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Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tis-the-season dept.

With the US Presidential Election coming up, we've had a lot of story submissions that we would like to post, but they don't fit very well on the Slashdot main page. To address this, we'll be running special political coverage between now and the election in our new Politics subsection of Slashdot. Please submit stories directly to the section for consideration. As with all sections on Slashdot, there will be stories available within that section that don't get posted to the main page, so please visit the section if you are interested in more coverage. We'll do our best to be fair with story selection. We think we can do a good job since the Slashdot editors represent a diverse spectrum of political ideologies. The discussions are up to you guys. Here's hoping the experiment works!

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  1. Title Bar by liam193 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shouldn't the Title of politics.slashdot.org be Politics for Nerds: Stuff That Matters

    not

    News for Nerds: Stuff That Matters

    ?

  2. Re:Great... by CaptnMArk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I was going to ask that.

    Some of us non Americans have elections this year too.

  3. Next up... by wazzzup · · Score: 0, Redundant

    religion.slashdot.org!

    Then Slashdot's transformation to "concentrated usenet" will be complete. Where Godwin's Law reigns supreme and everybody is an asshat!

  4. Hey we should be happy for a great color by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This blue looks great, especially with the stars and stripes.
    Now, can you guys PLEASE change the mustard-dog-crap yellow of the IT section.

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  5. Oh Great! by ChiChiCuervo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does this mean I have to block Sengan's stories all over again?

  6. Maybe a bit less american-centrism? by Bahumat · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm ~really~ not trying to be a troll here: Can we see Slashdot move the hell away from it's american-centrism? There are other english speaking/literate countries in the world folks.

    Particularly bad in the 'Your Rights Online' section; I'd love to see+hear perspectives of people's rights online internationally, not just what the next 'just a bill up on capitol hill' song and dance is.

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  7. Ethno-centric? by TekZen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    not sure if that is the right word, but this is the U.S. presidential election. Does the rest of the world really care?

    Then again, I hear the rest of the world hates Bush, so maybe they do care.
    -Jackson

  8. Political Discussions by Brian_Warner · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hmmm, American political debates... Alright mods, get your "flamebait" modstick ready for action!

  9. Um by KaiSeun · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Did you guys HAVE to use American flags everywhere? I mean if this was for the US election, could this then be USelections.slashdot.org or USpolitics.slashdot.org?

  10. Any Politics? by MichaelSmith · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Based on the banner image I would suggest this category be renamed US Politics

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