# A note on quotes from your friendly neighborhood TubaDiva **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 17, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93971 "2001-11-17T19:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93971/1 "2001-11-17T19:17:45Z")
We’ve had quite a few incidents of late where someone posts not only a link to a cite or an interesting article, but they also cut and paste the entire text into the thread. That’s not the way to do things around here. Not only is it a violation of copyright and a waste of bandwidth, you shouldn’t make everyone wade through an entire article just to prove your point. It’s very good to hyperlink to whatever it is you want people to read and it’s permissible to quote a **short** excerpt as a pointer. That’s it, though. Any questions about SDMB policy? Let us know. Send me an email ([TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com)) or open a thread in [About This Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2). Thanks. your humble TubaDiva Administrator PS I’m going against our usual rule and crossposting this in a couple other forums – I didn’t want to disturb Ed’s survey announcement, can only have one announcement at a time around here – this is not an invitation for more crossposting by the Teeming Millions. ---
**Author:** ![Bonzo\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Bonzo\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonzo_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93971/2 "2001-11-17T20:43:00Z")
It’s only an invitation for more cross-posting to those Teemsters who lack the intelligence of frog spawn. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93971/3 "2001-11-17T20:55:18Z")
Needless to say, that was me above. Welcome to the world of the two-poster family. [sigh] “We learn to Log Off when we’re done, dear, so Mommy can post without fear.” “But Pokemasters automatically logs you off.” “Well, the SDMB doesn’t.” Gaah… :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93971/5 "2001-11-18T00:59:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ol’ Stewball \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Bonzo Goose (aka DDG) \* > > \*\*It’s only an invitation for more cross-posting to those Teemsters who lack the intelligence of frog spawn. \*\* > > If you’re planning to write for a living, don’t quit your day job. \*\* Was there any need for that kind of comment? ---
**Author:** ![Suave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Suave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suave)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93971/6 "2001-11-18T01:01:54Z")
None of these comments seem useful, exactly, including yours and mine. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93971/7 "2001-11-20T09:13:00Z")
This notice is a prime reason why I don’t think we’ll get IMG code enabled on this message board any time soon. Respect copyrights, people. OK, that was pretty lame, but I didn’t want to just put \ in the reply field.