Lengthy 'cut and paste' - acceptable or not?

Thank you Jalima

I'm astonished! It's actually worked.
Couldn't get it to do it before.

testing

FarNorth you can use these ^^^ to italicise - just don't leave any ^ spaces ^!

"As a new poster it is worth introducing yourself in a more personal way"

I didn't introduce myself at all and I don't see why anyone should, unless they want to.

That gnhq message sounds harsh to anyone, new or not.
I've not been on GN today so don't know what's happened.

I have sometimes copy & pasted a lot of text because of a paywall. Indeed, at least once, it's been because someone asked what the text was as the link gave them nothing.

My tablet doesn't do italics, so I use "quote marks" if necessary.
Mumsnet uses bold for quotes and usually doesn't bold usernames. I quite like that way of doing it.

I think it was just unfortunate timing that the cut and paste thing came into force as iamnotarobot joined us.
The message from HQ sounded a bit harsh to a newcomer.
Correct me if it was something different.

Thank you, sorry.

Tank you BlueBelle. BTW where is the introduction thread?

It was on her thread about introductions

MB, where did you see that post from Iamnotarobot?

Riverwalk, I asked because

a/ I felt it was detrimental to discussion and debate recently

b/ I did not feel it was up to me or any poster to decide, but for GN.

Simple enough. Now I do not know why GN sent that message to Iamnotarobot- at all. And you can't blame me for it either, at all.

It's awful. What on earth has got into them at HQ?

They'd better not come back and pat us on the head with the offer of

This is the poster Jura2

Great welcome to GN she has since said she is leaving.
Iamnotarobot Fri 17-Aug-18 16:57:25
The message from GN was
You can not copy and paste large chunks of text from one website to another. We will delete any of your posts that do.Weve suspended your account until we hear from you that you understand.
As a new poster it is worth introducing yourself in a more personal way

So that’s what I’ve done.

It would be helpful for GN to make a decision on copy/cut/paste. GN should make a clear decision about whether they are allowed, and put a maximum length.

Jura I earlier asked Lara why is cut & paste a problem but she didn't reply, so I'll ask you, as you started the thread and I'm genuinely perplexed, as to why a decision indeed a clear decision had to be made.

There's loads of rubbish on GN - what's so different about a bit of cut & paste? !! You didn't mention anything about the content so I assume it wasn't offensive/racist/personal in any way.

That is a shame indeed. Not sure who you mean - however, I am pretty sure she did not leave because I asked GN for clarification on lengthy 'cut and paste' posts.

I expect people will draw their own conclusions; but it's a great pity that a new member to the forum has felt so unwelcome, with all that's happened today, that's she's left GN.

Who makes you the arbitre or that lemongrove;) really?

I went through the proper channels and simply asked. Lara responded- as simple as that. No need for conspiracy theories, nastiness or personal attacks. No need, none at all, indeed.

Why ask for ‘clarification’ at all?
But it’s done now and we will get only many, many links.
No need for it jura none at all.

It is still very appropriate for short cut and pastes, for the most saillant points, with a résumé, but not pages and pages- as has been the case recently. Simple enough- just re-read Lara's post.

What lies behind it all? Really?

Jane, I do not understand this eiher.

Chewbacca, to be clear, I have not reported any posts at all recently. As for being the arbitre- again, not at all. Au contraire- which is why I simply ask for clarification from GN, and for them to decide- and Lara did and I thanked her. simple - no need for heat or personal attacks. That clarification, as was made very clear, applies to all- from whatever 'side' or pov.

Because it appears to be a new rule Jane and because of what lies behind it all.
Being able to copy and paste an article or part of one was interesting ( or not) and meant you didn’t have to leave the GN page to read it.

Why are you arguing about this? I don't understand why things have become so heated.

Durhamjen used to post thousands of links and didn’t need a rethink, there is no GN rule about it.I just didn’t read them.

Who made you the arbiter of who, what and how posts are made jura? I'm astonished that you've gone to the time and trouble to report the posts of a newcomer "to seek clarification "; why would you need to do that? If you didn't like to see long posts; read past them. If you didn't like the content of the post; ignore it and move on.

And your last post just takes the biscuit: And anyone tempted to post 1000s of links maybe should re-think, perhaps.

I don't know who you think you are but your post to maw troublemaking and have been noticed by so many, with great puzzlement applies to you too.