[Imc-sydney] Outdated posts

Sat Mar 15 04:23:36 UTC 2008

ned haughton wrote:
> Please note: this list is archived and searchable via the web.
> They are archived for historical accuracy. They have the correct date on 
> them. People can work out the tense when they look at the date. And 
> people aren't even going find them unless they specifically search for 
> them, in which case they'll probably be looking at the date for 
> relevance anyway. Don't delete them. Don't change them.
> 
> ned

I agree with ned. The post that Diet pointed out is a couple of years
old. What's the problem Diet? Why do you want to delete old posts?

Cam

> 
> diet simon wrote:
>> Please note: this list is archived and searchable via the web.
>> The point is that it makes no sense having postings of archaeological 
>> currency as if they were about things happening now. Because they are 
>> confusing at best, annoying at worst they should be wiped as soon as 
>> they pop up. Am I allowed to do that or do I need to ask the group? 
>> What's our procedure? Diet
>>
>>
>>>
>>>   1. Misleading tense (diet simon)
>>>   2. Re: Misleading tense (Andrew McNaughton)
>>>   3. someone explain, please (diet simon)
>>>   4. Re: someone explain, please (Andrew McNaughton)
>>>   5. Re: someone explain, please (ned haughton)
>>>
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:56:28 +1000
>>> From: "diet simon" <diet_simon at bigpond.com>
>>> Subject: [Imc-sydney] Misleading tense
>>> To: "Discussion list for organising Sydney IMC"
>>> <imc-sydney at indymedia.org.au>
>>> Message-ID: <001b01c8847b$294990b0$0200000a at owner54259ce7a>
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>>> I think "Protesters cause disruptions ahead of G20 summit" at 
>>> http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/43520#new should be removed 
>>> because it is apparently an unchanged reposting of something 
>>> originally posted on November 17th, 2006 by Parrot Press (not 
>>> verified). It says "Police say G20 protesters caused disruptions at 
>>> 14 banks and businesses in Melbourne's CBD today.", which is badly 
>>> misleading. Diet
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>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:30:36 +1300
>>> From: Andrew McNaughton <andrew at scoop.co.nz>
>>> Subject: Re: [Imc-sydney] Misleading tense
>>> To: Discussion list for organising Sydney IMC
>>> <imc-sydney at indymedia.org.au>
>>> Message-ID: <47D8679C.7050403 at scoop.co.nz>
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>>> The article you link looks to be published on 17 November 2006.  Where's
>>> the other article?  were two published on the same day?  If so,  that
>>> might want fixing, but it's not a tense problem.  Or is there a more
>>> recent article with this same content?
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> diet simon wrote:
>>>> Please note: this list is archived and searchable via the web.
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>>>>
>>>> I think "Protesters cause disruptions ahead of G20 summit" at
>>>> http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/43520#new should be removed
>>>> because it is apparently an unchanged reposting of something
>>>> originally posted on November 17th, 2006 by Parrot Press (not
>>>> verified). It says "Police say G20 protesters caused disruptions at 14
>>>> banks and businesses in Melbourne's CBD *today.",* which is badly
>>>> misleading. Diet
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>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:34:20 +1000
>>> From: "diet simon" <diet_simon at bigpond.com>
>>> Subject: [Imc-sydney] someone explain, please
>>> To: "Discussion list for organising Sydney IMC"
>>> <imc-sydney at indymedia.org.au>
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>>> Office Occupation at Oricas Head Office in Melbourne
>>>  a.. View
>>>  b.. Edit
>>> Posted November 17th, 2006 by Anonymous
>>>
>>>
>>> Can someone please explain why this is posted with this date?
>>>
>>> Diet
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>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:06:29 +1300
>>> From: Andrew McNaughton <andrew at scoop.co.nz>
>>> Subject: Re: [Imc-sydney] someone explain, please
>>> To: Discussion list for organising Sydney IMC
>>> <imc-sydney at indymedia.org.au>
>>> Message-ID: <47D89A35.8060802 at scoop.co.nz>
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>>> I don't know anything about the event or when it actually happened, but
>>> it looks like it was published on that date on indy sites across the
>>> world.  Also the node id on sydney indy is consistent with the story
>>> having been published on that date.
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> diet simon wrote:
>>>> Please note: this list is archived and searchable via the web.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Office Occupation at Oricas Head Office in Melbourne
>>>>
>>>>     * View <http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/43520>
>>>>     * Edit <http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/43520/edit>
>>>>
>>>> Posted November 17th, 2006 by Anonymous
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please explain why this is posted with this date?
>>>>
>>>> Diet
>>>>
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>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:00:43 +1100
>>> From: ned haughton <naughteco1 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Imc-sydney] someone explain, please
>>> To: Discussion list for organising Sydney IMC
>>> <imc-sydney at indymedia.org.au>
>>> Message-ID: <47D8A6EB.1070709 at gmail.com>
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>>> I was at that occupation - it was just prior to G20. the date is correct
>>> for the action, and I assume for the posting - that node number is very
>>> old. what's the problem??
>>>
>>> Why is stuff being dragged up from the past? This is the MEDIA, not an
>>> encyclopaedia. Old stuff is supposed to stay as it was.
>>>
>>> Diet, that sentence was posted 18 months ago. "today" is not misleading.
>>>
>>> And can people PLEASE write the message in the body of the email? I
>>> don't care what you put in the subject (I'll be less likely to read it
>>> if it doesn't make sense though), but put the message in the email, not
>>> the subject line.
>>>
>>> ned
>>>
>>> diet simon wrote:
>>>> Please note: this list is archived and searchable via the web.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Office Occupation at Oricas Head Office in Melbourne
>>>>
>>>>     * View <http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/43520>
>>>>     * Edit <http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/43520/edit>
>>>>
>>>> Posted November 17th, 2006 by Anonymous
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please explain why this is posted with this date?
>>>>
>>>> Diet
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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