[IMC-UK-Propose] [PROPOSAL] make the other news and blogs topic this weekend was Re: [Imc-uk-features] Hidden - Why does Indymedia UK engage in censorship?

[ekes]

> In 340925 James Moylan wrote:
> Now I have been censored by both the Indymedia and the Propeace web sites in
> your country. Why?
freethepeeps at aktivix.org kindly replied:
> Furthermore, although it is hidden, there are clear directions on how to view
> hidden posts, so unlike censorship, where the article is completely removed
> from public display, your post is hidden from the newswire but is available to
> anyone who wants to look at the hidden posts.
...
> Looking back through the archives, I can only find one article by you that has
> been hidden - that was (340839) funny piccies and the admin note says:
> 
> 2006-05-18 10:18 ekes hide - not news site plug
> 
> and the editorial guidelines are clear about advertising.
> 
> Advertising : posts with personal or product promotions.
> 
> There are hundreds of thousands of blogs out there, and if each blog posted each
>  new article to our newswire, no-one would be able to find anything on the
> newswire at all.

Think ftp puts it really well here, but also it is true we can work as a
common point for reporting what is being commentated and reported on. So
rather than hiding we should have the previously almost agreed 'Other
Press and Blogs' topic, articles for which may or may not have uk
(un)ticked - and we can put a nice big link to it somewhere when folks
can get at templates. Finally we can keep working for a more elegant
tech solution.

Previous proposal:
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-process/2006-March/0324-qc.html
note of dissent:
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-process/2006-March/0329-3a.html

Proposal to make topic Sunday. Follow-up discussion to imc-uk-features
I'd suggest.

ekes