Comments on: Genocide Notes from the Armenian Blogosphere http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:53:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: artyom http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1605 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:25:15 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1605 Nessuna chavatas sran. Khabepahi mekn e. Nessuna chavatas sran. Khabepahi mekn e.

]]> by: Nessuna http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1598 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:11:26 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1598 Nathan, I'm glad to hear that and thanks for linking. Nathan, I’m glad to hear that and thanks for linking.

]]> by: Nathan Hamm http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1596 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:03:35 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1596 Like I said, if there was any reason, it was just that the post didn't fit perfectly with the kind of stuff I normally link to, especially up against the other stuff out there on Monday. Specifically, it was fairly personal. The decision was 100% mine and no institution or individual said anything about it to me. I know we miss plenty from my region because there are few volunteers. We especially need people more familiar with local languages than I am to get a better picture of what's going on in the region's blogs. Honestly, I thought you perhaps were thinking that it was something personal considering that a fair number of Armenian bloggers seem to think on occasion that I've got it out for them. Like I said, if there was any reason, it was just that the post didn’t fit perfectly with the kind of stuff I normally link to, especially up against the other stuff out there on Monday. Specifically, it was fairly personal. The decision was 100% mine and no institution or individual said anything about it to me. I know we miss plenty from my region because there are few volunteers. We especially need people more familiar with local languages than I am to get a better picture of what’s going on in the region’s blogs.

Honestly, I thought you perhaps were thinking that it was something personal considering that a fair number of Armenian bloggers seem to think on occasion that I’ve got it out for them.

]]> by: Nessuna http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1593 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:21:12 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1593 Nathan, thanks a lot for your response, and I do appreciate your suggestions. The thing is never before GVO failed to draw attention to things, that is why it never occured to me that it might miss Christian's entry, and that is why it came as a bit of a shock to me. Then again, I could not help being suspicious because certain governments do keep silent on the issue of the Armenian genocide, and Turkey goes as far as trying to shut the voices down. I do want to believe there was no intent behind the decision, otherwise it would corrupt the very idea of making people's voices heard everywhere. Nathan, thanks a lot for your response, and I do appreciate your suggestions. The thing is never before GVO failed to draw attention to things, that is why it never occured to me that it might miss Christian’s entry, and that is why it came as a bit of a shock to me. Then again, I could not help being suspicious because certain governments do keep silent on the issue of the Armenian genocide, and Turkey goes as far as trying to shut the voices down. I do want to believe there was no intent behind the decision, otherwise it would corrupt the very idea of making people’s voices heard everywhere.

]]> by: Nathan Hamm http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1586 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:39:29 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/genocide-notes-from-the-armenian-blogosphere/#comment-1586 Nessuna, if you ever have a question about my editorial decisions at GVO, you are more than welcome to email me with them. All of the editors' contact information is <a href="http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/top/about-global-voices/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. You are also more than welcome to email me suggested links. I can't give you a definite answer in this case because their really isn't a clear one. Looking at the date in question, I see it was a Monday, meaning I had to deal with a backlog of weekend posts from all the blogs in Central Asia &amp; the Caucasus. There's a bit more competition for attention on Mondays. Plus, I try to balance out my attention, which is a bit hard to do. Armenia consistently gives good posts and therefore consistently gets linked more often than anywhere else in my region. In fact, two of my bigger challenges seem to usually be trying to offset the attention I give to Armenian blogs (this one in particular) and the stable of blogs at <i>neweurasia</i>. On top of this, I've had quite a bit on my plate the past week, so I've had to make my editorial decisions a bit more quickly than usual. Looking again briefly at some of the posts, they're just not exactly the kinds of things I link to. I'm seeing a lot of posts that lift from press releases, reportage, etc. Christian's post is wonderful and interesting, but doesn't exactly fit with the kinds of things I link to--meaning it's less likely to get linked because of the competition for links on Mondays. There's no intent behind the decision--ill or otherwise. If you feel that I am failing to cover something important in my daily links, shoot me emails drawing my attention to posts you think need attention. If you feel that GVO as a whole is failing to draw enough attention to things like this in the left column, we always welcome new volunteers. Nessuna, if you ever have a question about my editorial decisions at GVO, you are more than welcome to email me with them. All of the editors’ contact information is here. You are also more than welcome to email me suggested links.

I can’t give you a definite answer in this case because their really isn’t a clear one. Looking at the date in question, I see it was a Monday, meaning I had to deal with a backlog of weekend posts from all the blogs in Central Asia & the Caucasus. There’s a bit more competition for attention on Mondays. Plus, I try to balance out my attention, which is a bit hard to do. Armenia consistently gives good posts and therefore consistently gets linked more often than anywhere else in my region. In fact, two of my bigger challenges seem to usually be trying to offset the attention I give to Armenian blogs (this one in particular) and the stable of blogs at neweurasia. On top of this, I’ve had quite a bit on my plate the past week, so I’ve had to make my editorial decisions a bit more quickly than usual. Looking again briefly at some of the posts, they’re just not exactly the kinds of things I link to. I’m seeing a lot of posts that lift from press releases, reportage, etc. Christian’s post is wonderful and interesting, but doesn’t exactly fit with the kinds of things I link to–meaning it’s less likely to get linked because of the competition for links on Mondays.

There’s no intent behind the decision–ill or otherwise. If you feel that I am failing to cover something important in my daily links, shoot me emails drawing my attention to posts you think need attention. If you feel that GVO as a whole is failing to draw enough attention to things like this in the left column, we always welcome new volunteers.

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