desredandwhite
11th February 2003, 07:47 PM
Just thought I'd post briefly on this subject, as there might be some confusion over it.... When you are posting articles from another site, whether that is afl.com.au, or smh.com.au, or wherever... Our preference is that you:
a) Post the full text of the article, or the relevant section of the article that applies to your post, AND
b) Credit the author and source of the original article, AND
c) Post the URL of the article in question.
It doesn't take much effort to do all the 3 things above. To clarify, I'm going to try to explain WHY I think this is a good idea.
a) Posting the text of the article in this forum allows readers to read the article in question without having to leave RWO - it is also more useful to have the text of the article here when discussing it.
b) Crediting the author and original website ensures their work is acknowledged.
c) Posting the URL allows those who are interested to click through to the external site to see the original article in its intended context, with appropriate links, pictures etc. Also, if the content belongs to another site, they deserve the page-views generated by their article.
Now, I'll state again that this is just our PREFERENCE - I'm not going to chuck people out for not doing it (might post a gentle reminder here and there but that's it) - but please try to remember the 3 things above, it's a courtesy to other RWO readers, and to the owners of the material.
a) Post the full text of the article, or the relevant section of the article that applies to your post, AND
b) Credit the author and source of the original article, AND
c) Post the URL of the article in question.
It doesn't take much effort to do all the 3 things above. To clarify, I'm going to try to explain WHY I think this is a good idea.
a) Posting the text of the article in this forum allows readers to read the article in question without having to leave RWO - it is also more useful to have the text of the article here when discussing it.
b) Crediting the author and original website ensures their work is acknowledged.
c) Posting the URL allows those who are interested to click through to the external site to see the original article in its intended context, with appropriate links, pictures etc. Also, if the content belongs to another site, they deserve the page-views generated by their article.
Now, I'll state again that this is just our PREFERENCE - I'm not going to chuck people out for not doing it (might post a gentle reminder here and there but that's it) - but please try to remember the 3 things above, it's a courtesy to other RWO readers, and to the owners of the material.