[Imc-uk-features] Imc-uk-features Digest, Vol 51, Issue 10

[richard hering]

Message: 3
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 23:09:33 +0100
From: charley allan <pescao at thenewagenda.org>
Subject: Re: [Imc-uk-features] unhiding 374918
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hi all, forgive my confusion, but wasn't the whole point of the  
promoted wire to give the purists their own "quality" front page  
without any of the messy stuff that the rest of us enjoy? i've always  
been against the promoted wire (it's undemocratic - still no  
guidelines afaik - and it's clearly editorialising) but, if you're  
going to have it, then please keep your hands off the non-promoted  
wire unless there's a really pressing reason to hide posts, not "i  
don't understand/agree with this."

That's not my understanding at all of the purpose of the promoted wire (which I was against as well, btw).  its purpose was not to do away with the need for guidelines.  As far as I'm aware the guidelines still exist.  In the case of 374741 it was a case of it not being understandable by anyone.  In the case of 374918, whether I agree with it or not is irrelevant - it's simply that it was not news, merely uncorroborated speculation, so falls foul of the guidelines.  I haven't seen anyone suggest that the promoted newswire means we should loosen the guidelines.  is that what you're suggesting?  And do you really enjoy this stuff?  visit some sites and blogs - there's lots of it out there.....

richard

 		
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