reply to post by Gools

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Isn't this just a way for posters to get around the new rules regarding political threads? For instance, this thread:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
seems to violate the new rules of the political forum, but since I posted an alert on it, and it wasn't removed, I assume that it is ok in "breaking news". I'm truly confused. There is much bashing in the thread above, and no censorship of it. What is really going on?

Seems to me that "old news" IS breaking news if it has not already been posted here. Am I wrong?

reply to post by no name needed

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Incorrect... Breaking news is news that is no more than 48 hours old. So a story dated 9/12/2008 would not be considered "Breaking" and would have to be posted in the appropriate regular discussion forum.

reply to post by Mirthful Me

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OK if you say so. We shall see how that pans out! So who has the dubious distinction of being the "breaking news" police?

[edit on 15-9-2008 by no name needed]

reply to post by Mirthful Me

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Since Gouls is offline, and you are not, would you kindly look at my post above, and respond to it? Thank you.

reply to post by no name needed

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That would be the Forum Moderators:



All Super Moderators and Administrators.

reply to post by ProfEmeritus

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Because it's the New York Times...

And it is in Breaking Political News...

The Madness Ends Today



I see no issue.

reply to post by Mirthful Me

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OK...but I still see this as being selective, based upon what the MODS deem "breaking" regardless of the 48-hour rule. I shall begin providing scores of examples if I must! On second thought, I will not, after all, it's your job...not mine

I seriously did a search, but the other article used inaccurate or not generally referenced words and phrases. How do you do this with any speed? I saw this was very important and time was of the essence.

Thread

I got the alert from Sky And Telescope and posted it ASAP. But I did serch, know a lot about this subject and wanted to inform with some understanding. The other thread seems to lack such data. I should apologize to them, but it is important this gets out so people don't think Armageddon is starting and panic others.

Should this post in another place? It's news. Let me know what is appropriate.

ZG

Thanks so much for the tips.

Made some mistakes... Do I need to correct them now or did you allready?


Kinda hyped over the story, Next time I do the Alt News section I will make sure to do it right

Semper Fi
Thanks for the great website!

I am all for this and this is great and all....but all to often it seem as though it goes unenforced. There was a thread I had started in November that WAS breaking news only to have someone else create another thread a whole month later on the same subject with the same article and source in the breaking news forum. I mentioned that it was already posted to no avail and it continued and still is a far as I know.

[edit on 12/29/2008 by CaptGizmo]

Despite our best efforts, repeat news articles and articles that are not breaking news do slip through. If it happens again, your best bet would be to send a U2U to a moderator of the Breaking Alternative News forum, rather than submitting a complaint through the form.

reply to post by Gools

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Hi guys.

I just wanted to ask about BBC articles, I posted a thread today here www.abovetopsecret.com...

I copied the exact headline with a quote of the content of the article.

The BBC edited this later in the day including the headline of the story and I recieved a warning from a mod for entering the wrong details.

Is there anyway around this or do I just refrain from positing in future with BBC articles?

I feel a bit hard done by due to the fact that I submitted the story correctly within guidelines.

Thanks.



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