[Patrick Madrid]

Re: etiquette here

What's the popular wisdom on this: Is it better to post an entire article in the FR post box or is it better to give a paragraph and include a link to the original page?

[SoothingDave]

Is it better to post an entire article in the FR post box or is it better to give a paragraph and include a link to the original page?

Post the entire article.

This is true for several reasons, the most practical being that an article whihc attracts serious interest can lead to too much demand for a particular site. This site is built for large numbers.

Also, the political objects of this site are (in part) to analyze the media. We have, numerous times, caught the wire services or papers with ongoing "changes" to posted articles. Without the original text here, it all disappears down the memory hole.

Also, many articles are posted on sites as a "daily" article, then the article is archived to a different address. in other words, a link today to one article is either defunct or points to another article the next day.

Lastly, due to a law suit, excerpting is required for any material that originates with the Washington Post or LA Times or their writers.

SD

[sitetest]

Dear Patrick,

Posters prefer if the entire article is posted (as long as it isn't too long). Excerpting was necessitated by the owner's legal troubles with the Washington Post, the LA Times, and some other folks.

Since you're likely to be posting articles from your own magazine, I suppose there won't be any copyright issues. ;-)

Welcome.


sitetest

[Pyro7480]

It depends. If the article is really long, it is better to excerpt it. Also, if the article is from the Washington Post or any of its sister papers, one has to excerpt it, keeping it to 100 words or less. This is the terms of a settlement between FR and WP.