[imc-oxford-features] deselected 422750

[richard hering]

Perhaps I can help by saying that I'm going to take down this post anyway,
as it was put up without text explaining the relevance to everybody,
including oxford.  When I do this (not straight away) I'll do a post
specifically for Oxford.

richard


2009/2/26 <owen at riseup.net>

> My position is: people connected to Oxford in some way *can* post to
> OxIMC, but they need to make the link to Oxford obvious (to a casual
> reader).
>
> As Jack said, allowing posts from people that *we* happen to know are
> connected to Oxford (but haven't bothered to mention it in the article)
> has the cliquey effect of favouring our friends. Also, it gives readers
> the impression that 'anything goes' because they'll see posts on the
> Oxford wire apparently unnconnected to Oxford, increasing the chance that
> they'll post irrelevant stuff themselves (I suppose leaving the wire
> uncleaned for long amounts of time has the same effect, arguably...).
>
> This isn't the first time we've had this discussion:
> http://docs.indymedia.org/bin/view/Local/ImcUkOxfordLocalRelevance
>
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-oxford-features/2005-January/0119-lr.html
>
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-oxford-features/2005-January/0119-89.html
>
> No wonder I was getting deja vu! In that last discussion (Jan 2005)
> several people agreed that Oxford-relevance needs to be made explicit, not
> assumed on the basis of insider knowledge.
>
> I'm happy for this post to be unhid, if someone adds a comment explaining
> the Oxford-relevance. I don't have time to do either right now, but will
> check later.
>
> Then, could we try and get consensus once and for all on the general
> principle (that Oxford-relevance needs to be explicit), and reword our
> guidelines to make it clear?
>
> Owen the bike race
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> original msg:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> hamish wrote:
> > This is oxford relevent as am shore the are some police whatch crew
> > in oxford and riched from VOTV/undercurrents works in oxford so dont
> >  see why he cant post tio his local IMC. Please reinstate the post
> > and clarify were the problem is?
>
> I'm inclined to agree, because the custom in the past has been to accept
> posts from "people connected with Oxford".
>
> Actually I disapprove of that custom; it has the effect of favouring
> posts that come from Oxford IMCers, and people that IMCers happen to
> know, even if they are not Oxford-relevant; while barring equally
> off-topic posts if they are from people we don't happen to know.
>
> But I don't think this is the time or venue for changing that practice,
> so I think the undercurrents post should be allowed.
>
> --
> MrD.
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