[IMC-US] ed. policy

[deva]

what would be the policy for the hiding of spam posts and other such 
crap?

deva



On Aug 8, 2004, at 8:59 PM, max wrote:

> I believe this is the most recent, agreed upon policy for US IMC.
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> "featurewire" policy:
>         -fully automated, syndicated wire of all features from US IMCs
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> center column policy:
> -the center column is the place to feature:
>         1) articles promoted from the featurewire
>                 -these articles will be either:
>                 a) bumped to the center column with no changes from the
> feature wire
>                 b) bumped to the center column with spelling and 
> grammar
> corrections if needed
>                 c) bumped to the center column with added links and 
> content
> with the exclusive purpose of adding context for a US-wide audience
>         2) articles written by an editorial team specifically for 
> US-IMC
>                 a) these articles will be written collaboratively over 
> an
> email list, in a very similar fashion to global
>
> criteria for center column:
>         1) center column features should be articles produced by local 
> IMCs
> with content relevant to the US-IMC readers
>         2) center column features should be original features compiled 
> by
> theUS-IMC editorial team
>         3) there will be an emphasis on featuring articles produced by 
> local
> IMCs rather than by the US editorial group
>         4) respect "standard" imc op guidelines
>         5) be of interest to the entire us
>         6) should not be reposts of articles published elsewhere
>          7) should be drawn primarily from independent media sources 
> rather
> than the mainstream press, and should be written (in html) with  links 
> to
> these sources
>         8) should be primarily news-reports, that is, reports on events
> which are taking place or will take place, rather than commentary.
> indymedia is a mechanism for the distribution of information, not a
> political soapbox.
>
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> process:
>         1) there will be a US-IMC editorial group that will 
> communicate over
> an email list.
>         2) this group will work out a more detailed policy regarding 
> the
> promotion of features to the center column from the featurewire as 
> needed
> (see above section "criteria for center column").
>         3) all feature articles (promoted articles from the 
> featurewire and
> original content) will follow a similar process to global (proposal -->
> 6hrs without blocking --> publish - this can be articulated in greater
> detail if people want)
>         4) the email list and the internal message boards in Mir will 
> be
> used for inter-group communication
>         5) the editorial group is open to anyone who is already 
> working on a
> local IMC in the US
>
> open newswire:
>         1) there will be an open publishing newswire, moderated by the
> US-IMC editorial group
>         2) the newswire will not display on the front page, but there 
> will
> be a "publish" link located on the front page
>         3) additionally, there will be an easily accessible page 
> listing all
> of the US IMCs and information about open publishing (maybe links to 
> their
> publish pages?)
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