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The link is still accessible through google cache. You guys might want to do something about that.
can you open it and read ? btw we had this discussion before right ? i remember i talked with you about same issue ..
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can you open it and read ? btw we had this discussion before right ? i remember i talked with you about same issue ..
The answer is yes for both the questions. I can still open the google cache of ICF's page with the entire article. I would suggest removing the link from all the posts in this thread. I used to post articles with highlighted sections so that people could read and comment on what i found interesting. Rest assured i won't do that now. And it is a post by nalanda aka scorpio that caused the problem. So it is not me who brought the website down.
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The answer is yes for both the questions. I can still open the google cache of ICF's page with the entire article. I would suggest removing the link from all the posts in this thread. I used to post articles with highlighted sections so that people could read and comment on what i found interesting. Rest assured i won't do that now. And it is a post by nalanda aka scorpio that caused the problem. So it is not me who brought the website down.
thanks for reply ..this will help
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Yup as coffee said, quoting the article and url linking to the original article is fine. Have submitted the url removal from the google cache as well. Should be gone.

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Yup as coffee said, quoting the article and url linking to the original article is fine. Have submitted the url removal from the google cache as well. Should be gone.
That's such a basic that it needn't be mentioned but alas! I've been asking for people to quote posts which aren't written by them. It's just a simple etiquette to follow - Is the content yours? No, quote the text and link to it. Apparently, posters can only learn this the hard way.
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This is so infuriating! I've been advocating quote and link forever, but people simply don't understand the need to respect others' intellectual property rights. Thanks for fixing this Ravi and the moderators will ensure any unlinked, non-original content will be deleted immediately.

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I doubt it would have mattered if the link was there in this case. The article got taken down at multiple websites. The delay in taking down the article by ICF upon the author's request is what's likely that caused the fuss. Nevertheless, it's the norm to provide a link to the source.

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One day ICF was off and so many posters (including me) had a hard time. Goes on to show how much addicted we are to the internet and forums. I think everyone should read the announcement and follow what king said. Imagine the site was down during World cup. That would have been travesty. Off Topic - Who are the owners of this site?

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This is so infuriating! I've been advocating quote and link forever, but people simply don't understand the need to respect others' intellectual property rights. Thanks for fixing this Ravi and the moderators will ensure any unlinked, non-original content will be deleted immediately.
Didn't know you are still around here Shwetabh.... good to see you are still active. In any case it's also us to blame to a certain extent. We should technically provide contact email for such complaints. I'll incorporate that along with TOS that should be accessible if such a case arises again in future. I'll have to say there is no privacy anymore, the author dug up my cell phone number somehow which is even unknown to local folks and left a VM/Txt.
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Just to get clarity... 1.we can quote few sentances from article and use the link right? Issue is with completely reproducing article. 2.No images allowed?

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Just to get clarity... 1.we can quote few sentances from article and use the link right? Issue is with completely reproducing article. 2.No images allowed?
I guess that's how it should be. Use only few sentences and always give credit to the author. Images are not copied from other sites. We just use URL of the images to embed it here except when we are attaching the image itself. However it will be better if we just use URL and not embed the pics.
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I guess that's how it should be. Use only few sentences and always give credit to the author. Images are not copied from other sites. We just use URL of the images to embed it here except when we are attaching the image itself. However it will be better if we just use URL and not embed the pics.
It doesn't matter if you paste the entire text too btw as long as you link to the source.
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It doesn't matter if you paste the entire text too btw as long as you link to the source.
This is still up for debate but in time being do not post entire article without quotes With quote and link it's ok but I feel it's best that we just highlight important part and encourage users to read rest on site where it's from ..
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Didn't know you are still around here Shwetabh.... good to see you are still active. In any case it's also us to blame to a certain extent. We should technically provide contact email for such complaints. I'll incorporate that along with TOS that should be accessible if such a case arises again in future. I'll have to say there is no privacy anymore, the author dug up my cell phone number somehow which is even unknown to local folks and left a VM/Txt.
I too dug up your cell phone number once when ICF was down for a week or so.Didnt have the guts to call you. Btw i thought Shwetabh had mailed you which is why you got on to fix the site.
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