# Official policy on posting links to other people's material?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-policy-on-posting-links-to-other-peoples-material/151499>\
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**Created:** [January 30, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-policy-on-posting-links-to-other-peoples-material/151499 "2003-01-30T02:29:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-policy-on-posting-links-to-other-peoples-material/151499/1 "2003-01-30T02:29:24Z")

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Is there a message-board policy for posting links to a webpage that contains material one would like to share and discuss?

E.g. I would really like to know what the GD crowd would make of [www.mrlizard.com](http://www.mrlizard.com). Can I just post one of the articles he wrote in link/excerpt form and state my position the way we do with news articles?

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-policy-on-posting-links-to-other-peoples-material/151499/2 "2003-01-30T04:01:50Z")

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The official policy is that it’s be best if you post a link to the article, with a brief summary of what the article is about or what points the article is making that you want to talk about, and then give your opinion to start the ball rolling. It’s also okay to include brief quotations from the article you want to discuss.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-policy-on-posting-links-to-other-peoples-material/151499/3 "2003-01-30T04:04:22Z")

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“It’s be best”? Good lord.