[Imc-india] IMC India PROPOSAL for EMERGENCY EDITORIAL
POLICY : DEADLINE xx Sep 2003 (fwd)
Harsh Kapoor
aiindex at mnet.fr
Fri Aug 29 16:41:34 PDT 2003
Thanks to Boud, for this rough proposal
Yes indeed an emergency edit plan sounds good solution to have in the
absence of a full blown editorial policy.
I will make time to join the team to of possible editors for now
At 9:21 AM +0100 8/29/03, Montgomery Cheddar wrote:
>Thank you for your hard work on this proposal, Boud,
>and I am very sorry that my frustration boiled over
>yesterday. I think that while the processes behind
>Indymedia have been developed over time in response to
>developments as they happen, it is hard for a
>new-comer like myself to understand all the rules and
>it all seems baffling. I am an activist, not a
>bureaucrat, and I am a Bengali, so I am always a
>trouble-maker in these situations! I have no interest
>in threatening people, but what is being put up on
>Indymedia goes way beyond legitimate free speech and
>we all need to take action and achieve this consensus
>for change.
>
>I will post my modifications to your proposal later
>today and look forward to hearing others' suggestions.
>
>Ganesh.
>
> --- boud <boud1 at wp.pl> wrote: > hi again,
>> Here's a rough draft of a proposal - note that
>> the Subject: is in
>> CAPITAL LETTERS so that it's easy to find on the
>> archive:
>>
>>
>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-india/2003-August
>>
>> First you need to get rough consensus on the
>> imc-india list -
>> then just put in a deadline - something like 7 days
>> from the
>> day you post it is reasonable.
>>
>> If nobody blocks within those seven days, then you
>> have a decision.
>> That's the political part.
>>
>> But first you need a good chance at consensus before
>> proposing
>> a 7-day deadline.
>>
>> Then you ask around for the technical side - if the
>> political side is
>> fairly clear, then you should not have much problem
>> with the tech
>> side. Welcome to non-hierarchy :).
>>
>> Anyway, it's up to ganesh and the expat supporters
>> with fast internet
>> access and fast typing skills to work on the
>> proposal until you think
>> you are likely to have consensus:
>>
>>
>http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/ConflictResolution
>>
>> i just did a rough draft - it's *incomplete* as it
>> stands.
>>
>> Remember that when you think you have consensus,
>> it's better to ask
>> "Are there any problems/concerns?" rather than "Do
>> we have consensus?"
> >
> > good luck
> > boud
> >
> >
> >
> >
>############################################################
> > IMC India Proposal for Emergency Editorial Policy -
> > Deadline xx Sep 2003
> >
> > Given that the Madurai collective probably is
>> overwhelmed by
>> the number of pro-racist posts on the newswire, and
>> that communication
>> with the Madurai collective is very slow (attempts
>> to contact them
>> have been made since xx Aug 2003 via the following
>> emails:
>> [ ... ]
>> [ ... ]
>>
>> ), it is proposed
>> that the people named below be given editorial
>> access to the newswire
>> to *hide* (but not delete) posts which are one or
>> more of:
>> - racist
>> - direct threat or encouragement of violence to
>> named individual
>>
>>
>> There is no clearly consensed-on editorial policy at
>> the moment, so
>> the emergency editorial policy is that:
>>
>> - a short email explaining each decision to hide
>> should be posted
>> to imc-india at lists.indymedia.org
>> - consensus should be obtained for any decision to
>> hide, so that
>> any "fuzzy" cases will be unhidden unless there is
>> consensus to hide
>> them
>> - it is noted that, sooner or later, this will
>> require a LOT
>> of debate for some articles
>>
>>
>> The people below asking for editorial access commit
>> themselves to
>> supporting the existing two collectives in India
>> (Madurai and Mumbai)
>> and in particular commit themselves to trying to
>> develop a new
>> collective in Kolkata, starting with the hints at
>> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo
>>
>> * ganesh <email address>
>> [URL to self-introduction or include it - say
>> something about yourself]
>> ...
>>
>> * [other people - some self-introduction]
> >
>> *
>>
>>
>> The above people also commit themselves to
>> consensing on a more
>> consensual and functional editorial policy than the
>> above emergency
>> one, since the experience of most IMCs is that
>> obtaining consensus on
>> which posts to hide and which not to hide is *not*
>> something easy. It
>> requires work, and happens best in the context of
>> the full new-imc
>> organising process.
>>
>>
>> ANNEX: EXAMPLES OF RACIST POSTS 27-28 Aug 2003
>>
>http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7144
>> Pak nurses three, not one, designs on India
>> by Pramod Kumar Singh 6:49am Thu Aug 28 '03
>> (Modified on 7:21am Thu Aug 28 '03)
>>
>>
>http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7143
>> Since Pooja Bhatt married in TEMPLE , <personal
>> name> refused to Attend
>> by Rajesh 6:07am Thu Aug 28 '03 (Modified on 9:24am
>> Thu Aug 28 '03)
>> "HINDUS BEWARE ,[<personal name>] IS A ANTI-HINDU
>> BASTARD "
>>
>>
>http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7140
>>
>http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7139
>>
>http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7134
>>
>http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7133
>> essentially same as 7143
>>
>> Islamist Terror Comes To India's Streets
>> by Wall Street Journal 7:35pm Wed Aug 27 '03
>>
>http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7120
>> - this is Wall Street Journal racism, which
>> completely omits
>> the context of a fascist party coalition government
>> in the Centre
>>
>>
>>
>http://india.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7115
>> Jihad is bleeding Hindus -- Islam = Terrorism
>> by Rajesh 4:02pm Wed Aug 27 '03
>>
>>
>>
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