Folks, It is useful to have members alerting GoaNet to important and relevant news items. This needs to be encouraged but I would like to suggest a Code of Good Practice as currently some members follow two extremes, neither of which are to be recommended:
1. Reproducing the whole text of the article without quoting the source, /date/author's name/url. It gives the impression that the person forwarding the article has written it and this could be a breach of copyright and/or plagiarism. 2. Providing only the url without the title or subject or comment is not helpful. I would like to suggest that members consider submitting a short summary with author's name, title/date of publication and url of the article. Readers will then need to visit the publisher's website which in turn could bring possible benefits to the author. The publisher may even be encouraged to commission more Goa-related articles if the web stats reveal such interest. What do you think? Eddie Fernandes
