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

[Zachary C. Miller]

I think the article should be deleted. 

We may even be in violation of the law if we do not delete content
when it's own author requests it. Even if we aren't, this is just a
case where the right thing to do is delete it. The only question would
be whether or not this person really is the author of the piece but I
think in this case that it is pretty clear that he is. 

We shouldn't blindly accept every deletion request, but rather should
put some thought into whether we're being scammed into deleting
something by someone other than the real author.

mlehman wrote:
> 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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