So, I took a look at the rule:

 

 

• Plagiarism/copyright violation is unacceptable. Paraphrasing is acceptable, but direct copying and passing others' work off as your own thoughts is not.

Now, I remember posting something to the news section about an article and I put the article inside a quote box with citations. However, it was taken down because of this rule. Can anyone clarify what occurred? Must if be paraphrased even when cited?

That questions sounds far more suited to be asked to the moderator via private messaging than to be discussed in a thread with people who cannot even see the post is question.

That questions sounds far more suited to be asked to the moderator via private messaging than to be discussed in a thread with people who cannot even see the post is question.

It is a general question about the rule. I simply giving an example of a particular instance.

Without details of the post, you aren't really giving an example. Was the post removed, or was the post modified? Was there a modnote? You could link to them if they exist.

 

It's important to realize that two separate violations are described by that rule: copyright infringement and plagiarism. Direct copying is not allowed (copyright), and passing off someone else's work as yours (plagiarism) is not allowed. Plagiarism often includes a copyright violation.

 

The most likely scenario to your description is that the entire article was quoted. Even with a citation, this is a copyright violation; you can't just copy other peoples' works. Fair use says you can copy parts for purposes of review or commentary. What we usually do in this case is snip most of the article and tell you that we did it.

Without details of the post, you aren't really giving an example. Was the post removed, or was the post modified? Was there a modnote? You could link to them if they exist.

 

It's important to realize that two separate violations are described by that rule: copyright infringement and plagiarism. Direct copying is not allowed (copyright), and passing off someone else's work as yours (plagiarism) is not allowed. Plagiarism often includes a copyright violation.

 

The most likely scenario to your description is that the entire article was quoted. Even with a citation, this is a copyright violation; you can't just copy other peoples' works. Fair use says you can copy parts for purposes of review or commentary. What we usually do in this case is snip most of the article and tell you that we did it.

Okay, that makes sense. I am still looking for the topic, but to no avail. It could just be a false memory.

I had a look through all the topics you posted in Science News and none of them were hidden or closed or had any mod notes in them. You sure it wasn't somewhere else? All of your posts there that I could see were fine. You attributed the quoted bits of the article and from what I could see, all of the articles were available free of charge

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/78858-a-jewel-at-the-heart-of-quantum-physics/?p=768457#entry768457

 

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SwansonT explained in his edit that the content was snipped due to copyright. You pasted the whole thing rather than a taster and then a link

Ah, I missed the edit by snippet. Good spotting!

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/78858-a-jewel-at-the-heart-of-quantum-physics/?p=768457#entry768457

 

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SwansonT explained in his edit that the content was snipped due to copyright. You pasted the whole thing rather than a taster and then a link

I must have missed that one. I have a blind eye sometimes.

if you want to arrive at an important observation ask a scientist - but if you want to find the most minor infraction ask a lawyer :-D