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2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
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4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
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I would appreciate a short highlight being posted instead of your statement about not quoting the article. I fail to understand how that breaks the rules.
When I am at work I am not at liberty to click every link. A short quote of the article’s main thrust helps with that.
It doesn't break the rules at all. Almost everyone who posts here includes a one or two paragraph quote.
I also fail to understand how it breaks the rules. But I would rather my posts not get removed from the community.
You can find a post with quotes here: https://lemmy.4d2.org/post/4359326
Just post an excerpt.
If you offered a friend a bite of your lunch, you wouldn't want them to gobble up 80-90% of your food. If a friend let you borrow a car as long as you put gas in, you wouldn't return it with 1/8 of the tank and call it good.
Use common sense, and remember that these rules exist for the protection and safety of the community. Mods are just users who volunteer their time to keep things running smoothly.
The rules say not to quote the entire article. Maybe the rules should reflect what you enforce?
Seems to me, the rules should be updated to say, dont quote more than 7/8ths of the article. But either way, I'm American, idk what an 8th of an article is. I would rather not risk the post be removed.
Btw, some articles are 2 paragraph stubs because the story is developing, what would I be able to quote in that case?
I know mods volunteer, I'm a mod too. I am also volunteering my time to share the news, in this community and to quote in a way that captures context of the story. If you don't like that, then I just won't do that here.
Ps: use common sense. If I post an article and it gets highly voted that means the community thinks it is important. If I quote that article in a comment, you could just delete the comment if you think I quoted too much. There is no reason to delete the entire post from the community.
If an entire post was removed due to a rule-breaking comment, please let me know because that is certainly an error. Send me the link or the mod log entry and I'd be happy to review it.
I can't send the link as the post was removed.
I guess you also didn't like the original title of the article from the verge.
The article quotes were in a comment however.
this again? you're being obtuse.
I didn't see the comment, but that should have been removed as well. When you cross post from certain clients it will include the entire original text that was in the original post, which in this case was nearly all of the article. Some clients may hide the content of the cross-post although I'm not sure why. Now that I see the comments, I see that another user even mentioned this fact to you, so it's clear that you were aware of it.
I'm not sure what client you're using to cross post or what client you're viewing it from. Regardless, the post itself includes the cross-posted text. This is an issue with Lemmy cross-posting, and you would have to take that up with the devs.
It would be appropriate to continue this conversation through direct messages.
The rule states not to quote the entire article because of copyright reasons. So just don’t do that. Please do post a short quote in the future.
Edit: I am curious why this comment got downvoted. I stated what the rule was and asked for short synopsis. Seems fine. How is that a bad thing?
I did not do that and my posts were still removed.
Apparently it has something to do with "fair use" so I have to carefully figure out what that means to each mod arbitrarily... And no, not doing that.
All I want is to share the news to the most people possible, and if not quoting means I can do it then so be it.
I quote the first few paragraphs of the articles and they don't remove my posts. Look at my post history if you want an example.
I'm happy for you that your posts were not arbitrarily removed like mine were.
I didn't say yours weren't arbitrarily removed.