Rick wrote:
But what do we do in the future if an editor insists
on adding two
or three stores or restaurants and won't let the ads be removed?
Is it really an 'ad'? I'd say it's only an 'ad' if the person
inserting it is trying to promote her or her own business, or the
business of a client, and that there's no reason for the information
to be there otherwise.
Of course even if it isn't an ad, that doesn't mean that it
necessarily should go in the article, but depending on the entire
context of the situation, perhaps it should.
I think it will only rarely ever be the case that there's an actual
irreconcilable difference between reasonable parties to a discussion.
Usually there will be a way to improve the article generally in a way
that is satisfactory to both sides.
If one party is actually being completely unreasonable, and will not
compromise, then of course it ends up eventually in mediation and
arbitration, right?
--Jimbo