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Is This Quotation and Link Back OK?

Posted by JacobDiv • 2/05/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: newspapers, quotes

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is a dumb question. What do you think about the way a newspaper article is quoted in this blog?

Blog Quoting the Online NewsPaper
vtgovworkers.blogspot.com/2009/02/governor-douglas-to-get-discretion-over.h...

Original Story in Online Newspaper
timesargus.com/article/20090205/NEWS01/902050353/1002/NEWS01

Thank you in advance for any thoughts or information you can share.

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  1. JacobDiv
    2/05/09
    JacobDiv
    now please, I only need a few checks on this, don't all 10,000 members go responding at once like this, it will bring the server down. jk
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  2. polybore
    2/05/09
    polybore
    No it is not ok. There is no comment on the quote, it is just a straight reprint.
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  3. PetLvr
    2/05/09
    PetLvr
    I see absolutely nothing wrong with that ...

    If anything it is the original story without the source links FAIL.
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    1. polybore
      2/05/09
      polybore
      But why not just a link to the original article? There is no point republishing it.
    2. PetLvr
      2/06/09
      PetLvr
      I think it's okay to post 2-3 paragraphs and then redirect people to the original source - unless the original source is 2-3 paragraphs in total length

      Newspapers write stories .. Blogging is about passing along links.
  4. JP2112
    2/06/09
    JP2112
    There is a link to the source at the bottom of the quote.
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