Read the author line
December 14th, 2011 at 4:09 am by David FarrarFor those who missed it, the post before this one was by Jadis, one of my guest editors. As it happens I disagree with Jadis on this, and think Shearer will lead Labour into the 2014 election. Hell if Labour didn’t roll Phil Goff for non-performance, then Shearer has nothing to worry about.
I actually think he has a very decent chance of becoming Prime Minister.
I’m on holiday until early January so Jadis will be doing the odd guest post, as well as possibly other guest editors.
I’ll still do a bit of blogging, but will be less regular.
Tags: Kiwiblog, Labour Leadership
December 14th, 2011 at 4:26 am
Highlight the author line if you are not the author.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 6:25 am
irrespective of Shearers success his election is great news when you see all the Labour union faction hacks spreading their usual love (bile)across the blogs.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 6:34 am
Hell if Labour didn’t roll Phil Goff for non-performance, then Shearer has nothing to worry about.
Implicit in Goff not being replaced before the Election, was the Party’s own estimation that it would loose, so contenders then, not wanting too be leader just until the loss, held back until now, thus displaying greater interest in their own futures than that of the Party. That is why Goff was not rolled when he should have been, and with the next Election now about three years away, Shearer will be under threat as soon as Cunliffe thinks he can pull it off.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 6:35 am
I though the Jadis post was ill-timed and vindictive in its intent.
But it appeared to signall the National ‘attack’ meme that is likely to be used between now and the election.
It was just fired off a bit early, that’s all.
Yvete – unless Shearer offers Cunliffe some plum post elsewhere.
I recall on a number of occasions when blogging about ‘leaks’ from other sources here on KB we have discussed the ‘non-accidental’ quality of those. Or indeed how they have accidentally signalled true intent/opinions. But that is entering into a conspiracy theory tin-foil hat area.
So – on reflection, I’d have to settle for ‘vindictive’.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 7:16 am
To be honest, easiest way to differentiate authors, will be either to have a picture/avatar with each post, or guest post.
Most people are going to skip over the authors name, even if you bold it.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 8:10 am
I think Shearer has a damn good shot next election because having labour pick him shows some sign that they get that they are the problem.
Silent T would have meant more of the same.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 8:12 am
Enjoy your holiday dpf, very well deserved !!!.
Regarding Jadis post, personally I think it’s not really clear enough posts by guest editors, I’d suggest the first line of any article by a guest editor should be a quick intro from them.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 8:15 am
DPF
How many posts will we see from D4J?
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 8:20 am
As you are the owner and of this blog and particularly given that you are such a prolific poster, its a perfectly reasonable assumption to make that all the posts are yours. To avoid confusion why not just ask this Jadis person to identify itself somewhere in the title? Like “:Jadis” or “- Jadis” at the end of the title?
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 8:40 am
My apologies then for accusing you of early destabilising. Perhaps I should open my eyes before getting wound up!
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 8:40 am
To eliminate all confusion about authorship, I absolutely DEMAND that you include a line of text that looks like this if Jadis is the author:
December 13th, 2011 at 1:57 pm by Jadis
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 8:54 am
I did not think it was DPF’s style and a quick check of the by-line confirmed this. A bit too much sensitivity being shown by some around here.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 8:56 am
Labour won’t win the next election but they will cobble together a coalition.
Vote:National will be in the cold for years to come as they have no playmates.
Kinda scary if you ask me.
December 14th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Can’t say I noticed it, but looking back, the paragraphs are a bit longer than DPF usually writes
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 10:41 am
I hope you’re all looking forward to Dime’s guest posts.
Im pretty much drunk between Dec 20 – Jan 10th but ill have someone proof read
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 11:14 am
The author line only shows on the abbreviated listing on your homepage, not on the article itself. If you jump from the comments link on the left, you won’t know who authored it without finding the article on the homepage again. It would be good if you repeated the author under the header on the article page, near where the “scoop it” button is.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 11:18 am
I noticed it just before I posted about you starting the mischief fomenting early, but as others have said earlier, it might be a good idea to make guest post’s more obvious in some way, considering the vast majority of posts are made by you.
Vote:December 14th, 2011 at 11:29 am
I thought it was a bit different than the line you’d been taking before. For guest posts, I’d have the guest poster just note that it’s them not you in the first line. Everyone reads the first line, not sure many people read the author.
Having said that, most people seemed to address the content in the comments, and the content was the same irrespective who wrote it.
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