[Imc-london] cleaning and reply to Doug

[freethepeeps at aktivix.org]

No problem. I'll spend my time doing something other than cleaning the newswire.
That why I don't have to field spurious complaints and imagine if someone has
some reason to inc;lude p[osts that don't even mention London.

best

ftp

Quoting Doug <smithx at lineone.net>:

> I don't want to labour the point, as the news item would be moving down the
> list by now and it is on the UK Newswire anyway and I do appreciate the
> difficulties
> of IMC volunteers, but just to point out that four of the Peace cyclists
> actually live in Bethnal Green and Bow and no doubt others are based in
> London.
> 
> See http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/09/350258.html
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Doug.
> >
> >
> >more unticks
> >
> >UN agrees disability treaty (350259)
> >
> >OutRage! (and HRW)- Uganda-45 gays 'outed in witch-hunt-arrests follow
> (350246)
> >
> >The Pits of Humanity! (350244)
> >
> >Climate Camp (350241)
> >
> >Greg Palast faces Homeland Security charges & PAUL KRUGMAN ' S latest
> (350247)
> >
> >
> >
> >Quoting Doug <smithx at lineone.net>:
> >
> >> Previously, 'Peace Cyclists complete European ride in style!' was
> reported
> >> on the London site. 
> >> 
> >> http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2006/09/349871.html
> >> 
> >> Since the ride started in London cyclist supporters here who accompanied
> >> the first stage to Greenwich have been following its progress.
> >> 
> >> Also there are already non-London news items on the London site, e.g:
> >> 
> >> 'Lebanon: Full Color Pictures of the Atrocities'.
> >> 
> >> http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2006/08/347265.html
> >> 
> >> As well as stuff from the South Coast and Essex, etc.
> >> 
> >> I don't mind a purist London centric approach as long as it is followed
> >> faithfully,
> >> without fear or favour, but it is not.
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> 
> >> Doug.
> >
> >Very few people are involved in cleaning the wire - if more did so, then
> >articles might not be missed - as far as I can see, by far the majority
> of
> >posts are london specific. 
> >
> >If the london wire carries every story posted on it, then there would be
> >no
> >point in having a wire that was seperate from uk. Would someone going to
> >the
> >london wire be able to spot the london connection in that report? And even
> >if
> >it said that the ride started in london, it is a report about events in
> >Palestine, involving actors who are not all based in london. I have left
> >up the
> >report about detentions because it makes the london connection specific.
> >
> >The lebanon story you mention was posted to all regions by an admin on uk.
> >
> >Best
> >
> >ftp
> 
> 
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