[IMC-Boston-Editorial] cateogories/mike's feature

[Sofia JarrinT]

hi jamie and all,
  
  Most definitely yes on the "'Check this box if article directly  pertains to the Boston/Massachusetts area." Please go ahead (if no  editor disagrees) and make the request to the Tech group.
  
  Ie, categories, I don't feel comfortable getting rid of so many of  them. I rather get rid of the more generalized categories (such as  Social Welfare) than the more specific ones. I wouldn't dump Human  Rights because some articles might not be directly related to war. For  example, the couple of articles that Tanya wrote about HR speakers.  Sometimes HRights are related to corporate abuse (such as oil  drilling), etc.
  
  I also wouldn't dump Technology because it is very likely that someone  might one to write an article on open source technology, or such.
  
  Labor definitely needs to be there, with the union organizing.
  
  And I could live without Organizing... Since most of the time we don't  center events anyway...  But, at the same time, I wonder if people  who post events are using that category all the time.
  
  In summary, I would get rid of:
  
  * DNC (long gone)
  * Merge Gender/GLBT/Queer
  * Social Welfare
  
  peace,
  Sofia

"visnusdream at juno.com" <visnusdream at juno.com> wrote:I  don't care if you add a war/militarism category but I'd like to see two  or three other ones disappear. In fact, I think 5 is probably the  maximum we need. Lately, I've just been using the 'control key' to put  things in several categories at once. But then I just feel  silly. Maybe we should look at some other news outlets and see  what kind of categories they use. We have too much gray area. I'm not  real picky though. I don't think its that important (but I don;t mean  that the way it sounds). Ideas: 'education,' 'race,' 'GLBT/Queer' can  all be collapsed into 'social welfare.' Also, if we have  war/militarism, we don't really need human rights. I mean don't all  human rights issues fall into War/militarism, international, or  social welfare? Let's dump 'technology,' all those issues should fall  into either environment, globalization, or social welfare. Can we  change some categories? We should probably keep Labor, but 
 don't those issues fall under the rubric of Organizing? I think  we've tried to give every identity group a heading and its just so  watered down the headings mean very little. But . . . maybe that's  what will make them more readily available for searches.) What ever you  guys think is fine with me.    If you guys want to change anything on that article up-load page, I  want to have the 'local interest' block changed. I want it to say  something like 'Check this box if this article directly pertains to the  Boston/Massachusetts area,' or just 'Pertains to the  Boston/Massachusetts area.'
  I want people to know that if their article doesn't actually have a  'local slant' and they check the box, then they are disrespecting the  IMC space. Everyone wants their article to garner 'local interest' so  they all check it. I have to fix 5 of these things a day. Its silly.  And its a waste of time. I don't blame them but I would like to  see a change. 
  Love, 
  Jamie 
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