A link to an AP correction is not a good post.

January 6, 2004 11:09 PM

A link to an AP correction is not a good post. A kill is mandatory.
posted by punishinglemur to Etiquette/Policy at 11:09 PM (14 comments total)

You're the man now, dog.

/connery.
posted by The God Complex at 11:15 PM on January 6, 2004

w00f!
posted by quonsar at 11:18 PM on January 6, 2004

Sic 'em!
posted by squirrel at 11:37 PM on January 6, 2004

I think more corrections should be posted publically. The truth is important, isn't it?
posted by Hildago at 11:52 PM on January 6, 2004

I thought it was interesting.

Just like the deleted mefi posts.
posted by nyxxxx at 12:00 AM on January 7, 2004

It provides insight into how the wire and news system works and lexicons used. I thought it was interesting too. Plus it's not blog churn.
posted by stbalbach at 1:32 AM on January 7, 2004

I think the only reason the link was posted was to generate a MeTa thread with that particular wording in the post.
posted by Space Coyote at 2:07 AM on January 7, 2004

NonNewsFilter
posted by mischief at 3:57 AM on January 7, 2004

Metafilter: It's not blog churn.
posted by brownpau at 7:26 AM on January 7, 2004

There has been one or two posts in the past, which have stayed because I think they are interesting. I believe the others posted here were to yahoo news photos that said something to the effect of "embargo - do not run this photo" which is hilarious when you read it and see the photo and can freely share the URL.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:36 AM on January 7, 2004

Can someone find a way to discourage posting news stories that require log-in to read them? Hasn't his been discussed?

Not only is it not the "best of the web", it's news.

'News', like, you know, Newspaper?
posted by hama7 at 11:07 AM on January 7, 2004

his=this
posted by hama7 at 11:11 AM on January 7, 2004

Could the posting engine scan for URLs to the usual suspects requiring logins or protected archives (WaPo, NYT, LA Times, etc) and at least alert the Posters on Preview as such? Maybe even give pointers on how to find a version of the story not behind a login? Or will it just be ignored anyway?
posted by ao4047 at 11:48 PM on January 7, 2004

at least alert the Posters on Preview as such? Maybe even give pointers on how to find a version of the story not behind a login?

Great idea. Probably it would require more work for you-know-who, but a fine idea nonetheless, especially the preview notification part.
posted by hama7 at 8:14 AM on January 8, 2004