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Australian federal government, if anyone else didn't recognize the domain immediately.
by patmcc 2y ago
Australian federal government, if anyone else didn't recognize the domain immediately.
- aussieguy1234 2y agoI wanted to add this to the title, but the guidelines don't allow editorialising the title, for better or worse.
- bigstrat2003 2y agoI think that this is very much a case where one should say "fuck the guidelines" and add it.
- shwaj 2y agoEditorializing is defined (by one dictionary) as: “making comments or expressing opinions rather than just reporting the facts”. By this definition, changing the title to “Austrialian Federal government…” doesn’t run afoul of the policy because there is not opinion involved. It’s just clarifying which federal government is the subject.
- eduction 2y agoI know the guidelines ask not to modify the title. But just fyi editorializing is when you go beyond merely adding information: editorialize verb ed· i· to· ri· al· ize ˌe-də-ˈtȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz editorialized; editorializing Synonyms of editorialize intransitive verb 1 : to express an opinion in the form of an editorial 2 : to introduce opinion into the reporting of facts 3 : to express an opinion (as on a controversial issue) It’s somewhat contradictory for the guidelines to ask for no modifications then tell people not to editorialize. Those are two very different guidelines, separated by a semicolon as though they are closely related. (To editorialize for a moment, I believe this is what happens when a STEM organization led by people fundamentally hostile to the press gets into the business of editing news, whose nuances they are basically just dismissive of. This isn’t directed at you but at the guidelines.)