[imc-uk-moderation] Promotion of articles on Indymedia

[Andy Worthington]

Thanks again for replying , Genny and Doug. Well, let's face it, we all 
need holidays...
Best,
Andy

genny wrote:
> Hi Doug, Andy and all
>
> Er... I seem to have promoted 7 of the last 10 articles promoted.  
> They are articles I happen to have read and which I've thought should 
> be promoted.  Not having time to read everything, I guess this would 
> make it look like the articles have been 'picked out of a hat'.  This 
> approach works fine if there are half a dozen people reading and 
> promoting articles, as it's a time-consuming business and it shares 
> out the load, but it obviously doesn't work at all well when only one 
> or two people are doing it.
>
> I have no idea where everyone else is - maybe all taking early 
> September holidays?
>
> Genny
>
> jagmad at riseup.net wrote:
>> Yes I too have noticed that loads of news items are not being 
>> promoted and
>> this has been going on for days now. The odd thing is that just a 
>> very few
>> were promoted but as if they were picked out of a hat.
>>
>> Doug.
>>
>>  
>>> Hi Andy
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if anyone else has dealt with this query, but there don't
>>> seem to have been any other posts to the moderation list about it, so I
>>> guess not.
>>>
>>> I've now read your article and promoted it as good, original analysis
>>> (ed. guidelines)
>>>
>>> There seems to be very little promotion happening on the newswire right
>>> now, maybe because the few people who usually do newswire work are busy
>>> elsewhere - I dunno.
>>>
>>> I think it's most likely the lack of people doing moderation that has
>>> led to posts which might normally be promoted not being promoted, 
>>> rather
>>> than any change of position on what gets promoted.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Genny
>>>
>>> Andy Worthington wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Hi there,
>>>> I was hoping that you could clarify Indymedia's position re: the
>>>> promotion of articles. Early on Saturday morning I posted an original
>>>> 2700-word article about the case of British resident and Guantanamo
>>>> prisoner Binyam Mohamed:
>>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/407848.html
>>>> I have posted several articles about Binyam since the end of last 
>>>> year,
>>>> which have all been promoted, and which, as a result, have been
>>>> well-read and are ranked well by Google. I also know that Indymedia
>>>> recognizes the significance of Binyam's case, as you ran his case as a
>>>> major topic in July and August, based around protests on his 30th
>>>> birthday.
>>>> I was, therefore, disappointed that this latest article was not
>>>> promoted. 12 hours after I posted it, I sent it to several US websites
>>>> that I write for, but I deliberately waited before doing that, in the
>>>> expectation that Indymedia would promote it, out of respect for your
>>>> posting policies, and because I have, to date, been delighted to use
>>>> Indymedia as a forum for UK-related Guantanamo/War on Terror issues,
>>>> because of your ethos. As someone who does this for love rather than
>>>> money, I was delighted to be part of an open publishing community.
>>>> However, if you don't want to promote my articles, then I'll stop
>>>> posting them on Indymedia, as there's little benefit to me of 
>>>> having an
>>>> unpromoted article which reaches virtually nobody, and there are other
>>>> sites in the UK that will be happy to promote my work.
>>>> Looking forward to clarification.
>>>> With best wishes,
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
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