[firian]

Hey. I just wanted to know something.

Copying content from other forums is not allowed, but what if you want to copy your own content?
What if you want to simply write exactly same message as you did on other board?

Let's say you described programme and wrote a review for it on other forums - can you copy this post to this board or do you have to write another, different review for italkmoney?

Duplicating content made by other people should be banned, but not duplicating your own content. Rules doesn't state exactly what is and isn't allowed in this situation, so I wanted to know the official's answer :-)

[billie]

the response to your post will really serve as an eye opener to some of us because i do have posts in some forum other this and may want to actually post them here. i strongly agree with for stiff penalties for whose ever duplicates another ones content. lets endeavor to come up with original ideas

[sinip]

firian, on 15 September 2010 - 01:44 PM, said:

Hey. I just wanted to know something.

Copying content from other forums is not allowed, but what if you want to copy your own content?
What if you want to simply write exactly same message as you did on other board?

Let's say you described programme and wrote a review for it on other forums - can you copy this post to this board or do you have to write another, different review for italkmoney?

Duplicating content made by other people should be banned, but not duplicating your own content. Rules doesn't state exactly what is and isn't allowed in this situation, so I wanted to know the official's answer :-)

Yes you may do so, although it would be nice if you actually change something. So as long as the content is yours, on topic, and keeps the discussion flowing, it will be ok. As far as rules are concerned, rules DO forbid copying other people's contenbt and presenting it as yours own, so I suppose that part is clear enough.

[firian]

Thanks for your answer, sinip. It's nice to see an active staff members around.

And btw. - I don't understand why, but someone gave me negative feedback for the first post in this thread. Someone actually thought that it was a wrong thing to do to ask if something is against the rules or not? Well, I guess that this person would prefer breaking the rules and then asking. Not nice.

Thanks again for answer, this thread can be closed since everything is now clear.

[sinip]

firian, on 16 September 2010 - 11:37 PM, said:

Thanks for your answer, sinip. It's nice to see an active staff members around.

And btw. - I don't understand why, but someone gave me negative feedback for the first post in this thread. Someone actually thought that it was a wrong thing to do to ask if something is against the rules or not? Well, I guess that this person would prefer breaking the rules and then asking. Not nice.

Thanks again for answer, this thread can be closed since everything is now clear.

Don't worry, it is always better to ask if something is not clear, than to break the rules. BTW feel free to invite your friends to join in, we could have more people from Poland around here. If they don't speak English well, we can open Polish speaking section too. I will probably ask you for some small English to Polish translation as well (or at least to correct what Google Translate did), later on, since I want to submit ITM to some Polish web directories.

[rohit]

Duplicating content made by other people should be banned, but not duplicating your own content. Rules doesn't state exactly what is and isn't allowed in this situation, so I wanted to know the official's answer :-)