Timeline for Copy/Pasting Text, is this a problem?
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| Jul 27, 2010 at 15:06 | comment | added | Josh K | @Oak Ahh good point i misread that originally, this policy does seem fine but as badp notes, we aren't lawyers so legally it is hard to say | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:18 | comment | added | Oak | @Josh: actually the linked question falls under my 2nd bullet, where I didn't mention excerpts (although I did at the end...). In short, I think it's fine, and anyway I agree with @Grace that you copied only the relevant information there. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:18 | comment | added | Grace Note StaffMod | @Josh An excerpt is a cut out of the relevant portions that address what you are quoting for. A handful of sentences can be an excerpt from a paragraph, while a paragraph can be an excerpt from an essay. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:17 | comment | added | Josh K | @Oak I noticed neither of our answers would be acceptable in your mind because we both use lists. What would you recommend as an alternative, seeing as those lists are provided good information towards the answer. I have seen this for other answers as well | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:16 | comment | added | Josh K | @Grace Note So an excerpt would be even larger? Multiple paragaphs or a page of text? | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:11 | comment | added | Grace Note StaffMod | @Josh I think a paragraph counts as an excerpt. I would call it that, at any rate. The important thing is that you're extracting the useful and relevant information as opposed to dumping the whole thing. | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:10 | comment | added | Josh K | So for the question i linked, neither mine or Juan Manuel answer would be acceptable in your mind, since we copy basically whole paragraphs? | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 14:01 | history | answered | Oak | CC BY-SA 2.5 |