[Holly_P]

I can't find any info about how short an excerpt must be. Where did you find it?

Also I posted in the past and I have forgotten the source but I wasn't warned when I posted but the thread was later pulled because articles from that particular source must be excerpted.

Any information would be helpful.

[jimtorr]

A rule of thumb about how long an excerpt should be is just enough to convey what the article is about. The first couple of paragraphs is usually enough.

I only know this much because I've been spening way too much time on FR for the past five years, and read what jimrob, johnrob, physisist(the original FR attorney) and the others involved in the Post/Times lawsuit wrote about guidelines at the time of the suit resolution.