(October 21, 2010 at 10:31 am)orogenicman Wrote: Why not? I have been posting on forums on the internet for 15 years and this is the first time anyone has asked me not to do this.Some forums allow it; some don't. We don't. Plain and simple (it's outlined clearly in the rules).
Quote:If the article is too long, I usually only quote relevant parts and post the link.That is fine to do; just don't quote the entire article. There is no point when people can simply follow the link. This is a forum for discussing things; it is not a repository for articles that already exist on the internet. We don't want to clog up the database with articles that can be viewed (usually in a better format) somewhere else. As Eilonnwy also stated, there is a copy-write issue too.
Quote:Why is this a problem? It hasn't been so far? And why bring it up in this thread, since I believe I only posted the link and a comment?We can't moderate everything at once; we go through things and if we spot something, we'll inform people. If you've done it in other places, I suggest you go back to those posts and edit the article out.
Eilonnwy brought it up in this thread because you did paste the entire article. I removed it from your post after she told you about it.
