[CIMC-work] Hiding articles - process

[Ian Bicking]

Well, since Garth is taking a break and with things going on, I guess 
we need to share the effort hiding things on the newswire.  So, for 
anyone who doesn't know

On the editorial screen, I looked back as far as the last hidden 
article.  If we each do that it doesn't take too long to go through 
these.

The basic pattern for other people who haven't done this: go to 
http://chicago.indymedia.org/editor (logging in, of course), and go 
back through the articles until you see one that is hidden (you know 
someone else has looked at any articles that come after a hidden 
article).  I just open each article up in a separate tab in Mozilla 
(Ctrl-click or Command-click; works on Safari too).  Once I've opened 
them all up, I go to the last tab and close them as I look through 
them.

To hide an article, click on "article options" in the top right.  A 
little way down in the form is display options, select hide and perhaps 
give a reason.

Don't agonize over anything written by Gideon -- anything he writes can 
be hidden, even if a particular post seem innocuous.  There may be 
other trolls you'll notice -- I think they might be apt to use the same 
handle, like a vandal who uses the same tag, it makes them feel like 
they are cumulatively accomplishing something.

I'd like for each person to have their own editorial login, which 
you'll need to hide articles and comments.  If you don't want to be 
public about it, using an alias is perfectly fine.  You can contact me 
or Don to get you set up (actually other people can set up editorial 
accounts as well, but they may not realize it).  You can call me at 
773-275-7241, though I will be out of town (though not incommunicado) 
for a week starting on the 20th.

   Ian