On Internet Discussion Boards And Referencing Slashdot 7
Sir Joltalot asks: "I'm writing an essay about the role of Internet discussion boards in our society. I'd like to quote some comments I've found in various Slashdot discussions that have occurred, and I'm just wondering if any of you have suggestions or have devised methods for referencing such quotes (giving full credit to the author, if non-anonymous) in a formal way." We have such things for formal printed publications, why not Internet publications? Have such things been determined yet or not?
Re:Extend slashdot user info with quotability flag (Score:1)
You're posting on a PUBLIC bulletin board. Anyone can view it. You should be able to quote it, as it is a public board. If you don't want people quoting you, don't post. Have a private peer-to-peer discussion if you'd like, but if you post it, it's public domain material.
It would be nice to ask permission of the poster before quoting though, but I don't believe it is necessary.
Referencing quotes (Score:1)
Real Name
Nickname
Email Address
and in the format,
([Realname, Nickname or Email Address]) wrote "(quote in italics)", much the same way as you would reference a quote by an author in a book.
Any other thoughts on this?
footnoting/bibliography (Score:1)
Coward, Anonymous. "Re: First Post"
Online Posting. 12 Apr 1999.
<http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=BLAHBLAH>
(viewed 13 Apr 1999).
hope that helps
How I would do it (Score:1)
Hagar, Chris, "How I would do it." _Slashdot_. Ask Slashdot Section: "On Internet Discussion Boards and Referencing Slashdot" 27 May 2000. Available from: http://slashdot.org/ Internet. 27 May 2000.
Author, "Comment Name." _Forum_. Section: "Thread" Date of Comment. Available from: http://Website/ Internet. Date when material was accessed.
Chris Hagar
Referencing internet discussion boards (Score:2)
Extend slashdot user info with quotability flag? (Score:1)
It could be a good idea to add a setting to user preferences to indicate authors preferences wrt. to reuse of posted comments outside slashdot. Granted, it won't cover AC postings, it will leave the situation just as unclear as it's now for those useres who don't bother to enter any info - but it would give a standardized way to explicitely express the authors wishes on what may be done with posts.
If there's a lot of comments to chose form, it would make external use much less controversial if you could just pick some where the authors explicitely agreed to have to stuff reused.
Re:Referencing internet discussion boards (Score:1)