Rules on Use of Quotations

[davidbfpo]

Pete,

I will offer an interim moderators reply.

We do prefer, no insist upon that quotations do have a link to their source, preferably a web link or a source e.g. Rommel's Memoirs pg.39 refers and are in quotation marks I.e. opened with [q-e] and closed with [/q-e].

Excessive quotations are looked at seriously as there could be copyright issues and we have had visits from those who have an interest in preserving copyright. SWC wants to avoid litigation.

Brevity also helps and I regularly summarise quotes from press articles.

Hopefully a wiser head will come along to explain more if required.

[Ken White]

with no link to the basic document can cause US copyright law conflicts. AP in particular is very touchy about their stuff; you can make short quotes and link and they're cool with that but if you post the whole thing, even with attribution, they sometimes get dicey about it (LINK), (LINK).

Some Newspaper and publications are even worse than AP and over the years, a few things have been yanked form this Board because the Copyright owner spotted it and demanded that be done.

Jedburgh probably said all that in his PMs to you.

In any event, this is a case of better safe than sorry; it may be overkill but that's the way the owners of the Site wish to operate. It's their site, the rest of us are just guests...

[Jedburgh]

Pete,

Ken and David pretty much explained the issue. But I have also told you privately - more than once - via PM about the need for linking sources. It takes extremely little extra effort beyond the cut-and-paste of the quoted material. Hell, its just cut-and-paste of the URL. There are a lot of other people who post regularly on this board, and none of'em appear to have any problem with linking sources.

The effort you are exerting in avoiding a response to my PMs cautioning you about the lack of quotes, and then taking it public on the board, far exceeds the absolute minimal keystrokes necessary to link a source. What is the real issue?

Just remember, this is a board that welcomes open discussion and encourages differing viewpoints. But if you can't play nice, and play by the - very simple and minimal - rules, then take your game somewhere else.

[Stan]

The other part of this that really gets me goat is I get interested in the subject article and have to search or beg for the link

[Rex Brynen]

The other part of this that really gets me goat is I get interested in the subject article and have to search or beg for the link

I can't help you on the missing links, Stan, but we did find your goat--apparently he's defected to North Korea...

[Stan]

I can't help you on the missing links, Stan, but we did find your goat--apparently he's defected to North Korea...

Thanks, Rex !
Jeez, don't want to piss off a North Korean soldier while goat herding. Must be a new MOS

BTW, the Urban Dictionary's version is as follows...

Notes: Getting someone's goat can not be a quick process and must be done by not being directly mean. The best way to get someone's goat is by means of clever annoyance.

And finally...

Additional Note:
If the process of goat-getting is taking place in an email conversation, further taunting can be achieved by sending a picture of the newly acquired goat.

You'll note the attention to detail with clean links - someone please teach David and Pete how to do that

[davidbfpo]

Stan,

You'll note the attention to detail with clean links - someone please teach David and Pete how to do that

Just as long as the teaching does not involve high explosive. I await my teaching with some trepidation, but then I am British and a stiff, upper lip is my best defence.