[Boston-editorial] hiding vs. deleting

[Sofia JarrinT]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the heads up.  I think I've only deleted
duplicate postings (my own...), but I'll make sure to
be careful not to delete anything.

cheers,
Sofia

--- Matthew Williams <mw21 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Hey Sofia --
> 
> Not to pick on you or anything, but I've noticed
> that you've deleted a 
> couple things. You should really be hiding them. We
> only delete things 
> in extreme circumstances, as designated in the
> editorial policy: "1. 
> Any hate posting that also carries media such as
> photos, audio or video 
> clips (to prevent the use of our server as a
> linkable storage space); 
> 2. Any post by an individual known by Indymedia to
> have consistently 
> acted in a disruptive manner and that the collective
> has unanimously 
> identified as a sabateur. 3. Stories, pictures,
> video footage or other 
> material that could potentially incriminate or
> otherwise endanger 
> activists." (Tim also once deleted an audio
> recording in which Johnny 
> Wizard threatened to kill President Bush, something
> we all agreed was a 
> wise decision.) Other than that things should be
> hidden, so they can 
> still be read by anyone who goes to the hidden
> articles page. This is a 
> way of editing the website to get rid of junk yet
> try to remain 
> consistent with the spirit of open-publishing. I
> don't think anything 
> you deleted is a great loss, mind you, so it's not a
> big deal. I just 
> wanted to give you a heads up.
> 
> -- Matt
> 
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