[Imc-web] UCIMC Editorial Policy

[Mike Lehman]

Given your pattern of abusive postings that consistently engage in 
trolling behavior and implicit threats against other website users, your 
question is pretty much irrelevant, but I will try to answer it below. 
You also have a pattern of engaging in further abusive behavior once IMC 
editors have suggested what you've done already might be inappropriate 
under our editorial policy.

If you want to make a case why your account should not be permanently 
blocked, then you have two options at this point. You can send an email 
pleading your case and promising to not engage in further such behavior 
to this list, which will be passed along to the Steering group for their 
review as part of the package of evidence. Or you can attend the April 
19 Steering meeting in person to do essentially the same thing.

But you should also know that UC IMC is well aware that there are others 
who differ with us, because that is why Indymedia was established in the 
first place. If your only point in visiting is letting us know how 
unhappy you are that we cover the stories we do, we're already aware of 
that. In fact, we have a lot of experience with that and our web 
editorial policies were written and are enforced with the flexibility to 
deal with the fact that certain users only purpose is to engage in 
inappropriate behavior in an attempt to discourage other legitimate 
users of the UC IMC site from posting news from a point of view that you 
won't find in the dominant media. Constructive engagement from points of 
view at odds with those typically found on UC IMC is permitted and 
encouraged. Behavior such as yours is discouraged. We are under no 
obligation to permit people like you to prattle on who've already made 
their point, which it is clear you have done.

I purposely avoided any mention of editorial policy at either site in 
regard to my posting about IP. I questioned why users at UC IMC have to 
put up with the pointless repetition, like yours for instance, of what 
we can already get from the dominant media, when IP users who make 
similar comments are not graced with your commentary. This was a 
question about people like you and your rationalizations in selectively 
attacking the opinions of others. It was NOT a question about either IP 
or UC IMC editorial policy.
Mike Lehman
PS May I ask why you chose the name you did?

Model Train Lover wrote:
> I would like to know, for future reference, at what point Mr. Lehman's
> editorial comments are allowable in comments, but mine are not?  What,
> if any, standard is used for this?  Why does Mr. Lehman insist on
> using UCIMC as a platform to falsely preach without opposition?  I'd
> be fine with hiding my comments if ML's most recent post redacted the
> editorial opinions about the quality of UCIMC vs. IP, for equality's
> sake.
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