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Apr

17

Carnival of Ohio Politics #113 now posted


Much thanks to Scott of Pho’s Akron Pages for putting together this week’s Carnival of Ohio Politics #113.

And a serious call for comments:

Call for Comments

Finally, we need some help from the Carnival community regarding format. When we were given the Carnival by the estimable Paul Miller, we posted a few guidelines, one of which noted that the topic of the Carnival is Ohio politics. We’ve not enforced the topic and for the most part things people submit have some relationship to Ohio and to Politics, or an least an emanation and penumbra of same.

But every week we get a few posts a little more off topic than on. I think we need to have a bit of a chat about it before the entire heard of horses has escaped from the barn and every worm has squirmed out of the can. I don’t mean to call people out, but just highlight some posts that push the envelope a little more than usual.

So Kyle’s post about The Chief Source now being iPhone compatible is interesting and shows what can be done with a blog. But is it about politics? And do we run the risk of another blogger submitting a post that is simply self-promotion based on the precedent. Tim Russo’s Part 1 of his history with George Nemeth is about Meet the Bloggers, certainly an important development on the 2006 political landscape. But it similarly makes me nervous, not least because I suspect Part 2 doesn’t end well.

And this post by Tim Higgins may be the most enjoyable read of the week, but save my soul, I can’t wedge it into any sort of Ohio politics category. Finally, Tom Blumer submitted a positivity story as his sole contribution and assured me it would be fine if we decided it’s not politics enough.

So we may be at a bit of a watershed. We can start cracking down on format or we can continue to allow drift, each choice carrying risks and benefits. But Jill, Lisa Renee, Ben and I each feel the Carnival isn’t our property so much as it’s a benefit to the blogging community we happen to work on. So we need you all to chime in. Which way should we go?

Please visit the Carnival and tell us your thoughts.

By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:41 am April 17th, 2008 in Announcements, Carnivals, Ohio, Politics, Writing 

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