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**AnthonyKing** · 02-26-2012, 08:08 PM

Dear aramakrishnan1, yes, I did notice you had given a link to the site. But that is not enough. I wonder how many would have visited the site if you had not also cut and pasted the entire article, if even one person did not go, that is one less traffic count for that site.

I think the ethical thing to do (sorry for bringing ethics into this, but it is relevant) is to provide the link, and perhaps a small excerpt so that people who find the excerpt interesting can go to the site for more. IMO, giving a link at the end does not mitigate the error of cutting and pasting the entire article.

May be this is an issue that needs a ruling from the moderators, that will be beneficial to all of us.

Cheers!

Dear Naraji,
I am registered as member of the Forum for Hindu Awakening and I am given the full freedom to propagate the message to others based on my judgement. Whether to copy & paste the entire article or present an extract and provide link to the original article shall be best judged by the member. If the extract provided, which is opinion of the member on the article here fails to appeal to the other readers, then the link would not be used by the reader.
There may be many who visit this forum and read the posts, but have restrictions within their networks to access the linked articles. For those, the article directly presented here would be very useful.
For example, in countries like UAE, access to many Hindu sites are restricted and those members who have restricted access would not be able to read the original article itself.
I don't think you are recommending our Moderators to become Kapil Sibal and curb social media activities affecting their politics.

02-26-2012, 08:08 PM	#22
AnthonyKing Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 574 Senior Member	Dear aramakrishnan1, yes, I did notice you had given a link to the site. But that is not enough. I wonder how many would have visited the site if you had not also cut and pasted the entire article, if even one person did not go, that is one less traffic count for that site. I think the ethical thing to do (sorry for bringing ethics into this, but it is relevant) is to provide the link, and perhaps a small excerpt so that people who find the excerpt interesting can go to the site for more. IMO, giving a link at the end does not mitigate the error of cutting and pasting the entire article. May be this is an issue that needs a ruling from the moderators, that will be beneficial to all of us. Cheers! Dear Naraji, I am registered as member of the Forum for Hindu Awakening and I am given the full freedom to propagate the message to others based on my judgement. Whether to copy & paste the entire article or present an extract and provide link to the original article shall be best judged by the member. If the extract provided, which is opinion of the member on the article here fails to appeal to the other readers, then the link would not be used by the reader. There may be many who visit this forum and read the posts, but have restrictions within their networks to access the linked articles. For those, the article directly presented here would be very useful. For example, in countries like UAE, access to many Hindu sites are restricted and those members who have restricted access would not be able to read the original article itself. I don't think you are recommending our Moderators to become Kapil Sibal and curb social media activities affecting their politics.
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