[Seattle-editorial] Article: An Aisle Seat - Same Sex Partnerships and America

[Jason Reep]

>One note I went to a friends and we looked at the Seattle site and it looked awful -- none of the graphics came up!  I was showing him how to post to the newswire and the link for publishing didn't show up!  I just had to point "well it should be there."  It did link to the publishing site.  So we badly need to update the site and ensure that it's not too high end but assessible to all computers.
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this and the talk about editorial accountability via the website 
editorial interface (ie: logging) are yet more motivation for a code 
change.  Please see this message I sent a couple weeks ago with info 
about the available codes:
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/seattle-editorial/2003-September/003558.html

with some followup here:
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/seattle-editorial/2003-September/003559.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/seattle-editorial/2003-September/003564.html
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/seattle-editorial/2003-September/003562.html

>Bascally we have just reaffirmed a policy and practice that hasn't worked in the past and that will likely continue to break down and not work in the future.
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>Judy
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I have to disagree that the editorial policy has not been working.  It's 
been very effective for nearly three years now.  In fact it may have 
been the most functional aspect of any IMC working group since the WTO.  
The policy isn't the problem in this case, though I would not stand in 
the way of policy changes if they are deemed necessary.  If newswire 
articles that need hiding haven't been being hidden then that is the 
fault of the editors.  I think that the discussion over the last two 
days has affirmed that accountability is vital and that the email list 
is at this time the best way to maintain it.

solidarity,
Jason