[Imc-web] Reminder on Editing Etiquette/Policy

[Mike Lehman]

Hi Nicole,
Yes, that was the editing I referred to. Not a problem to do that, so 
long as it appears that the author of such an email does appear to be 
the author of the comment in question. Sending a note to the list lets 
others know that the request has been accomplished, as well as 
documenting it in case there is any question about it later.

On several occasions in the past, there has been some dispute about 
whether the author of an anonymous post was actually the person 
requesting the edit. This is just one of the potential editing  problems 
with allowing anonymous comments, especially when we now have a group of 
editors.  In an earlier, somewhat less secure version of the software, 
we also encountered a problem where it seemed that someone who was not 
authorized gained access to editing privileges. So it keeps us all on 
the same page when notice is made about these changes.

I see that Steve did send a notice of the Featuring of one of the 
stories I was referring to, so that's more a question of timing, as our 
efforts seem to have passed each other in the mail. We still don't know 
who Featured the other story. No problem with either one being a Feature.

Not a big deal with any of this, but since editing is a collective 
activity, documenting things avoids any questions.

Please note that comments or articles hidden based on policy can be 
documented by simply adding a brief note at the top of the post in 
question of why and the initials of the editor involved. There's no need 
for a post to the list in such circumstances, as editors can simply view 
the post to discern what was done and by whom. The new version of the 
software has a number of options that can do similar documentation, but 
that's still a work in progress, which we should discuss once the 
website has reached stasis.
Mike Lehman

Nicole Pion wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> This morning, we got a request to the IMC list to remove some personal 
> contact information that was listed in a comment to a story on sex 
> offenders.  I removed the contact info - is this the kind of editing 
> you want us to let you know about, Mike?
> Thanks for the reminder.
> Nicole
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net 
> <mailto:rebelmike at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
>     We've got a couple of new features and an edit of a comment, but
>     no documentation of the creation of the features or of the edit
>     being made. Please remember that editing is something that is a
>     shared effort. It is courteous to your fellow editors to post
>     notices of such work to this list, as well as a matter of existing
>     policy.
>     Thanks,
>     Mike Lehman
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> Nicole Pion
> Outreach and Development Adviser
> AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center