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| Material from web pages (including photographs) should generally be referred to by providing a link to the original source, rather than copying the material directly into your message or attaching it as a file. When possible, use embedded links to keep your message readable. | Material from web pages (including photographs) should generally be referred to by providing a link to the original source, rather than copying the material directly into your message or attaching it as a file. When possible, use embedded links to keep your message readable. | ||
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| + | Material from emails may not be posted on the forum, unless you wrote the email yourself or explicit permission to repost is given in the email. Likewise, the contents of private messages may not be posted on the forum unless both the sender and the receiver of the private message have given permission to post it. | ||
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| + | Messages (or screenshots of messages) and files from this forum may not be reposted elsewhere without specific permission from the author. | ||
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| + | === Quoting From an External Site === | ||
| If you copy and paste text from another website in a forum message, please keep in mind the following statement from our [[https://thelitforum.com/Forum_Rules.htm|Forum Rules]], in the section on "Copyright and Fair Use": | If you copy and paste text from another website in a forum message, please keep in mind the following statement from our [[https://thelitforum.com/Forum_Rules.htm|Forum Rules]], in the section on "Copyright and Fair Use": | ||
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| * You must clearly indicate in your post when you are quoting what someone else has said, and | * You must clearly indicate in your post when you are quoting what someone else has said, and | ||
| - | * You must include a link to the original source any time you quote from another website. If you don't know how to post a link, see the instructions [[linking_to_external_sites|here]]. | + | * You must include a link to the original source any time you quote from another website, so that others can read the quote in context for themselves. If you don't know how to post a link, see the instructions [[linking_to_external_sites|here]]. |
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| - | Material from emails may not be posted on the forum, unless you wrote the email yourself or explicit permission to repost is given in the email. Likewise, the contents of private messages may not be posted on the forum unless both the sender and the receiver of the private message have given permission to post it. | + | |