Mod. Notice Quoting Articles On The Forum

[Doss]

Hi all,

We are noticing a bit of a 'creep' recently, where people are copying and pasting an entire article:

a) without being put in quotation boxes
b) without quotation of source
c) in its entirety. Technically, you are not meant to do this

We understand that the c) is particularly problematic because of paywalls and the like, but I'd like to remind people of the section of the BigFooty rules on this point:

No illegal content; respect copyright owners.

• No hacks, torrents, file swapping, or requesting of same from us or other users.
• No illegal match video or audio streams, or requesting of same from us or other users.
• Articles from other sites should be limited to a relevant paragraph or two and a link to the source.
• No drug use talk or similar. You might get away with contextual mentions or relevant discussion but otherwise leave it out.

Note the bolded.

We tend to be a little bit more flexible on c) because of the paywall situation, but please try and only quote the relevant sections of the article wherever possible, with a link to the rest of the article as well - usually there are workarounds with paywalls.

And putting the quoted paragraphs into collapsible quote boxes makes the thread much more readable - please do it.



Copying and pasting an entire slab of text without a source, without being put in text boxes and without any other content needs to stop, please.

Thanks,
Essendon Mods

 

[Lore]

Re-pinning for reference during the trade period.

In addition to the above, please paraphrase, or provide a quote (using quote tags) and a description of what the link actually is.

Posts that don't contain anything aside from a link may be removed as spam.

Don't be a spammer.

• Posts with the sole aim of directing traffic to other sites are not allowed, whether commercial or non-commercial.
• This includes drumming up readers for your own blog or other online content - post the full content of your own stuff with a link, and only in a relevant thread.
• Posting the same thread across multiple boards is also not allowed.
• Our general test is to ask whether the user is here to partake in the community, which is good, or to get traffic for their own site or product, which is bad.
• If in doubt, just ask.