Spectator website takedown 2009 - Revision history

Ufon at 09:38, 19 September 2020

2020-09-19T09:38:00Z

Ufon: Switched to webarchive links, attached pictures of the Spec website preshutdown and during shutdown

2020-09-19T09:32:13Z

Switched to webarchive links, attached pictures of the Spec website preshutdown and during shutdown

Admin at 23:16, 8 December 2013

2013-12-08T23:16:25Z

Admin: moved The 2009 Spec Website Takedown to Spectator website takedown 2009

2013-05-25T22:01:37Z

moved The 2009 Spec Website Takedown to Spectator website takedown 2009

Admin at 22:01, 25 May 2013

2013-05-25T22:01:15Z

Spectator at 01:50, 9 July 2012

2012-07-09T01:50:39Z

Nateoxford at 17:47, 15 January 2010

2010-01-15T17:47:01Z

128.59.138.88: Undo revision 30583 by 209.2.216.173 (Talk)

2009-10-21T18:57:15Z

Undo revision 30583 by 209.2.216.173 (Talk)

209.2.216.173: Removing all content from page

2009-10-21T18:01:35Z

Removing all content from page

209.2.213.31: Changed formatting

2009-10-20T22:08:55Z

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← Older revision		Revision as of 09:38, 19 September 2020
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		+	On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the [[Managing Board]], the rebel Ryan Bubinski, took down the website, in protest of the 2009 Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.
		+
	[[File:SpecShutdown.png]]		[[File:SpecShutdown.png]]
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−	On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the [[Managing Board]], the rebel Ryan Bubinski, took down the website, in protest of the 2009 Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.

	==The Letter==		==The Letter==

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 On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the [[Managing Board]], the rebel Ryan Bubinski, took down the website, in protest of the 2009 Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.
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 ==External Links==
 *[http://www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle The Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle]
-*[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:c2qLbFnxBHkJ:www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle+spec+site:bwog.net&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle post]
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20091020074807/http://www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle Internet Archive copy of Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle post]
 *[http://www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign The Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign]
-*[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:ZsNuLjCiGdsJ:www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign+redesign+site:bwog.net&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign post]
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20091021040742/http://www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign Internet Archive copy of Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign post]
 [[Category:Spec scandals]]

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	*[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:ZsNuLjCiGdsJ:www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign+redesign+site:bwog.net&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign post]		*[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:ZsNuLjCiGdsJ:www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign+redesign+site:bwog.net&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign post]

−	[[Category:~~Scandals]]~~	+	[[Category:Spec scandals]]
−	~~[[Category:Student publications]]~~
−	~~[[Category:Columbia Daily Spectator~~]]

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	[[Category:Scandals]]		[[Category:Scandals]]
	[[Category:Student publications]]		[[Category:Student publications]]
		+	[[Category:Columbia Daily Spectator]]

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−	On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the [[Managing Board]], the rebel Ryan, took down the website, in protest of Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.	+	On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the [[Managing Board]], the rebel Ryan Bubinski, took down the website, in protest of the 2009 Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.

	==The Letter==		==The Letter==

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 Stuff about the legality of Ryan's actions and criticism of Spec management. Thankfully, Google cache exists.
-==References==
+==External Links==
-[http://www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle The Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle]
+*[http://www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle The Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle]
-[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:c2qLbFnxBHkJ:www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle+spec+site:bwog.net&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle post]
+[[Category:Scandals]]
+[[Category:Student publications]]

← Older revision	Revision as of 18:57, 21 October 2009
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	+	On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the [[Managing Board]], the rebel Ryan, took down the website, in protest of Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.

	+	==The Letter==
	+
	+	Dear members of the 133 Managing Board,
	+
	+	This has been a trying year for the newspaper, and moral [sic] is low across the staff. Such circumstances require a serious evaluation of the problems facing the publication. As you are most likely aware, a recent proposal to create an MB-wide forum to critically assess the role of existing management positions, to more strictly define position responsibilities, and entertain proposed structural adjustments has been interpreted as a conspiracy against the current Corporate Board, who invoked executive privilege and the threat of dismissal in an attempt to quash all effort to create such a forum. I am insulted by their reaction, and embarrassed to serve under such management. I do not wish for my name or my work to be associated with an organization that does not respect the experience and insight of its staff, punishes innovative thought, and discourages innovation. I hereby resign from my position as Online Editor.
	+
	+
	+	I apologize to those of you who were requesting my services on future projects. I believe the CB's claim to executive privilege on all issues is both unconstitutional according to the legal document of the Spectator Publishing Company and harmful to the publication as a whole, and therefore I refuse to passively accept their claims by not acting on this issue. At the end of the night (more appropriately the beginning of the morning) you put out the paper, not the CB. You are undermining the voice you deserve by not openly acknowledging this fact.
	+
	+	I have removed all personal intellectual property authored by me from the Columbia Spectator webspace; all content produced by others remains. I am willing to restore this property in full should the MB collectively condemn the CB's attempts to claim absolute executive privilege and should the MB achieve a representative voice in the structure of the 134 Corporate and Managing Boards (a privilege the CB claims exists solely with the Turkeyshoot Board, in direct contradiction to Article 12, Section 2 of the constitution). I will consider these objectives accomplished and will return my property in full if the CB signs a formal, and public declaration of intent to:
	+
	+	- Create a forum for discussing potential changes to the CB and MB structure
	+
	+	- Work with the MB to draft and ratify an operable Constitution
	+
	+	- Work with the MB to reevaluate the Turkeyshoot process, and accept whatever clearly defined process two-thirds of the MB votes to institute
	+
	+	- In all interactions with the MB, operate in the spirit of the existing constitution, which does not give the CB complete control over the operations of the organization, but instead treats two-thirds of the MB as the executive authority
	+
	+	I stand firm with my principles, to the point where I will gladly forget my body of work for this publication ever existed. There is no longer an "online component," to anything.
	+
	+	Yours truly,
	+
	+	Ryan
	+
	+	==The Aftermath==
	+
	+	Lawyers got involved. The Spec had no internet presence. Speculation abounded in Bwog threads.
	+
	+	By Sunday night, the Spec website got restored. An Editor's Note was posted on the Spec website. [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/10/18/editors-note].
	+
	+	Stuff about the legality of Ryan's actions and criticism of Spec management. Thankfully, Google cache exists.
	+
	+	==References==
	+	[http://www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle The Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle]
	+
	+	[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:c2qLbFnxBHkJ:www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle+spec+site:bwog.net&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle post]
	+
	+	[http://www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign The Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign]
	+
	+	[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:ZsNuLjCiGdsJ:www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign+redesign+site:bwog.net&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign post]

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−	On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the [[Managing Board]], the rebel Ryan, took down the website, in protest of Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.

−	~~==The Letter==~~
−
−	~~Dear members of the 133 Managing Board,~~
−
−	This has been a trying year for the newspaper, and moral [sic] is low across the staff. Such circumstances require a serious evaluation of the problems facing the publication. As you are most likely aware, a recent proposal to create an MB-wide forum to critically assess the role of existing management positions, to more strictly define position responsibilities, and entertain proposed structural adjustments has been interpreted as a conspiracy against the current Corporate Board, who invoked executive privilege and the threat of dismissal in an attempt to quash all effort to create such a forum. I am insulted by their reaction, and embarrassed to serve under such management. I do not wish for my name or my work to be associated with an organization that does not respect the experience and insight of its staff, punishes innovative thought, and discourages innovation. I hereby resign from my position as Online Editor.
−
−
−	I apologize to those of you who were requesting my services on future projects. I believe the CB's claim to executive privilege on all issues is both unconstitutional according to the legal document of the Spectator Publishing Company and harmful to the publication as a whole, and therefore I refuse to passively accept their claims by not acting on this issue. At the end of the night (more appropriately the beginning of the morning) you put out the paper, not the CB. You are undermining the voice you deserve by not openly acknowledging this fact.
−
−	I have removed all personal intellectual property authored by me from the Columbia Spectator webspace; all content produced by others remains. I am willing to restore this property in full should the MB collectively condemn the CB's attempts to claim absolute executive privilege and should the MB achieve a representative voice in the structure of the 134 Corporate and Managing Boards (a privilege the CB claims exists solely with the Turkeyshoot Board, in direct contradiction to Article 12, Section 2 of the constitution). I will consider these objectives accomplished and will return my property in full if the CB signs a formal, and public declaration of intent to:
−
−	~~- Create a forum for discussing potential changes to the CB and MB structure~~
−
−	~~- Work with the MB to draft and ratify an operable Constitution~~
−
−	~~- Work with the MB to reevaluate the Turkeyshoot process, and accept whatever clearly defined process two-thirds of the MB votes to institute~~
−
−	- In all interactions with the MB, operate in the spirit of the existing constitution, which does not give the CB complete control over the operations of the organization, but instead treats two-thirds of the MB as the executive authority
−
−	~~I stand firm with my principles, to the point where I will gladly forget my body of work for this publication ever existed. There is no longer an "online component," to anything.~~
−
−	~~Yours truly,~~
−
−	~~Ryan~~
−
−	~~==The Aftermath==~~
−
−	~~Lawyers got involved. The Spec had no internet presence. Speculation abounded in Bwog threads.~~
−
−	~~By Sunday night, the Spec website got restored. An Editor's Note was posted on the Spec website. [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/10/18/editors-note].~~
−
−	~~Stuff about the legality of Ryan's actions and criticism of Spec management. Thankfully, Google cache exists.~~
−
−	~~==References==~~
−	~~[http://www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle The Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle]~~
−
−	[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:c2qLbFnxBHkJ:www.bwog.net/articles/columbia_daily_spectacle+spec+site:bwog.net&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: Columbia Daily Spectacle post]
−
−	~~[http://www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign The Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign]~~
−
−	[http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:ZsNuLjCiGdsJ:www.bwog.net/articles/no_it_s_not_another_redesign+redesign+site:bwog.net&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google Cached copy of Bwog: No, It's Not Another Redesign post]

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-On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the Managing Board, the rebel Ryan, took down the website, in protest of Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.
+On Friday, October 16, 2009, the [[Columbia Spectator]] website mysteriously went missing. Instead of the natterings of self-important "journalists", visitors received a message containing Spec boilerplate about their organization. Word spread to [[Bwog]] that a dissident member of the [[Managing Board]], the rebel Ryan, took down the website, in protest of Spec leadership and its unwillingness to listen to the grievances of a dissatisfied faction of the Managing Board.
 ==The Letter==
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 Yours truly,
-Ryan Bubinski
+Ryan
 ==The Aftermath==
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 By Sunday night, the Spec website got restored. An Editor's Note was posted on the Spec website. [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/10/18/editors-note].
-Bwog started deleting the speculation and comments in their threads for no good reason. Stuff about the legality of Ryan's actions and criticism of Spec management. Thankfully, Google cache exists.
+Stuff about the legality of Ryan's actions and criticism of Spec management. Thankfully, Google cache exists.
 ==References==