[IMC-UK-Features] request for feature on indmedia : Climate Rush

[iggyp imc]

Dear All,
It's this type of fuking around that leads to a lot of activists not
bothering with Indymedia UK, and i understand why. What goes up seems to
depend on what admins think is a more important/relevant story, and the
usual lack of communication with people who submit their news just compounds
this impression

If people are going to be jumping all over features with comments such as 'i
didn't think anybody would do it', or that if they had noticed it, they
would 'not have allowed it to be put up', then indymedia deserves to be
junked as a one sided personal project (which it is not).

ALSO....if i had not put it up, would it have just festered in the email
list? No response to the requester? Again, i know people who have sent good
articles to the features list and gotten no response, so have taken articles
elsewhere (most noticeably, to be published in the Guardian).

SO, perhaps we should stick with the guildelines....
"if no one objects to the feature proposal within 24-hours, and if it is
completed, it will be uploaded to the middle column." . Discussion is good,
but at this stage the article has allready been taken down once (by an
admin), and now the user has asked that it be taken down due to our
behaviour (even though it is one of the front page stories on every paper in
London!!).

So, can we please all play nice? Let's remember that we are here to help
activists, not question them, badger them, or calculate their
'importantness' compared to other stories. At least then we have a chance of
engaging with people and ensuring that contributions from new sources
continue to come to Indymedia.

Iggy.



2009/1/12 phunkee <phunkee at aktivix.org>

> g giggles wrote:
> > Dear Indymedia Folk
> >
> > I've heard my feature has attracted some critisism as features usually
> > follow, not proceed an event.  To end any arguments please take it
> > down and i'll post a new feature after 7pm.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Grainne
> Given the views expressed by other imcistas, I think it should probably
> stay up now. I guess it's hard to gauge what people feel on an email
> list and CDM is far from perfect. However, I reckon we should still
> promote annoucements but they should contain some reportage.
>
> phunkee
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