I Second that. ^^^ Or maybe all usn stuff should get reviewed by staff before it's an officially posted/viewable thread. Probably would give them too much extra work though.
Hyro-Sama for president!If it's going to start petty flame wars then maybe only the staff should be allowed to post news.
C'mon guys, is it really that hard to summarize a few paragraphs into a few sentences? It's not rocket science.
Well...you got me there. I demand an exception be made for rocket science!C'mon guys, is it really that hard to summarize a few paragraphs into a few sentences? It's not rocket science.
Unless you're trying to summarize rocket science, of course.
You're supposed to summarize the article in your own words, not cut and paste. If someone can't do that then they shouldn't post news. Simple.Kind of scaring away people from posting News. I feel like people are being gagged and toss into the abyss for trying to get news
across.
http://gbatemp.net/t...wii-u-the-most/
I mean he may have done it wrong by not cutting down enough. How much do you clip from the article
while keeping understanding or turning it to a misunderstanding? I mean he could have put in his input,but
that really wouldn't make any difference.
While I understand and appreciated what you trying to do,all people didn't have the best of writing skills or try to keep unbiased and clear information from the
article. In any case, it isn't necessarily going to increase,decrease or even maintain traffic flow ,by post only one/two sentences News, to the other website because
people usually just jump in to post and leave without looking at the link.
Kind of scaring away people from posting News. I feel like people are being gagged and toss into the abyss for trying to get news
across.
http://gbatemp.net/t...wii-u-the-most/
I mean he may have done it wrong by not cutting down enough. How much do you clip from the article
while keeping understanding or turning it to a misunderstanding? I mean he could have put in his input,but
that really wouldn't make any difference.
While I understand and appreciated what you trying to do,all people didn't have the best of writing skills or try to keep unbiased and clear information from the
article. In any case, it isn't necessarily going to increase,decrease or even maintain traffic flow ,by posting only one/two sentences News, to the other website (which
they may have just clip themselves)because people usually just jump in to post and leave without looking at the link.
Kind of scaring away people from posting News. I feel like people are being gagged and toss into the abyss for trying to get news
across.
http://gbatemp.net/t...wii-u-the-most/
I mean he may have done it wrong by not cutting down enough. How much do you clip from the article
while keeping understanding or turning it to a misunderstanding? I mean he could have put in his input,but
that really wouldn't make any difference.
While I understand and appreciated what you trying to do,all people didn't have the best of writing skills or try to keep unbiased and clear information from the
article. In any case, it isn't necessarily going to increase,decrease or even maintain traffic flow ,by posting only one/two sentences News, to the other website (which
they may have just clip themselves)because people usually just jump in to post and leave without looking at the link.
At this point in time, if you're still posting news articles that are copied and pasted after two threads dedicated to the discussion of this (one I believe by Urza and this one) and numerous thread closings because of it, then you deserve to get your article locked. I have really no tolerance for plagiarism at this point.
You'll get "gagged and toss (sic) into the abyss" for plagiarizing, not posting news. If you're too much of a lazy ass or too stupid to read the rules at this point in time then you shouldn't be posting news. No ifs, ands, or buts.
Yeah, not everyone has the best writing skills, but if you realize this, either A) don't post the news, B) send it to someone who will write something for it, or C) write a sentence or two about it and have them read more at the source. It's not hard. If you miss a piece of news there's plenty of others to pick it up.
For the example at hand, he clipped a single paragraph (which, as Midna pointed out, helped introduce the article) and copy-pasted the rest. That's clear and obvious plagiarism.
I'm not gonna go retype an entire summary because someone forgot to do their homework. That's his job. If he can't do it, his article gets locked, no matter how many pages of comments it has. End of discussion.
Because keeping the relevant bits of an article speaks of complete and total idiocy, right?I would like to point out that soulx is just being an idiot. I have closed his threads multiple times for being plagiaristic, he knows perfectly well that posting in this way is not acceptable and he is more than capable of summarising an article in a few sentences if he wants to. Quite frankly he deserves to be gagged and tossed into the abyss at this point.
EDIT: BUT OH YEAH YOU PLAGIARIZED THIS ONE AGAIN.
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Excerpts of an article is not plagiarism. You don't seem to comprehend that.*snip*
The whole point of posting news here is to write something original, not just paste excerpts from other articles. You fail to do that over and over again.
Either write something original or stop posting news. I just closed another one of your articles. You're consistently failing to realize what you're doing is wrong so I suggest you stop even trying.
Falcom may be expanding its Legend of Heroes series to non PlayStation platforms shortly. A seasonal company report on Falcom at Toyo Keizai's investor resources page says "The Kiseki series has been limited to PSP, but starting next term it will be offered on 3DS and a variety of other targets." ("Kiseki" is the Japanese name for the line of Legend of Heroes games that includes Trails in the Sky).
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Please summarize in your own words, the essence of the news you are reporting. Please read the stickies in this forum for a guide. Simply copying the entire source article verbatim is lazy, and tantamount to plagiarism.
]I expect users to take a few minutes to write something in their own words.[/b] most of the internet is news which has been mirrored from other sources. let us try to act more professional than the next site by writing our own descriptions, and then link back to source posts for "more information."
Each person may have their own views on what is plagiarism or what is not, but if you are using a forum, you must follow the rules of that forum.
I would just shut up and follow them if I was a USN poster.
I miss the good old days when you could just post a news article from somewhere else in order to start a conversation about it, rather than having to re-write what has already been written or risk facing the wrath of an over-eager-"look-at-me-I-have-a-rank" reporter.
I know, but some seem to think there is.Each person may have their own views on what is plagiarism or what is not, but if you are using a forum, you must follow the rules of that forum.
I would just shut up and follow them if I was a USN poster.
Ummm.... There is no alternate definition of plagiarism.