[netmilsmom]

>>if we are posting from a subscription website, could we all test the link to the printer-friendly version and see whether it gets around the login page?<<

That would be great!

[nuconvert]

Good idea.
And while we're in a suggesting mode....I'd like to suggest more topics for the Bloggers & Personal forum. There are no topics listed that cover the WOT, or Iraq, or news stories, etc.

[Redbob]

"... if we are posting from a subscription website, could we all test the link to the printer-friendly version and see whether it gets around the login page?

You mean so that others would be free to steal the website's content?
Does that seem ethical, or merely Big-D "Dimocratic" like you find the DU'ers doing?

[keysguy]

How about fewer threads to wade through and fewer duplicate threads as well.

[gortklattu]

I think we should have a FREEPER COOKBOOK, one where people give their favorite recipes.

[djf]

I think every thread ought to have an automatic post #1:

What did Bush know an when did he know it?

That way, maybe we can save some precious bandwith, there are still some of us who are cave man like and use dialup.

[Smartaleck]

How about getting the links correct ...Period.

Linking to the WashingtonTimes is not the same as linking to the actual article!

How about people who think they're clever and make up their own headlines instead of using the actual headline?

This makes look-ups and seeing if the article has already been posted impossible........if a poster even takes the time to look. The duplicates on FR abound.

Why do people feel it necessary to re-post the same picture in the same thread? Not only does this needlessly use up valuable space on FR, it makes it most tedious for those with dial ups to load a thread.

[I Gig Gar]

When I click on a thread with a pay-site, I leave.

Good idea.

[k2blader]

Good suggestion.

[Rebelbase]

user: slashdot@slashdot.net

PW: slashdot

Works for a LOT of newspaper sites.

[snopercod]

What ever happened to Title 17 U.S.C. "fair use"?

[rwfromkansas]

Many printer pages on news sites DO bypass the login requirements since they assume if you get to the printer page you have to be logged in.

ALSO:

When you post a thread that requires a login, go to www.bugmenot.com. Type in the main website address. Once you do this, test the login on the site and see if it works (some do not....they seem to be removed by the site admin folks when they see them show up on Bugmenot). If it works, POST IT ON FR BELOW YOUR THREAD so we all can have a common login that works.