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Lots of articles get copied and pasted into forum posts. Mainly, they serve to establish talking points for the thread. Sometimes, they're used as support material for a claim. Often, they're used to rebut controversial statements and, sometimes, they're just darn funny.
But, there isn't really a generally accepted guideline for quoting them. I've been on a number of boards and very few have strict guidelines for quoting third-party information.
I generally establish my own policy, making sure to separate copyrighted text/articles, link the source and clearly indicate it is not my own work. But, that is sometimes problematic.
I've started to "try" to use our quote system. Specifically
But, there are problems with that, sometimes, as some urls cause the quote brackets some trouble.
So, is there a possible solution available? This is, after all, teh intranetz. Anything is possible.
Something to pass on to developers/admins: A special "Quote" feature that parses out urls correctly, allows a title of the url to be entered and is markedly different from quoting a user's post.
For instance, it could be a "Quote Reference" button. In it, a popup would arise which would ask for the url, the title of the url and the text to be quoted. The quoted material would then appear inside a slightly different colored quote box with the title "Source Reference" (or something marking it clearly as third-party material instead of just a Quote. It could be allowed the same format restrictions as are available in any regular portion of a post.
I don't mind quoting articles by using the existing quote feature or simpler means. However, because of url formatting differences, the quote feature doesn't like them all and, frequently, disallows some titles for me. I could continue using the old "italics" method but, that doesn't always look very neat. But, not many forums that I frequent have a set, built-in feature for their software for quoting articles/references/etc.. A quick little addition that formatted the quotes appropriately would be nice. (Or, if the quote feature allowed more characters without causing it fits in attributing the quote, that would be most welcomed.)
It's important to pass on to ..whoever, that such a feature would not legally obligate the forums for following any copyright law. They would not be establishing a "Standard" but, on the contrary, trying to protect the integrity of a current practice. Their current stance on Copyright Infringement would not change in their EULA/TOS and they'd be under no obligation to change that standard as long as they did not make the use of any "Quote Reference" feature mandatory.
Anyway, it's just an idea. It's frivolous and, most likely, unnecessary. But, then again, lots of ideas are frivolous and unnecessary. That doesn't mean we don't like them.
But, there isn't really a generally accepted guideline for quoting them. I've been on a number of boards and very few have strict guidelines for quoting third-party information.
I generally establish my own policy, making sure to separate copyrighted text/articles, link the source and clearly indicate it is not my own work. But, that is sometimes problematic.
I've started to "try" to use our quote system. Specifically
[url=http://www.space.com:3iksqtlu said:where this is the hotlink for the quoted article[/url]":3iksqtlu]
And this is a small or significant portion of the copyrighted material.
But, there are problems with that, sometimes, as some urls cause the quote brackets some trouble.
So, is there a possible solution available? This is, after all, teh intranetz. Anything is possible.
Something to pass on to developers/admins: A special "Quote" feature that parses out urls correctly, allows a title of the url to be entered and is markedly different from quoting a user's post.
For instance, it could be a "Quote Reference" button. In it, a popup would arise which would ask for the url, the title of the url and the text to be quoted. The quoted material would then appear inside a slightly different colored quote box with the title "Source Reference" (or something marking it clearly as third-party material instead of just a Quote. It could be allowed the same format restrictions as are available in any regular portion of a post.
I don't mind quoting articles by using the existing quote feature or simpler means. However, because of url formatting differences, the quote feature doesn't like them all and, frequently, disallows some titles for me. I could continue using the old "italics" method but, that doesn't always look very neat. But, not many forums that I frequent have a set, built-in feature for their software for quoting articles/references/etc.. A quick little addition that formatted the quotes appropriately would be nice. (Or, if the quote feature allowed more characters without causing it fits in attributing the quote, that would be most welcomed.)
It's important to pass on to ..whoever, that such a feature would not legally obligate the forums for following any copyright law. They would not be establishing a "Standard" but, on the contrary, trying to protect the integrity of a current practice. Their current stance on Copyright Infringement would not change in their EULA/TOS and they'd be under no obligation to change that standard as long as they did not make the use of any "Quote Reference" feature mandatory.
Anyway, it's just an idea. It's frivolous and, most likely, unnecessary. But, then again, lots of ideas are frivolous and unnecessary. That doesn't mean we don't like them.