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I would like to echo Marijn's point- in the BBC message board system it is hard to keep track of the conversations you have posted to, whereas one of the glories of h2g2 and the other DNA sites is the ability to order your conversations, keep track of those you're in, etc.

With reference to the message board, I had no problems setting up the account with the name "Greydesk".

I was on the boards as Helen L but when I registered with Celebdaq and changed my nickname there to PencilQueen it changes my nickname across all of the messageboards

A1006354 is the beginnings of a reasonably balanced look at the policy, which will not merely comment on the problems of the current situation, but discuss possible solutions or improvements. If you have anything you wish to draw my attention to, please do so in *1 thread* below the Entry.

Whoami?

Abi, I agree that a disclaimer as xxx said ... should not be an excuse to keep a posting that explicitly mentions names that might bring someone of either side problems.

But I am still convinced that we should be allowed to say what we say, and what everyone could have seen should they have looked at that station at the right time, maybe unless there is a risk you are repeating blatant propaganda.

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small typo:
'But I am still convinced that we should be allowed to say what we say' should be 'say what we see' of course

>But I am still convinced that we should be allowed to say what we say, and what everyone could have seen should they have looked at that station at >the right time, maybe unless there is a risk you are repeating blatant propaganda.

We have asked the Community not to talk about what is happening in Iraq.. It is very difficult to talk about what you have seen on Sky, CNN or even Iraqi TV if you are lucky enough to have a big satellite reciever without talking about what is happening in the campaign. So no you cannot talk about Saddam or his double because that is part of what is going on in Iraq. I am sorry that my use of the phrase 'on the ground in Iraq' has confused some people. I should have just said 'in Iraq'.

So actually you ask the community to pretend to be the only place on earth that does not know there is a war going on in what might have been the cradle of civilisation, and happily go on babbling about nothing.

Sorry, I refuse to be that hypocrite.

This is very simple:

If you were allowed to talk about the war on h2g2, we would direct you to a specific forum to focus the debate. But, sadly, we are not.

However, you *are* allowed to discuss the war on BBCi, so as part BBCi, we are sending you to a dedicated forum which can harbour such debate within BBCi Guidelines.

This isn't hypocrisy.

If you want change, stop ranting and contribute to Whoami?'s proposal.

Ashley

I've already had a post removed from a PRIVATE!!!!!!! conversation (i:e there's only two of us) where I just happened to mention news I and the rest of the world knew anyway and it was removed along with the answer and I got the usual bleating responce of 'all conversations must be addressed at the debate board' it was a comment, are we not allowed to pass comment or mention the war in passing, WHAT THE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT!!!!!!!!!, it's the only thing people want to talk about. For the 3rd time I shall ask for some clarification on what we can and cannot say and I'd appriciate an asnswer this time

Reefgirl,

There are *no* private discussions on h2g2.

Ashley

>>> WHAT THE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT!!!!!!!!!

You can do one of two things:

You can talk about the war in designated areas on BBCi, all you have to do is type one of the following into the BBCi Search Engine and you will be directed to an arena that is hosting discussions about the war.

Today
Asian Life
The Great Debate
Five Live
One Life

or

You can try and stimulate change by discussing the policy and contributing to the propsal being established by WhoamI?


Ashley

Please do, people. That's what it's there for!

Whoami?

I've already posted Whoami

When I say Private there is only me and one other ATM, it's not a group discussion

I don't want to debate the war all I want to do is pass comment or mention it in passing like I would if I was talking to someone face to face, why can't I do that it's not political or giving away state secrets

Ashley, do you imply that discussing the '2003 Iraq Conflict Policy' is allowed on Whoami's page and not here, where it all started?

And I will go on ranting when I think the detail-implementation of the policy is ridiculous and try to keep that in the relevant thread instead of in some general message boards about the war itself.

>>> Ashley, do you imply that discussing the '2003 Iraq Conflict Policy' is allowed on Whoami's page and not here, where it all started?

No I am not... You can discuss it here, but it is a little unfair on your fellow Researchers who are being constructive by trying to implement change.

>>> And I will go on ranting when I think the detail-implementation of the policy is ridiculous and try to keep that in the relevant thread instead of in some general message boards about the war itself.

That's your right.. exploit it at your will.

No, I don't think that was what Ashley was saying at all. I think he was saying that contributing to a proposal would be more effective than getting cross about something that the Italics can't change on a whim.

Can we somehow merge Whoami's proposal with Imsop's (A1003159)? It's a bit confusing having two. I posted a summary of people's suggestions for changes to the policy here: F118784?thread=259249 - feel free to use if you can.

I think these could be merged very successfully, and I'll contact the author of the other one a bit later on today...

Whoami?