Single link newsfilter?

May 16, 2006 5:35 PM

Single link to the news, along with editorializing in the body of the post and title--guideline breaker or not?
posted by bardic to Etiquette/Policy at 5:35 PM (22 comments total)

Here, on the film version of The Davinci Code.
posted by bardic at 5:36 PM on May 16, 2006

Happens all the time.
posted by Roger Dodger at 6:05 PM on May 16, 2006

thank you for your extracurricular policing efforts. we all feel more secure. now, you better get back to your job guarding the lobby at the mall.
posted by quonsar at 6:07 PM on May 16, 2006

It's a shame your vacation wasn't longer.
posted by cribcage at 6:11 PM on May 16, 2006

To be fair, the editorializing is a direct quote from the article.
posted by Kwantsar at 6:20 PM on May 16, 2006

Bard's Tale Four: bitch some more
posted by furtive at 6:21 PM on May 16, 2006

I thought it was an "eh" post but the comments saved it. Who knew that The Albino Code premiered this week?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:22 PM on May 16, 2006

I like pancakes. Who here wants pancakes?
posted by loquacious at 6:29 PM on May 16, 2006

Just checking to see if the guidelines remain "interpret at will."

And getting hated on by quonsar and cribcage? Priceless.
posted by bardic at 6:39 PM on May 16, 2006

'Just checking to see if the guidelines remain "interpret at will."'

I think that's why they're guidelines and not rules.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:55 PM on May 16, 2006

Not even single-link op-eds break the guidelines, though I believe Matt has expressed his displeasure with them.
posted by mischief at 7:10 PM on May 16, 2006

guideline breaker or not?

Which guideline do you have in mind that could be interpreted to cover this?
posted by scarabic at 7:10 PM on May 16, 2006

wow, this is going to be awesome. ctrl+d to this bitch!
posted by shmegegge at 7:24 PM on May 16, 2006

I'm pretty sure one could write two sets of MetaFilter guidelines, one the exact opposite of the other, with both being as close to correct as the other.

Still, that's a cack post with some interesting comments. (Which is distressing - in my version of the MetaFilter guidelines, it's all about the links.)
posted by jack_mo at 7:26 PM on May 16, 2006

The tiebreaker with borderline posts is usually the flag queue. This post was flagged once.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:00 PM on May 16, 2006

ooh wonder who flagged it.
posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 8:32 PM on May 16, 2006

posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 8:34 PM on May 16, 2006

ooh wonder who flagged it.

Oh, 'e's a sneaky one, 'e is!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:02 PM on May 16, 2006

A link to 5 freaking paragraphs at a major news site? Lame post. Would've been better if Steven had taken a bit of time to explore the issue just a little for himself, and then presented what he'd found along with the news snippet.

Great links from everyone else, though.
posted by mediareport at 9:43 PM on May 16, 2006

Oops. "Story continues below."

Still, it's a lame post.
posted by mediareport at 9:45 PM on May 16, 2006

I thought it was kind of a lame post, especially Steven's editorializing (calling them "The latest victim group"), considering that they aren't even really complaining THAT much. They said that they're going to use the movie to raise awareness about albinism. I liked mph's comment best :)

As for this MeTa thread? Dude, why not put the link in your post instead of making it the more inside? It's not like your post was exceedingly long and needed to be broken up.
posted by antifuse at 2:09 AM on May 17, 2006

I will not hug this tar-baby.
(Sounds good in a Mayor Quimby voice)
posted by Joeforking at 4:40 AM on May 17, 2006