It is VERY IMPORTANT for legal, moral, and ethical reasons that we all give proper credit to the original author of any material we use in our posts. The assumption is that every word in your posts is your own, UNLESS you explicitly cite the words that are not. I begin by posting Melody's original guidance:
Hello family!
I've been busy with a couple of things, but have been with you in prayer if not in cyberspace!
I have two IMPORTANT announcements to make:
(01) It has been brought to my attention that some members have been 'copy-pasting' articles from other sites etc. onto the community for purpose of discussion. Apparently this is illegal & considered internet fraud. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS here! If you would like us to discuss issues which are posted elsewhere, Post the Link to the article and perhaps you could paraphrase the main points you would like to bring out.
(02) I would also like to stress that - I will NOT tolerate any member disrespecting another family member (no matter how vital he/she may be to this community, because truly I don't want to lose any of you!).
To this end, NO member should post ANY NEGATIVE personal remarks about another family member on this community (personal positive remarks are always welcome!). If anyone does post negative remarks:
*I will use my right as moderator to immediately delete such entries without intimation.
* After warning, if this still continues, I WILL REMOVE the member from our community.
I repeat no negative personal remarks are allowed here eg: You sound #$*#$ or Your post shows your &$^(*#&^ nature.Not even an INDIRECT Negative Remark will be allowed here eg: People like you are *&#$&^ or I pray that you are saved from your $U&#&#
I want to stress that I do not write this against any particular individual. These rules shall apply to ALL members. I thank you all for reading this. I hope & pray that you all will find it in your hearts to abide by these rules completely. If you have any comments to make personally you could PM me or publically, post it in the suggestions & feedback forum.
May God bless us all through this community. May it be a source of love & fellowship online. May the evil one not succeed in breaking up this family that God has so loving brought together. May the Lord God Holy Spirit be with us every step of the way. Amen.
With my love & prayers,
Melody
In order to properly cite another author's words, you must both:
1. Put their words in quotation marks such as " or ' or use the "quote" hypertext command.
2. AND indicate who the original author is.
It is also helpful to post the link, book title, or article title that you obtained the material from so the readers can verify the context of your post and the citation.
Those who do not follow this policy will be warned and then given time to fix the citations. If they do not comply, the posts will be edited to remove the improperly cited material.
Thank you all for following this policy. It is meant to help maintain honest dialogue and protect the Glorify God Community.
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