Reporting newswire maintenance to this list - "Open Editing" was Re: [Imc-uk-features] Re: migragion feature +gate feat to go to uk page

[ekes]

zcat at ametrika.com wrote:
> and if you can show me where there is concencus to record changes on the 
> list or even in internal comments then I will it is done by some but 
> unlike the 24 hour rule it has never been an agreed practise afaik

I had always assumed that there was consensus on this. We have been 
doing it as long as I have had an admin account. When I was shown how to 
use the admin interface I was told I *had* to be on imc-uk-features, and 
to report everything that was hidden to the list. This openness means 
there is a wiki page on the discussions we have had about Moderation.

Newswire cleaning/maintenance has got more complicated as the size of 
the site has grown - more use of topics and such like. It seems there is 
a sort of passive consensus that if you are just hiding a repost, or 
changing a couple of topics it doesn't get reported to the list. It is a 
pain of extra work to do this anyway.

It is important, however, that on a *public* list there are clear *open* 
statements - if we could automate this by sending the internal comments 
or something to the list once a day (removing the multiple e-mails thing 
in one swoop too) it would be great.

It is one of the strong points of IMC UK that we report and discuss 
openly what is on the site. Why it is on the site. Where we want it on 
the site etc. GDM in a recent #uk irc conversation described it as "open 
editing" facilitating the news we want to be heard, with open-access and 
equality - and the ability for stuff to be challenged, not hiding behind 
a password.

Could we please affirm the consensus that we publicly report our actions 
to imc-uk-features (unless matter of confidentiality &c. in which case 
the imc-uk-legal/contact)

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