[IMC-UK-Features] Feature proposal - EDO film tour

[jagmad at riseup.net]

Ana,

There seems to be a misunderstanding. I am not working on this feature
since I gave up working on features. I am now asking why nobody else is.

Doug.


> Doug,
>
>
> once you have tidied it up, and inserted the links into some kind of text,
> it will go up. If the content and links do not change, and if you add up
> the html coding, it can go up immediately.
>
> Just post the proposed final text, tidied up, to this list
>
>
> ana
>
> jagmad at riseup.net wrote:
>> It already has been proposed, by thewallmustfall at riseup.net on the 20th
>> in the features list. See below. All it is waiting for is links to be
>> added and a bit of tidying up, plus an image of course. :)
>>
>> Doug.
>>
>>
>>
>>> The whole point of having 100+ people on this list is so that people
>>> who are not admins can participate by proposing features.
>>>
>>> In other words, Doug, we are waiting for your proposal :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ana
>>>
>>> jagmad at riseup.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> So in other words, despite the following links to the newswire,
>>>> none of admin wants to pursue this particular issue while the middle
>>>> column lies moribund?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394467.html
>>>>
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>>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394301.html
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>>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394286.html
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>>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394285.html
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>>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2007/12/387242.ht
>>>> ml
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>>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394193.html
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>>>> https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2008/03/394129.h
>>>> tml
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>>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394177.html
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Doug.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> You have probably seen the thread here ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> proposal:
>>>>> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-features/2008-March/03
>>>>> 20-2
>>>>> r.html ekes points out there are no links:
>>>>> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-features/2008-March/0
>>>>> 320-
>>>>> zl.html chrisc pointing out there are articles on the wire and can
>>>>> be added:
>>>>> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-features/2008-March/03
>>>>> 20-f
>>>>> 1.html
>>>>> mick giving some links (but not to the wire)
>>>>> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-features/2008-March/0
>>>>> 320-
>>>>> dk.html
>>>>>
>>>>> The basic rule (for indymedia uk at least) for an article to be a
>>>>>  feature is that it needs at the very least one link to the
>>>>> newswire. further, there is this page explaining how to write a
>>>>> feature ... https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/UkFeaturesHowTo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So if you get the links and propose where to include them in the
>>>>> proposed text, then the feature can be put up. Without links to
>>>>> the wire, it can not be put up.
>>>>>
>>>>> ana
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> jagmad at riseup.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> What has happened to this feature? I was looking forward to
>>>>>> seeing it in the middle column, particularly as 'Sea Shepherd
>>>>>> activists injured as Japanese military open fire' has been at
>>>>>> the top for some time now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Doug.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On the Verge - The film they tried to Ban
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Police have intervened across the country to censor 'On the
>>>>>>> Verge' an
>>>>>>> independent documentary about a campaign to shut down a
>>>>>>> Brighton
>>>>>>> weapons manufacturer. So far establishments in Southampton,
>>>>>>> Chichester and Bath
>>>>>>> and Oxford as well as Brighton have come under police pressure
>>>>>>> to cancel film showings. In Brighton police intervened to
>>>>>>> prevent a showing at the Duke of York's Cinema.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Using activist, police and CCTV footage plus interviews with
>>>>>>> those involved in the campaign, 'On The Verge' tells the story
>>>>>>> of one of the most persistent and imaginative campaigns to
>>>>>>> emerge out of the UK's anti-war movement and direct action
>>>>>>> scene.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sussex Police initially denied involvement in the decision to
>>>>>>>  cancel the screening at the Duke of York's cinema, with
>>>>>>> Chief
>>>>>>> Inspector Taylor
>>>>>>> telling the Argus newspaper that â€Ã
“Police played
>>>>>>> no part in the controversial cancellation”.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Subsequently however the police were forced to admit that
>>>>>>> â€Ã
“a junior
>>>>>>> officer, who is not based in the city, alerted the city
>>>>>>> council to the showing and they advised the cinema of its
>>>>>>> responsibilities.”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Staff at the Arthouse Community Cafe in Bedford Place,
>>>>>>> Southampton were
>>>>>>> approached at 11 a.m (Weds 19th March) by police accompanied
>>>>>>> by licensing officers. Threats were made concerning their
>>>>>>> licensing if the film, due to be shown on Thursday 20th was
>>>>>>> screened. Jani Franck director of the
>>>>>>> Community Cafe said â€Ã
“I grew up in South Africa
>>>>>>> and this feels awfully familiar. This has nothing to do with
>>>>>>> protecting the public this is nothing but
>>>>>>> censorship”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Spokesman for the production company SchMovies, Steven Bishop
>>>>>>>  said â€Ã
“I am extremely disappointed but not
>>>>>>> entirely surprised by the police's action. There may be issues
>>>>>>> with certification but as we're not charging for entry this
>>>>>>> shouldn't be an issue. If the police really had problems over
>>>>>>> the certificate they could have approached us at a much
>>>>>>> earlier stage. Our film although focussing mainly on the
>>>>>>> rights and wrongs of protest shows a number of examples of
>>>>>>> questionable police behaviour – Perhaps this
>>>>>>>  is why they left their move so lat
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>
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