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My own thoughts | December 4, 2001 | DoughtyOne

Posted on 12/4/2001, 10:05:27 AM by DoughtyOne

Good morning fellow Freepers.  Recently I've noticed a lot of articles being partially posted on the forum, with links to the rest of the article.  I view this as a problem.  I hope that the rest of you will agree.

The problem is that these threads only remain valid for anything between several hours to a few weeks, depending on the host.  For those of us who bookmark threads and try to keep tabs of where the good information is, this is very problematic.

We need to post full articles on FreeRepublic whenever possible.  That way we can go back months or years later to find important information supportive of related topics.

Please help out by posting full articles unless they are from the LA Times or the Washington Post.  Thank you very much.


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1 posted on 12/4/2001, 10:05:27 AM by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne
I'm waiting for the Collector's Set of CDs, containing everything ever posted on FR.
2 posted on 12/4/2001, 10:27:46 AM by snopercod
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To: DoughtyOne
You raise a good point. I've certainly encountered that problem, especially with the older posts.
3 posted on 12/4/2001, 10:29:29 AM by backhoe
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To: snopercod
Me too.
4 posted on 12/4/2001, 10:33:01 AM by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne
BTTT
5 posted on 12/4/2001, 10:33:39 AM by IoCaster
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To: DoughtyOne
Excellent point. I often wonder why so many people post just a brief excerpt -- often a single sentence. It makes their posts pretty useless, IMHO. Of course, that's not counting the LAT and the WP, but their stuff is essentially worthless to begin with.
6 posted on 12/4/2001, 11:43:42 AM by wienerdog.com
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To: DoughtyOne
Jim has already been sued for people doing this. I'm not going to do anything further to get him in trouble. Even if he asks me to do it. YMMV.

I usually just post the facts and leave out the filler anyway. On my sites, I have a private folder where I keep full articles in case there is something there I need to get. There is probably 10 articles in it because I rarely find a reason for keeping the whole article.

7 posted on 12/4/2001, 11:51:42 AM by AppyPappy
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To: DoughtyOne
Jewish World Review has asked that any columns attributed to them have links rather then the articles. They need the hits. The only problem with JWR is they don't index their articles. That is, when a new column comes out for a particular author, the link goes to the new column vs. the old.
8 posted on 12/4/2001, 11:57:02 AM by Mean Daddy
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To: DoughtyOne
I'm sure there must be a way, but I can't seem to figure out how to get back beyond a month or two in the archives. I wanted to reread and maybe save the threads from 9-11, but I can't seem to get anything on World Trade Center, pre 10-21. Any suggestions? Thanks
9 posted on 12/4/2001, 1:16:01 PM by snorkeler
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To: AppyPappy
I agree with Appy Pappy. When I post an article, there's a a reason I only post one or two paragraphs: I don't want to bring on any more chickensh*t lawsuits like the one filed by the Washington Post. Besides, it's not as if disk space grows free on trees, either!
10 posted on 12/4/2001, 1:24:15 PM by RooRoobird14
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To: snorkeler
Google Advanced Search

Click on the above link.  Once there enter wtc in the top space.  About the third or fourth space down, where it says "with any of these words" enter "world trade center."  Then drop down to the domain and enter www.freerepublic.com.  Switch the number of desired articles from 10 to 100.

Sit back and enjoy...

People who have posted full articles will have provided the means for you to read them.  Those who only supplied a sentence or two will no longer be valid.  That's the problem.

11 posted on 12/4/2001, 6:02:03 PM by DoughtyOne
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I appreciate you guys trying to look out for Jim. But Jim designed this site to hold the whole articles. If you don't post the full articles they become inaccessable shortly after you post your lead ins.

If the articles were important enough to post in the first place, then they are important enough to become a part of the archive.

Using Google searches we can find those full articles months and years later. And that is part of the design of FreeRepublic. I and others frequently use the Google search to find an article that others have failed to see the first time around. Then we simply link to that article as we discuss the issue involved.

I applaud your desire to help Jim out, but we're spending a ton of money to develop a resource here. If there's no article at the top of an old thread, then essentially the whole tread is worthless. And that creates dead wood that is of no use to anyone. The thread won't be deleted. It will simply sit there taking up space. But the article won't be there. Isn't that worse than supplying the article and allowing the thread to live on?

I get paged to old threads all the time. I do not get paged to single sentence article threads. Please don't contribute to creating more dead wood on the forum.

Thank you.

12 posted on 12/4/2001, 6:12:36 PM by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne
Thank you VERY MUCH!
13 posted on 12/4/2001, 8:30:49 PM by snorkeler
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To: DoughtyOne
Some newer people to the forum may not be aware that we found many instances of main-stream media altering, truncating, amending or covering-up-by-removal of reports on government corruption during the Clinton era. The full text archives help preserve the evidence, albeit they have provided an avenue for the leftists amongst the mainstream press to subvert the purpose of copyrite protection and attack we who wish to expose their conduct.
14 posted on 12/4/2001, 8:38:12 PM by KC Burke
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To: DoughtyOne
Good suggestion. Thanks for pointing it out to us all.
15 posted on 12/4/2001, 8:39:38 PM by StoneColdGOP
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To: StoneColdGOP; snorkeler
Thanks to each of you.
16 posted on 12/4/2001, 8:41:45 PM by DoughtyOne
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To: KC Burke
Excellent points. Thanks for your contribution to this thread.
18 posted on 12/4/2001, 8:46:53 PM by DoughtyOne
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To: proud patriot
LOL, that's funny. Thanks.
19 posted on 12/4/2001, 8:47:22 PM by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne
The law's the law, folks. Posting entire articles is a violation of copyright law. That's why I post links and excerpts only. It's a shame, but I feel it's the right thing to do.
20 posted on 12/4/2001, 8:48:56 PM by ArcLight
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