Newswire discussion

Smoke Summary: I returned to Maine because I knew that they wanted to know about these Bushes who never graduated from any place, these Bushes who can put themselves in the White House with only 20 votes if necessary, for there are 100s of thousands in their private army; plus I know that Maine would be the first to say, "no mas". I will start with an explanation of my own link to Maine; i.e. Dixmont. Keep in mind that this article contains two of the greatest creations of the English language; i.e.

This is survey of newswire/editorial policies adopted by various other IMCs. The quotes below are deliberately highlighted to illustrate how other collectives have chosen to deal with (or exclude outright) content which they believe conflicts with their missions. The opinions represented here belong to whichever IMC is cited, not STLIMC.

IndyBay.org (Bay Area)

These links represent an exploration of contrasting points of view (or not) to pure open publishing. The opinions are their authors', not STLIMC's. That is, Alexander Hamilton wants a restrictive newswire policy, i.e. where only registered users may post. Thomas Jefferson wants it to be open, no matter what. Ben Franklin wants a blunt.

Here is the current Newswire Policy:
http://reboot.stlimc.org/newswire-policy

Interesting articles from Canadian newspaper The Tyee about restricting comments from the masses:
"Tyee's New Approach to Comments"