12-02-2018, 08:13 PM
David,
I can't agree at all.
That a blogger should Google for other people writing about the same topic, in order not to be accused of stealing those people's work is ridiculous. They may quote whatever they consider relevant, and they may choose to ignore whatever they consider not relevant. This is true for material that they did not use, read, or even known about, when they wrote their piece.
One has to quote the sources that one uses, there's no doubt about that.
Let's also not be too naive about this. Diane herself is no better. She makes no secret of the fact that she will not cite sources that she happens not to like. Such as D'Imperio, and, obviously, my web site.
I don't have a problem with that, for the very reason I wrote 2-3 paragraphs above.
It is simply not consistent, and not serious.
In a more academic environment, all this is very different, but of course that does not apply here, as you say.
I can't agree at all.
That a blogger should Google for other people writing about the same topic, in order not to be accused of stealing those people's work is ridiculous. They may quote whatever they consider relevant, and they may choose to ignore whatever they consider not relevant. This is true for material that they did not use, read, or even known about, when they wrote their piece.
One has to quote the sources that one uses, there's no doubt about that.
Let's also not be too naive about this. Diane herself is no better. She makes no secret of the fact that she will not cite sources that she happens not to like. Such as D'Imperio, and, obviously, my web site.
I don't have a problem with that, for the very reason I wrote 2-3 paragraphs above.
It is simply not consistent, and not serious.
In a more academic environment, all this is very different, but of course that does not apply here, as you say.