The post quoted below reveals a confusion between providing references, as in
technical or scholarly writing, and the simple requirement to enclose copied
and pasted material from the internet in quotes, with a link to the website
from where it is lifted. Those who place pilfered text verbatim in their posts,
creating the impression that it is their own, are taking a huge risk. No amount
of miscued excuses like those in the post below will protect them.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Fri, 7/30/10, Gilbert Lawrence <gilbert2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Venatius,
>
>I read your recent interesting post on this thread (I think) requesting
>references. Your's has been a POLITE and WELL >ARTICULATED article >making
>the case to provide references in posts. So >I extend you the >courtesy of a
>polite response in requesting you to consider the following >points.
>
>
>1. Writing a response to a post on goanet (or in a blog) is like writing >a
>letter-to-the-editor. By-and-large, do you see any references in >letters
>to-the-editor published in Goan, Indian or international >newspapers and
>magazines?
>
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