[www-features] Sue Scandale's idea toward another 'Best Practices.'

[Modemand Guitar]

Petros,
A couple things you point out here are valid, such as the server 
problems and someone writing Don. [Now that you've shown his original
note's URL I was able to check my sent messages and it was in fact me 
who wrote him with simply the word "hidden."]

But your main focus in this email to our list is simply a restatement of 
what Sue already suggested. If you agree with her, please simply state 
that you agree with her. I don't believe her statement needs to be 
reworded, amplified, or certified in any way.

It was a good idea when she brought it up. It can stand on its own merit.

When I heard similar from your email I must be honest, I felt scolded, 
condescended, defensive and involved in an argument where there really 
is no argument. Or at least shouldn't be.

 From Sue's idea, as I look back at the email I'd sent to Don:

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hidden

DA wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > Could... [snip]

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I realize that I could have just as easily CC'd www-features along with 
Don; and everyone would know its status before even logging onto the 
webapp.

Going into the future I will do that, and others should as well. That 
was a good idea Sue had, don't you agree?

marco



Petros Evdokas wrote:
> 
> 
> Modemand Guitar wrote:
>> I've hidden newswire articles whenever asked for more than 6 years. I do 
>>  not alert www-features very time I do that, unless it directly 
>> involves   editorial collective issues. Most often it does not.
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks, Marco, I appreciate all that you do, especially your quiet and 
> dedicated way of doing things without seeking praise or making a fuss 
> about your contributions.
> I hope you can see that this particular case involved the features group 
> since there were emails exchanged about it, and that it would have been 
> helpful both for our relations with other people in the movement and 
> among us, to address it.
> 
> Also, I'd like to share with our features work group segments of another 
> letter from the person who originally wrote to alert us to the 
> particular article,
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/www-features/2009-February/0211-bs.html
> with another comment from me at the end.
> 
> DA wrote:
>  > The IMC volunteer who hid the story did contact me, which was helpful.
>  > Thanks for keeping up with all this.
>  > .../...
>  > all the best,
>  > Don
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