Forum:SH Archive/Quotes within articles

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Does anyone else think that we need some sort of guidelines for posting and editing direct quotes within articles? I have seen some disturbing things going on lately. A few users seem to have taken it upon themselves to correct the spelling, grammar, or word usage within quotes. I think that we should develop some sort of warning about not doing this as it jeopardizes our Fair use claim on that material. Direct quotes aught to be verbatim and any changes, edits, or exclusions really should be explicitly noted by using square brackets ("[ ]").

Secondarily, do we have a policy about adding internal links to quotes? I think that it is a rather unprofessional and distracting practice. Even the Uncyclopedia makes fun of us for doing it. I mean, if you must add an internal link to ambiguous words like "you", "he", or "they" in order for the quote to make sense, it probably isn't good enough to be in that article in the first place...-- Sentry &#91;Talk&#93; 08:14, 8 July 2006 (UTC)