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

[jagmad at riseup.net]

I have no criticism whatsoever of the 'Rush' feature and it made a very
welcome relief from no less than three Gaza features in sequence plus the
seemingly endless deluge of Gaza newswire items. Does Indymedia really
have to always emulate the mainstream media and its knee-jerk,
wall-to-wall coverage of hot topics, to the detriment of other stuff which
is consequently ignored?

I know admin is not responsible for what goes into the newswire, only for
what is taken out ;), but it is responsible for features so please try to
be more balanced if you can.

Doug.


> 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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