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Make Pro requests public by default

Open RichardTaylor opened this issue 3 years ago • 5 comments

Currently there is a default position of a 3 month embargo on Pro requests.

I suggest making no embargo the default, and requiring the setting of an embargo to be something which needs to be done actively, this would promote the publication of requests and responses.

Issue raised having seen a Tweet by a Pro user who appears unsure about the embargo they have set:

I just started using their pro 'batch' functionality and I think they'll get published after 3 months.

https://twitter.com/librarieshacked/status/1447876576780161033

RichardTaylor avatar Oct 12 '21 21:10 RichardTaylor

A good place to note https://github.com/mysociety/whatdotheyknow-theme/issues/841.

garethrees avatar May 24 '22 09:05 garethrees

Also a good place to make clear https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/issues/6321.

garethrees avatar May 24 '22 09:05 garethrees

+1 I keep nearly making embargoed requests by mistake. It'd be good to be able to set a default that applied to all my requests unless I said otherwise.

FOIMonkey avatar Jun 11 '22 15:06 FOIMonkey

Simplest thing to do here is change the default value of the select box and add more emphasis to the consequence of selecting a particular value:

Screenshot 2022-09-21 at 14 38 53 Screenshot 2022-09-21 at 14 38 59

We'd want this to coincide with an announcement on the dashboard, and possibly a blog post.

garethrees avatar Sep 21 '22 13:09 garethrees

Would need to consider interaction with https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/issues/7317. Just-created requests should have the same mechanics as just-published requests.

garethrees avatar Sep 21 '22 14:09 garethrees