Granting Permission To Quote From You In Other Threads: Add Your Name Here If It Is OK With You.

[Quagmire]

Do we? Do you ask for explict permission to quote from external sources (websites, books, speeches etc.)? I'd suggest that whatever we post here is in the public domain and others are free to quote it somewhere else. It might be considered polite to ask but I don't see it as a strict requirement.

There is, of course, a moral responsibility to quote completely and accuratly within the correct context.

It's actually against the rules to use someone's quote outside of the thread it originated in without their permission.

Too much potential for abuse, like taking someone's quote out of context in order to humiliate them, or even purposely brandishing someone's quote in context in order to humiliate them. Goes for sigs too.

This is a much more civil option:

It would be better to give a link to the quote so that it was seen in context.

But even then it's always better to get permission if you're going to use it as a basis for an OP.

 

[HonestJoe]

It's actually against the rules to use someone's quote outside of the thread it originated in without their permission.

As I said to Odion, I couldn't find that stated in any of the rules and I don't see the moral difference between this and quoting something from an outside source (which could knowingly or unknowingly include something written by a member here).

Too much potential for abuse, like taking someone's quote out of context in order to humiliate them, or even purposely brandishing someone's quote in context in order to humiliate them. Goes for sigs too.

Those things in themselves are against the rules (and rightly so). Quoting someone within a thread can (and sadly is) used for those purposes too.

This is a much more civil option:

I'm think anonymous quotes or general implication are more likely to be used for insults/abuse. With a direct quote from a specified thread we (and you) can at least all see the original in context and differentiate between abuse and a reasonable division on a relevant tangent.

But even then it's always better to get permission if you're going to use it as a basis for an OP.

I'm not saying that's a bad idea. I just don't think it would be fair for someone to be reprimanded for quoting someone else in a new thread if they have perfectly innocent intentions.

 

[Revoltingest]

Their permission needed is most certainly!
Except if you take out the author.
So a new thread with an opening which quotes someone like this:
Is not permitted.
However, technically:
Is fine. I think...

I just searched the rules for every place where the word "quote" appears.
I didn't find nuthin prohibiting quoting posters in other threads.....so long as it's accurate & not trolling.
No permission is required. What did I miss? Where is it? Or is this some mod practical joke?
(I blame Quagmire....just look at his shifty eyes.)

 

[Kerr]

Anyone can quote me at any time, even though I would appreciate it if people say its me they are quoting. Not that anyone would want to .

 

[Renji]

In short, courtesy: the person didn't give permission, and isn't aware of it being used to create a whole new topic. Some people even forget to mention it and the member only finds it after something like... I dunno, 37 posts and 478 views.

The rule it goes against... I can't recall off hand. I'm going senile in my old (25 years old) age. :sad4:

Even if there's no rule which states it (just as an example), if we have a good sense of "netiquette" and respect of other people's intellectual property rights,even if a particular post seem not to be "intellectual" in any way , we won't just go quote digging without having the person who wrote the specific detail recognized. IMO, we don't need to be reminded of the rules or that we need rules ALL THE TIME; rules of internet are not dogmas or something that is similar to a rule of state, it's more of a guideline. It's a matter of how responsible we are as "netizens".

 

[Debater Slayer]

***Mod Post***

Thread closed per Staff consensus.
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