[Imc-uk-features] Hidden + request for clarification

[ilyan]

Hiding implies something is unsuitable for viewing.

There is a newswire, is that the same all over the world or is it only 
UK?  Do items hidden in UK appear on world as hidden.  Could they just 
be moved to world instead.

There is copyright sense in dumping, not hiding, corporate reposts, but 
a URL with a few words on its subject that then clicks directly to the 
corporate news item should not be hidden.  No Editor knows what the 
reader needs are.  Is it too much work to replace corporate re-posts 
with the URL?   Posting could be encouraged in that form,  so that there 
is much less editing time called for.

Problems are pretty universal, a local news item in a far country 
usually has its cause in all localities, and knowing the wider 
perspective can often help.  It certainly helps develop direct 
solidarity as opposed to  the usual links through some form of hierarchy 
filter.
Ilyan


Roy Bard wrote:

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>With reagrds to 326312 - this was initially hidden and then unhidden by
>mini mouse after an objection by Hamish, who wrote:
>
>"The UK connection is that the trial being talked about involves the
>murder of a british backpacker.  So I will unhide in 24 hours unless
>there are objections."
>
>I am having difficulty understanding how a murder trial in Australia is
>relevant to a newswire " for news, issues, actions and analysis
>reporting on grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial social justice,
>environmental and political issues"  and its applicability to the
>mission statement:
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>"The Indymedia UK website provides an interactive platform for reports
>from the struggles for a world based on freedom, cooperation, justice
>and solidarity, and against environmental degradation, neoliberal
>exploitation, racism and patriarchy. The reports cover a wide range of
>issues and social movements - from neighbourhood campaigns to grassroots
>mobilisations, from critical analysis to direct action."
>
>I have now rehidden on it on the basis that it is a corporate repost,
>besides which, the story is already receiving widespread coverage in the
>corporate media. There are no eye witness accounts of the trial on Indy,
>nor anything linking the trial to a struggle for a better world.
>
>Hamish, it would be helpful if you could outline the thinking that leads
>you believe that it is a relevant story to carry.
>
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