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How do we want to handle cross-posts, e.g. posts which are completely copied verbatim from other sites? A couple of approaches I could think of: IF they fulfil the original site's license re...
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#3: Post edited
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samcarter
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2021-12-08T15:15:37Z (about 3 years ago)
- How do we want to handle cross-posts, e.g. posts which are completely copied verbatim from other sites?
- A couple of approaches I could think of:
- 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted.
- 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements AND link to each other on BOTH sites, they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted. This should ensure that no time of users is wasted, who otherwise might spend their free time to work on a solution for an already solved problem or can't find the solution if they have the same problem.
- 1. Delete them, so they don't hurt the site's rating in search engines
- 1. Edit them so they will fulfil the original site's license requirements about giving credit etc.
1. Any other suggestions?
- How do we want to handle cross-posts, e.g. posts which are completely copied verbatim from other sites?
- A couple of approaches I could think of:
- 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted.
- 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements AND link to each other on BOTH sites, they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted. This should ensure that no time of users is wasted, who otherwise might spend their free time to work on a solution for an already solved problem or can't find the solution if they have the same problem.
- 1. Delete them, so they don't hurt the site's rating in search engines
- 1. Edit them so they will fulfil the original site's license requirements about giving credit etc.
- 1. Any other suggestions?
- (roughly 50 % of the questions posted up to now would be affected)
#2: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2021-12-08T14:28:37Z (about 3 years ago)
How do we want to handle cross-posts, e.g. posts which are copied verbatim from other forums?- A couple of approaches I could think of:
- 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted.
- 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements AND link to each other on BOTH sites, they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted. This should ensure that no time of users is wasted, who otherwise might spend their free time to work on a solution for an already solved problem or can't find the solution if they have the same problem.
- 1. Delete them, so they don't hurt the site's rating in search engines
- 1. Edit them so they will fulfil the original site's license requirements about giving credit etc.
- 1. Any other suggestions?
- How do we want to handle cross-posts, e.g. posts which are completely copied verbatim from other sites?
- A couple of approaches I could think of:
- 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted.
- 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements AND link to each other on BOTH sites, they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted. This should ensure that no time of users is wasted, who otherwise might spend their free time to work on a solution for an already solved problem or can't find the solution if they have the same problem.
- 1. Delete them, so they don't hurt the site's rating in search engines
- 1. Edit them so they will fulfil the original site's license requirements about giving credit etc.
- 1. Any other suggestions?
#1: Initial revision
by
samcarter
·
2021-12-08T11:31:11Z (about 3 years ago)
How to handle crossposts
How do we want to handle cross-posts, e.g. posts which are copied verbatim from other forums? A couple of approaches I could think of: 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted. 1. IF they fulfil the original site's license requirements AND link to each other on BOTH sites, they are fine. Otherwise they should be deleted. This should ensure that no time of users is wasted, who otherwise might spend their free time to work on a solution for an already solved problem or can't find the solution if they have the same problem. 1. Delete them, so they don't hurt the site's rating in search engines 1. Edit them so they will fulfil the original site's license requirements about giving credit etc. 1. Any other suggestions?