On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 05:50:05PM +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: > > As for why the Council, because thats what people suggested when I asked > > which route to take when he was unresponsive.
I see, and that puts your suggestion of conctacting the council in a different angle. [some stuff skipped as it seems to be cleared up] > > > > 3. Misinformation, misquotations and outright fabrications. Sure, > > > > there's freedom of the press, but that shouldn't be used as an excuse > > > > for deliberately making up quotes and printing intentional > > > > misinformation. > > > > > > Huh? Can you back that statement up? > > > > To take an example, there were made up quotes in my GWN interview, > > however, nothing of great harm. I believe that time it was a case of > > attempting to make it more fun, it is however a worrying trend. Agreed, that shouldn't happen. > > > > Another complaint is that the GWN rejects any writing style which has > > > > any degree of character or levity. Any attempt at dececnt writing (the > > > > kind that would make it into publication in English newspapers or > > > > magazines, for example), is met with the claim that "the GWN is not a > > > > humorous publication". > > > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20060522-newsletter.xml#doc_chap3 > > > Look at the picture and tell me it's not at least a tiny bit > > > humorous. Agreed, the joke is a bit obvious. > > > > I can't quite see how your picture has anything to do with writing style > > and character of writing. It's something a not humorous publication probably wouldn't print - but whatever. ;-) > > I am not entirely sure why the council wouldn't be a good place to start > > a discussion about this. I believe that the council members will wish to > > help the GWN help themselves sufficiently to solve their problems, > > whether that be attempting to help them think of new ways to attract > > contributors or make any other changes. I'm not sure how the council can do something here either, i think discussing it here on the list may probably help solve some issues. cheers, Wernfried -- Wernfried Haas (amne) - amne at gentoo dot org Gentoo Forums: http://forums.gentoo.org IRC: #gentoo-forums on freenode - email: forum-mods at gentoo dot org
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