"Winer exception"

September 22, 2001 2:36 PM

Is there some sort of "Winer exception" to the Mefi Prime Directive? I sure hope not...
posted by owillis to Etiquette/Policy at 2:36 PM (13 comments total)

I was wondering the same thing.
posted by rebeccablood at 2:49 PM on September 22, 2001

Dave's done this before (2 or 3 times), and hasn't learned yet. It's half a self post, since he linked to the new yorker thing, and it's a saturday so I'm letting him skate. Normally I'd ax it in a second, but I think this one is harmless. I've given him truckloads of grief in the past for things he has said and done (I don't reget any of it), but this doesn't come off as kooky as the stuff he normally does.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:20 PM on September 22, 2001

What about celebrity self posts (n.b. I'm not sure if Hue and Cry made it in the U.S.).
posted by johnny novak at 4:32 PM on September 22, 2001

p.s. if they didn't then at least Holgate will get it.
posted by johnny novak at 4:36 PM on September 22, 2001

I think it should go, if only because it won't lead to much discussion of anything except of the fact that it's a self-post...

Yeah, he linked to the Times editorial, but he doesn't say anything about it to start a discussion; the post then has three links to different pages on his site...

Blatant self-post.
posted by nicwolff at 4:50 PM on September 22, 2001

Woo, the quintessential minor 80s popstar turned new media commentator graces us with his presence. Who needs John Perry Barlow?
posted by holgate at 6:00 PM on September 22, 2001

Who is Pat Kane again? The name tickles my memory but doesn't quite make it laugh...
posted by rodii at 6:19 PM on September 22, 2001

Speaking, sorta, of self-links, this userid amuses me all to hell, even though it's naughty.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:53 PM on September 22, 2001

this userid amuses me all to hell

I don't get it
posted by a11an at 9:16 PM on September 22, 2001

The userid is a self-link in itself, which is why I believe it's funny.
posted by Zosia Blue at 11:53 PM on September 22, 2001

Well, OK, not a knee-slapper, but mildly amusing....
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:21 AM on September 23, 2001

I don't get it either...
posted by EricBrooksDotCom at 9:29 AM on September 23, 2001

I used to rehearse in his studios in Glasgow years ago. (Mr. Kane's that is.)
posted by jackiemcghee at 3:25 PM on September 23, 2001