[IMC-Tech] Re: [New-imc] Re: [www-features] Re: CANCUN -
imc-process DEADLINE 21:00 GMT Thursday 4 Sep 2003
matze
matze at indymedia.org
Sat Sep 6 09:11:53 PDT 2003
El Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 10:41:16AM +0200 boud ha dit:
> hi dns,
> Could someone please correct the DNS entry + update the docs server
> so that
>
> cancun.indymedia.org
>
> points to
>
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/CancunCrashPage
dns entry can only point to ip-addresses or domain names, not to
content like you are asking for.
you could configure apache on the cancun server to redirect alls
requests to cancun.indymedia.org to the docs.indy url.
matze
> as per the proposal consensed on by the network:
>
> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-process/2003-September/005107.html
>
> evan seems not to have had time to read what was consensed on and he
> simply ignored the text of the proposal. i imagine he's under stress
> because the WTO is of course such a huge event, so someone ought to
> help here.
>
> i've written the splash page:
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/CancunCrashPage
>
> but i can't set the DNS or set the docs server to make this work
> (i don't have access to any indymedia servers).
>
> After Prague, despite the huge enthusiasm of all the well-meaning
> visitors during the event, there was simply no collective at all
> until locals reorganised from scratch a couple of years later.
>
> But who knows, maybe Cancun will be different...?
>
> boud
>
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, evan wrote:
>
> > What i did was set it up so that cancun.indymedia.org works, but every
> > link off of that page sends people to cancun.mediosindependientes.org.
> > That basically is the splash page everybody asked for. Honestly i
> > haven't followed every discusion so if somebody wants to correct it
> > feel free.
> >
> > -evan
> >
> >
> >
> > El Thursday, 4 September, 2003, a las 06:08 PM, boud escribió:
> >
> > > hi everyone,
> > > The proposal below has now passed both new-imc and imc-process
> > > deadlines without any further comment. So it's accepted by the
> > > network. Tech people (or others) supporting the cancun WTO site can
> > > make the splash page and get the domain set up to point to the splash
> > > page.
> > >
> > > ***www-features*** Please correct the error on the feature
> > > GLOBAL: WTO MEDIA/CULTURE Sep 3 2003
> > > Fair Trade instead of WTO
> > > No WTO a Go-Go
> > >
> > > The error is the words "Cancun Indymedia" - but Cancun Indymedia does
> > > not exist!!!
> > >
> > > These words wrongly mislead the reader into thinking that a local,
> > > self-sustaining indymedia collective exists in Cancun. The reality
> > > is that many activists from outside of Cancun are converging on the
> > > city but that in a few months time nearly all will have left the city.
> > > These activists prepared an open publishing web site, but it is not the
> > > site of a local indymedia collective.
> > >
> > > A similar thing happened in Prague and it took a couple of years
> > > before a real local group took over, plus this required unncessary
> > > intervention from the network which had to de facto decide that no
> > > local group existed.
> > >
> > > i suggest a more meaningful phrase such as
> > > "Cancun WTO open publishing site"
> > > or
> > > "Cancun visitors' indymedia site"
> > > or
> > > think up something else which is correct and not misleading.
> > >
> > > If there is any pressure to include direct links to
> > > "cancun.indymedia.org" in future features over the next few weeks,
> > > PLEASE check that the link goes to a splash page as per the consensed
> > > on proposal below.
> > >
> > > The point is to avoid people being disappointed or confused in 6
> > > months' time when it becomes obvious that there is no local group
> > > autonomously managing the site.
> > >
> > > Alternatively, if visitors to Cancun have the *correct* information,
> > > they might actually be encouraged to help locals really organise a
> > > local
> > > collective - if they misleadingly think that the collective already
> > > exists, everyone will be confused.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > boud (new-imc and IMC PL volunteer)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, boud wrote:
> > >
> > >> ######################################################################
> > >> [en]
> > >> PROPOSAL Cancun domain - deadline THU 4 Sep 2003 Version-4
> > >>
> > >> The Cancun support group including IMC Chiapas wish to have a
> > >> temporary
> > >> use of the cancun domain name for the WTO meeting 10-14 Sept 2003.
> > >> They have an indymedia-software site
> > >> http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> > >> but there is not yet any local, self-organised, autonomous indymedia
> > >> group there. It is proposed that:
> > >>
> > >> (1) The domain name and directory name
> > >>
> > >> cancun2003.indymedia.org
> > >> and
> > >> www.indymedia.org/cancun/
> > >>
> > >> be given for use by the
> > >> support group
> > >>
> > >> (2) cancun will *not* be added to the cities list
> > >>
> > >> (3) The people organising the http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> > >> site will place a prominent (obvious) notice on the web site that:
> > >> (3a) there is not yet any local indymedia group in Cancun
> > >> (3b) that locals are encouraged to get organised if they wish, with
> > >> a link to http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/NewImcHowTo or an [es]
> > >> version of the page
> > >>
> > >> (4) the domain name
> > >>
> > >> cancun.indymedia.org
> > >>
> > >> itself will point to a "splash page", which contains the information
> > >> (3a) + (3b) and points to http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> > >>
> > >> [fr]
> > >> PROPOSITION domaine Cancun - échéance JEUDI 4 SEP 2003 - Version-4
> > >>
> > >> Le groupe de soutien Cancun, dont le groupe IMC Chiapas, souhaite
> > >> utiliser temporairement le nom de domaine Cancun pour la rencontre WTO
> > >> 10-14 sep 2003. Il y a actuellement un site qui tourne sous un
> > >> logiciel
> > >> type indy
> > >> http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> > >> mais il n'y a pas encore de groupe local, auto-organisé, autonome
> > >> d'indymédia
> > >> l?-bas. Il est proposé que :
> > >>
> > >> (1) Le nom de domaine et nom de repertoire
> > >>
> > >> cancun2003.indymedia.org
> > >> et
> > >> www.indymedia.org/cancun/
> > >>
> > >> soient utilisés chez le groupe de soutien
> > >>
> > >> (2) Cancun *ne* sera *pas* rajouté ? la liste cities.inc
> > >>
> > >> (3) Ceux et celles qui organisent
> > >> http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> > >> mettra des avertissements évidents sur le site annonçant que :
> > >> (3a) il n'existe pas encore de group local indymedia Cancun
> > >> (3b) les locaux sont encouragé-e-s s'organiser s'ils et elles le
> > >> souhaitent,
> > >> avec un lien sur http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/NewImcHowTo ou
> > >> une traduction [es] de cette page
> > >>
> > >> (4) le nom de domaine
> > >>
> > >> cancun.indymedia.org
> > >>
> > >> lui-m?me sera dirigé vers une ? splash page ?, qui contiendra
> > >> l'information (3a) + (3b) et qui aura un lien vers
> > >> http://cancun.mediosindependientes.org/
> > >> ######################################################################
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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