[Imc-communication] belgium.indymedia.org changes

[denis at collectifs.net]

Hi,

Claudio wrote:

>Hi,
>
>There seem to be some strange reactions or conclusions about the changes
>we have made to our homepage to prepare for the mediation.
>
>What people seem to forget is that changing the url (or ones of the
>active url's) of a site is not a simple matter. There are 5 years of
>links, images and files within the pages and the db pointing to
>belgium.indymedia.org. We are talking of 100000's links.
>Changing the url just like that means litteraly BREAKING the website and
>put our website down.
>  
>
It is not the question, the problem is that the page induces a change of
url ("we moved to http://www.indymedia.be, update your bookmarks") what
is a falsification of the decision of process.

The only goal is to make that a maximum of people does not use any more
this URL and uses www.indymedia.be.  As on your site, all the links
towards the local collectives are systematically hidden and that the
"local" links point only towards your site, it is manipulation to hide
the existence of local collectives.

Not need to make believe that it is a technical problem.

>As a techie and imc-belgium volunteer, I try hard to minimalize the
>possible negative impacts that a swift change ("Change the dns'!") would
>have for our public. I have spent already many hours on this matter.
>
>It is not because we do not agree with the wording of the German
>proposal, that we are closing all doors. We try really hard to make
>mediation possible.
>
>If agreed by mediation, we can host a static page with the layout and
>content agreed by the concerning parties. Before yesterday this was
>technically not possible, now it is.
>  
>
Thank you to read again the proposal !

"The static site should be administrated by an
non-belgium imc-collective. The discussions about the design of the site
can be done in June, so that the site would work in the beginning of July."

It is just necessary to agree on the contents of the page but the site
will be managed by a non-Belgian collective. 

I believe that your proposal will not be adopted :-)

Bye
Denis