[Imc-uk-features] hiding articles

[Zak]

radged01 at fastmail.fm wrote:

> ekes hid some comments

Well, only one of them was hidden by ekes actually, but that is
irrelevant to the question of whether or not they should be hidden.

> should i go back thro the
> archive to check and see if this is the first time ekes or anyone
> else has hidden comments for being unrelated to an original article
> to see if there's any ideological reason?

It depends how much you want to know, I guess... personally I don't
think I'd find the information particularly illuminating as my view that
comments unrelated to an article should be hidden doesn't depend upon
whether it has or hasn't been done in the past. Either way, I think they
should be, and that the guidelines should make that clear.

But if you're curious, no one's going to stop you looking through the
archives for previous instances. I'd be surprised if it hasn't happened
before though.

Zak.