[SmithL]

Do not excerpt an article unless necessary.

I too, like seeing entire articles on FR, especially if the newspaper site requires registration to read the whole article.

I have heard, from writers that I respect, that by posting an entire column we deprive them of a hit on their site. Sometimes, when legacy media is anticipating job cuts, the number of hits determines who goes and who stays on the payroll.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I have heard, from writers that I respect, that by posting an entire column we deprive them of a hit on their site.

Then put a note in the first post asking us to give them a hit.

The archive function is one of the more valuable parts of FR. So often new sites rearrange things so that the article vanishes into the ozone. Sometimes deliberately.