# A note on quotes from your friendly neighborhood TubaDiva **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973 "2001-11-17T19:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/1 "2001-11-17T19:19:58Z")
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:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/2 "2001-11-17T19:22:14Z")
Thank you, TubaDiva. I’ll just put my waders back in the closet now. Damn them things was getting heavy. Have a wonderful weekend! ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/3 "2001-11-17T20:19:06Z")
**crossposting** , eh? Reminds me of… Nah, never mind. It’s for a good cause this time;). ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/4 "2001-11-18T03:19:12Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/5 "2001-11-18T15:26:40Z")
Why not transform this post into some kind of ‘Announcement’ (to be left on the respective boards for a couple of months) so as not to have to bump it repeatedly for several days. It might have the added benefit of informing newbies before they make their first posts. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/6 "2001-11-18T17:29:02Z")
Then it should be part of the registration agreement, omni. Not that anyone reads it 🙂 I haven’t read it since '99 myself. Frankly, I haven’t seen any of those over-quoted posts. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/7 "2001-11-18T18:45:32Z")
**omni-not** , the reason that **TubaDiva** didn’t make it an announcement is because > [@](#): > > I didn’t want to disturb Ed’s survey announcement, can only have one announcement at a time around here . **handy** , it _is_ in the registration agreement. > [@](#): > > You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this BB to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this BB. You agree to abide by the wishes of the board moderators in interpreting and enforcing these rules. Refusal to cooperate with board moderators or to abide by these rules is grounds for revocation of your posting privileges. And one of the reasons you don’t see them is because they get edited by the mods. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/8 "2001-11-18T20:13:54Z")
That’s what happens when you have a bright idea (:)) a few days after reading the original OP. Completely forgot about that little sentence…Thanks for diplomatically pointing out the obvious to me, Kat. I had a **handy** moment and beg the community’s forgiveness. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/9 "2001-11-19T15:58:14Z")
“I had a handy moment” It’s always nice to read compliments from you omni. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/10 "2001-11-19T16:02:28Z")
😉 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-quotes-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-tubadiva/93973/11 "2001-11-19T19:39:03Z")
bump-de-bump.