of us
>> don't like them. We
>> frequently feature articles by IAC member Brian
>> Pfeifer. If it was just
>> the IAC pushing this issue, I might be a little
>> skeptical because I
>> know they're not above making things up, but the
>> NAACP is involved with
>> this.
>>
>> I know I'm one of the folks who used to push for
>> announcing who's
>> centered what articles, but I've actually come to a
>> point where I'm not
>> sure I see the need for it. When you center
>> something, it's listed on
>> the hidden articles page with "submitted as a
>> feature" with your name,
>> so if folks are curious they can go check. If the
>> new Drupal system
>> doesn't do that, then we should certainly go back to
>> announcing who's
>> decided to feature what, but right now that doesn't
>> seem necessary.
>>
>> -- Matt
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2005, at 8:38 PM, Pete Stidman wrote:
>>
>>> I am curious as to who posted the IAC article, and
>> we
>>> have many new editors so we should be more
>> conscious
>>> of announcing centered articles to this list as we
>>> have always done.
>>>
>>> Can who ever centered it respond?
>>>
>>> -Pete
>>>
>>>
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