[New-imc] Questions about Open Publishing

[Chris Croome]

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Hi

On Sat 09-Aug-2003 at 10:34:18AM +0200, changsing wrote:
> 
> actually, i think that a newswire with pre-publication
> review of articles by an editorial team, is very simply
> not open publishing. 
>
> why should we base our discussion on open publishing on
> examples as indymedia germany
>
> now, i find it a bit disappointing to use those
> experiences as starting point for o.p. debate.

I haven't been involved with Indymedia for that long but
a lot of the debates we have had and are having in the UK
have, to quite a large extent, centered around the 'dutch'
and 'german' models of open publishing. This is an on
going debate. People might be interested in this Wiki page
that has been put together on this issue:

  http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/UkModerationDiscussion

Chris  

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