Excess Posting

Well, looks like there's no need to learn how to cut and paste now. Is there a special place to go to learn that stuff?

 

And for those who Cut and Paste within the limits of fair usage, i'd suggest you use the handy quote function

eg

[noparse]

[/noparse]

gives

And...

[noparse]

[/noparse]

gives

Followed by a link where you found the post will be useful

And as Slip rightly said, put in your point also, explaining why you think the original poster is being justified / not justified than the person quoted.

You must not publish content which is copyrighted, as it will most prolly get deleted...(and for the record, all the content posted is copyrighted unless expressly mentioned so -- see the links below)
Read more about copyright here:

Copyright Laws And FAQ

Fair usage according to US Copyright Office and Wikipedia

Copyright myths

You might also want to visit Creative commons


Regards,
TBA

 

I confirm my full support on the matter.

 

100% agreed!

 

Same here.

 

Yes, as a amatter of fact you can, just do this

[noparse] [/noparse]

eg.
[noparse]

[/noparse]

gives..

Be sure that the post is on the same thread, and that you get the correct post id.

(unless i am mistaken) I dont think it is possible for external links as you cant nest the codes..eg you cant do [noparse]

[/noparse] as i think the quote function regards its input parameters as strings and not codes, hence what ever you put after the = sign, it will appear as it is...
But for external links.. just use the handy [noparse] name[/noparse] tags..


Regards,
TBA

 

yeah, internal in the same thread... for eg you cant link a post in a different thread, as after the ";" the no. which you put in, vB scans the same thread only, and not other thread to find a matching post ID. hence the best method to link is just give the name of the person who wrote it, and supply a hard link at the end.

the method which i told you about is purely cosmetic as no links appear, instead they take the form of a nice little graphic

EDIT: IF i am right, you can use the [noparse][thread][/noparse] tags to link different threads..

Regards,
TBA

 

This sounds good to me, I support it too

 

Can someone post an example of a thread that had used to much "cut and paste"? I am honestly admitting that I have no clue on what you are talking about besides the part about the copyright and quotations.

 

Neither do I :It's all Chinese for me .

 

Cant give you an example, though from what i understand, users are copy pasting answers to questions from other user's posts, without giving and hence effectively stealing the credit deserved for the answer...

it may / not be only posts, but also inet sites etc.. i hope i am clear.

Regards,
TBA

 

For me cut and pasting falls into three categories:

1. When referring to as source material in support of a thesis or argument.
Much the same as you would in a "Works Cited" portion of an essay or research paper. Often the passage in reference is "quoted" to provide context of the source material.

2. Pasting other's works and passing them as your own without credit to author or source.
This is plagerism.

3. Current Eventing/Serial Posting
This is the most apprehensible of the cutting and pasting. The poster will merely paste the link to a news article without context. This is what I believe to be the root cause of the recent virus infestations. More often than not the original poster will post the same article, from a different source, which has already been posted.

The 1st example, for me, is the only acceptable form of "Cut and Paste" 2 & 3 are "Cut and Post" with very little thought given to source.

While we all should strive for example 1 there are many, including "Trustees", who are guilty of examples 2 & 3.

Hope that helps

 

Hahaha , good to know you grant me the first three letters of the alphabet. It could have been worse

 

Though Ive been tought it, you dont have to worry about that pasting stuff from me ;-00