[Imc-web] Re: [Imc-info] Please Delete Article from Website

[Paul Bengt Riismandel]

It seems to me that we have made changes and maybe even deleted articles at the request of their writers in the past.  I see no reason not to do so in this case provided we're sure he's the real author. 
 
If he were an active IMC volunteer I doubt we'd think twice.
 
Should this sort of request become more frequent, then we might want to have some sort of policy, but for the moment I see no good reason to worry about it.
 
--Paul

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: mlehman [mailto:mlehman at students.uiuc.edu] 
	Sent: Thu 5/15/2003 11:00 PM 
	To: imc-web 
	Cc: Sascha Meinrath 
	Subject: Re: [Imc-web] Re: [Imc-info] Please Delete Article from Website
	
	

	Sascha,
	We have not encountered this situation since we went to Dada. Since a poster
	can edit and even delete the entire contents of their own article in Dada,
	assuming they registered as a UC IMC user, this request could be accomodated
	if we assume that we are only helping the author to do what he may not have
	the technical sophistication to do themselves. In a sense, we implicitly moved
	beyond the old policy when we adopted Dada.
	
	I would respond to David myself, but he might realize that I'm "ML" and be
	even more mortified than he already is. What do others think of this as an
	acceptable solution? At the very least, we should offer to change the name of
	the child he accidently left in, since this is a legal issue for him.
	Mike Lehman
	
	Sascha Meinrath wrote:
	> On Thu, 15 May 2003, David Teitelbaum wrote:
	>
	>
	>>Dear Indymedia,
	>>
	>>I published an article entitled "A Day in the Life of
	>>a Substitue Teacher" on your site last night.  I have
	>>since regretted my decision, and would like to pull it
	>>from the website.  I don't know how to do that, so I
	>>would like to ask you to please delete it.
	>
	>
	> Hi David,
	>
	> We do not tend to censor articles on our website except for certain
	> particular reasons.  If you could let our web team know
	> <imc-web at ucimc.org> why you would like the article removed, they'll make a
	> decision about it.
	>
	> Thanks for your understanding,
	>
	> --Sascha Meinrath
	> Urbana-Champaign IMC
	>
	
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