Providing Links for Photos/Information from Other Sites

"Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
02/11/2014 at 08:04 • Filed to: Citations, Links, Photos, information, plagiarism, oppositelock, handbook, owner's manual, oppo tools

On Sunday, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I used several images from Car and Driver's review of the E63. I figured a standard parenthetical reference of (Specs and images via Car and Driver) would be sufficient.

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

I was contacted by a representative of Hearst publications, the parent company for Car and Driver, the gentleman was very nice but did request the following:

"We'd appreciate including a link to our review at the bottom of the post when using multiple photos. For a single shot, a simple mention is great."

I thought I would use this mistake as a learning opportunity to all of us who post on Oppo. I think the best course of action moving forward is whenever images or pieces of information are used from other sites and we are aware of the source, to provide a link back to the original source.

In the example of the photo used here a citation resembling this should work-

(Image via Speedhunters "Warrior Comes Out to Play")

Here is an example for providing text from another source-

According to a recent !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Mercedes Benz is selling more compact cars than BMW.

"Mercedes posted a 15 percent gain last month to 109,500 vehicles on a 32 percent surge for its compact cars. Sales at Audi rose 12 percent to 124,850 cars, while BMW advanced 9 percent to 117,200 vehicles. "

DISCUSSION (3)

William Byrd > Tom McParland
02/11/2014 at 10:24

Interesting! Apparently we are getting read by C&D. Or at least their lawyers.

ThatWillBuffOut > Tom McParland
02/11/2014 at 12:06

Good to know!

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > William Byrd
02/11/2014 at 16:42

I'm sure it's just some software doing the scanning.