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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Started conversation Nov 7, 2005
As the original thread got a bit confused, I've created this new thread and C&Ped the relevant posts from the other one. I hope no-one objects. Hopefully this way we can stay on-topic.
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Posted Aug 22, 2005 by David B - Singing Librarian Owl Post: 1
A gap I've noticed when searching for potential links when subbing entries. There is nothing on censorship, other than an article on film classification. I'm thinking censorship of literature, film, music and theatre, which might mean several different entries. Sadly, it's not an area I know much about, so I am therefore challenging h2g2 to come up with something!
I could probably help out a bit with regards to stage censorship, but would not feel comfortable starting such an entry from scratch. The others are completely beyond what I could do.
David
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Posted Aug 22, 2005 by ∞
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Posted Aug 22, 2005 by David B - Singing Librarian Owl
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I was asking for that wasn't I?
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Subject: Censorship
Posted Aug 22, 2005 by ∞
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Always happy to oblige, David.
You do have a point though.
There are so many kinds of censorship - the Lord Chamberlain's censorship of plays for example seemed to be a matter of protecting the public's morality and not giving them sexual ideas above (or below) their station. Think of Lady Chatterley.
Political censorship is a different thing altogether, and one that we are about to enter into again with the govt's proposals that it is going to be illegal to say that you can understand what forces go into the emergance of suicide bombers.
I think the subject is one which it would be timely to tackle.
But not by me.
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Subject: Censorship
Posted Aug 22, 2005 by David B - Singing Librarian Owl
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Maybe we could have an entry titled 'Censorship' which consists solely of the standard 'this entry has broken the house rules in some way' notice?
A679016 - this has been hanging around for a few years, and it even mentions Lady Chatterly! Is this the sort of thing you were thinking of?
I'm happy to have it updated if people want to make it a bigger/better entry on censorship, or include it in something else. Can't speak for Blues Shark, but I shouldn't imagine it would be a problem.
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Subject: Censorship
Posted Sep 1, 2005 by David B - Singing Librarian Owl
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Ooh, , that's a great entry and was the sort of thing I was looking for, but somehow failed to find. Not sure why I didn't find it. Very embarrassed, particularly as my real-life role is basically information-finding.
I think it's wonderful just as it is. A series of similar entries on other aspects of censorship would probably be the way to go, rather than absorbing this into a giant entry.
David
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I've got A4225114 lying around, should anyone want to use any of it.
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RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Nov 7, 2005
RFS --> RFJS
I know, it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue...
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h2g2 auto-messages Posted Jan 9, 2007
Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'Challenge h2g2' to 'Censorship, Obscenity and the Williams Committee'.
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RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Jan 9, 2007
I'm not sure this and F2150590?thread=860969 should have been moved; they were supposed to be about censorship Entries in general, and this Entry is very specific.
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- 2: RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky (Nov 7, 2005)
- 3: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Nov 10, 2005)
- 4: h2g2 auto-messages (Jan 9, 2007)
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