Thread Name: REDUX: On when a Guardian's name appears From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:10:29 -0700 On Oct 26, 2005, at 10:31 AM, Bill DiBenedetto wrote: >The old journalist and editor in me says: You get the byline when >the story is published. Then I agreed and said that's the way we'll do it. But then I remembered what that great unadopted ML poet John Milton said: "They also serve who only stand and wait." One of the most important services of the Guardian is link-checking: making sure that links are alive and confirming that they go to engaging and accurate information. The act of checking is, as far as I'm concerned, a form of "publishing the story." Thus when a prospective Guardian confirms that s/he has checked links on a page even if it's just to confirm that the links are live, it seems to me that that person should be awarded Guardianship {Why does that sound pretentious?}; this should be the case even if no new links are suggested. Yes? ------------------------------------- From: "Bill DiBenedetto" <billdi@removed> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:20:32 -0700 yes i definitely agree -- any activity associated with "Guardianship" deserves recognition. Besides that, the link-checking aspect (and link additions perhaps) is indeed one of the most important aspects of this endeavor because of the changing nature nature of the web. -------------------------------------