[New-imc] New Victoria (BC, Canada) collective: editorial policy

[ekes]

Bartolomeo wrote:
> I thought that it is essential to open posting, that the posted content is 
> shown instantly on the website without prior moderation as defined in the 
> wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_publishing):
> 
> "Open publishing is a process of creating news or other content that is 
> transparent to the readers. They can contribute a story and see it instantly 
> appear in the pool of stories publicly available."

Maybe this isn't the forum to trace the discussion, where is? But,
Indymedia is possibly better described by Open Editing than by what has
become the definition of Open Publishing now. The speed at which  posts
become available isn't the important factor. What is important is the
ability to see what has been posted, what has been 'hidden' and why,
what has been shown and why, what has been promoted prominently on the
site and why. This is what makes Indymedia different, the open
procedure, and importantly the ability to, even the encouragement to,
take part in the procedure.

> But now that I thought about it again, there are other ways to inform about 
> decisions made by the moderators, e.g. a trash bin or a list of censored 
> articles. How is this handled by Victoria IMC?

Just so.

Cheers,

ekes