News talk:Eurofurence 13 bans Softpaw

2007-08-26T23:45:04Z

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Not sure what to do here with the large number of spelling mistakes people have made. I don't like pointing the finger at people with [sic] all over the place. At the same time, I'm not sure whether or not we should correct them, as otherwise they are not accurate quotes. Thoughts? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 13:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
:I hadn't noticed there were so many when I added the first one, but noticing now it does add up to quite a few. I'd think at least some sort of note is useful so well-meaning people don't "correct" them and render them inaccurate. Perhaps either a note near the beginning stating something like "quotes on this page have been copied verbatim from their source" or commented-out [sic]s that people about to edit will see but won't clutter up the main page? --[[User:Riismo|Riismo]] 13:53, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

congrats greenreaper, you just fail to understand completly that whining and writing up shitty articles like this make it all the more difficult to ever get cub art into ef. moron. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:89.48.236.42|89.48.236.42]] ([[User talk:89.48.236.42|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/89.48.236.42|contribs]]) {{{2|}}}.

:The purpose of WikiFur News is not advocacy - it is to inform the furry fandom as a whole of the notable events and issues of the day, and explore the potential reasons behind the various positions held by actors in such events. I've tried to explain the position of both sides here - and in particular, the legal concerns involved - for the benefit of our readers. If you have specific suggestions about how to improve our coverage, I'd like to hear them. Calling people names won't achieve that.

:Personally I doubt news articles on a single website have much bearing either way, let alone the comments of an overseas fan. This is something that European fans are ultimately going to have to work out themselves. The sources are given, so people are free to read them and make their own minds up about the matter. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 21:12, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

::Well, the problem is that this single web site will probably not only read by Furs ... p.e., it is already #3 if you google for "Eurofurence News". Which means that now every real journalist who might hear about EF and googles about news about it will now come to the impression that a reasonable percentage of EF attendants would have bought Cub Pr0n. You might not have gotten that from all the previous posts, but here in Old Europe we have a witch hunt going on towards everything that vaguely looks like pedophilia. If ever, ever, some of the more sensationalist media will make this, based on your text, into a story, however wrong that story may be, there probably won't be a convention in Europe for quite a long time ... So please don't be surprised if the non-Cub-furs will have to distance themselves much more than previously to be on the safe side. (Yse)

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