[Imc-web-editor] Re: RFU Accounts

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

Thanks for agreeing to help out with this.

Our main concern at the moment is that we would get a repeat of the  
incident a few weeks ago where a blog entry was posted to the site,  
highlighting a case of a man accused of sexual assault, purportedly  
from his partner, and it attracted various abusive comments. We  
eventually got a mail, again purportedly from the partner (though from  
a different email address) claiming that the comments were upsetting  
her, and she wanted the blog entry taken down, which I then did.

Two concerns arise:
* Abusive comments in response to blog posts or other articles. There  
is no call for these. The site currently allows anonymous comments,  
and I'm loathe to get rid of this, as it may dissuade casual innocuous  
comments on show-related posts.
* The WRFU blog posting facility is designed for use by members to  
post material related to their shows or the station. As such, it is  
not a general news site - we already have the IMC site for that. We  
don't have established rules or guidelines yet, but entries from those  
who obviously have no relationship to the station deviate from what we  
expect from the site. We should develop guidelines for this (but don't  
currently have a working group ourselves to deal with it - I expect it  
would come under outreach when that is reactivated).

I'd appreciate if the web group can use their common sense in dealing  
with situations they notice on the WRFU site that relate to the two  
issues above. I'm happy to arbitrate on any unclear cases you come  
across - just forward me a link. I'm going to inform the membership of  
the arrangement at our meeting on Tuesday, and hope that we can get  
internal structures in place soon to deal with this and/or work with  
the IMC web group on general web issues.

Andrew

On Aug 28, 2008, at 10:34 PM, Mike Lehman wrote:

> I've set up or edited editor accounts on RFU for the IMC Web Editors  
> to also work on the RFU website under your IMC user account names:
> Brian Dolinar
> nicole imc
> SF
> zemblan
>
> I can change these, so let me know if you'd prefer something else.  
> You can also log in and do that yourself for most things, I think.
>
> These will allow you to create content, edit content, and edit PSAs  
> on RFU. The page you'll most often use to check up on things is:
> http://www.wrfu.net/tracker
>
> I haven't used the RFU site myself, so we can learn together, just  
> ask.
>
> The default temporary password for all those with new accounts is:
> IMCWebEditor
>
> You should change this password to your own password.
>
> Nicole already had an account, so I just added more permissions for  
> her.
>
> I've cc-ed Andrew on this. If you have specific questions, he can be  
> consulted.
>
> Andrew,
> Advise us on anything you'd like us to know.
> Mike Lehman