Hi folks all,

as a means of respect for the work of others, I would ask that whenever you copy and paste something into a forum post (perhaps for the weekly discussion points or whatever) that you reference it. Just let us know where you got the info from. This is polite, ensures you don't breach copyright of the owner of the info and enables others to go and look at the original work and learn some more if they wish to as well.

For the context behind this request, check out the blog entry, Stealing People's Work in A Witch's Day. Now please understand I am NOT accusing anyone here of stealing work to post on the forums but given I have posted to the blog how rude it is to copy and paste people's work, that it is in fact copyright infringement and therefore stealing, and that we are community that respects the rights of others, I'm going to suggest we do exactly that, respect the rights of the original authors when we copy and paste. Nothing wrong with copying and pasting to the forum but let's make sure we reference it when we do, me included. :)

To reference a website, please enter the URL of the site and the day you accessed it.

To reference a book, journal or something in hardcopy, please make sure you give the title of the work and the author. I'll put this into the weekly discussion posts from this week on so we don't forget.

Hugs and smiles as always my wonderful folks, Me