louise on the left (coast)

Like Obama, I can be a bit "green behind the ears" about certain things, such as blogging. But there are some rules I sort of thought just went without saying. (Wrong.) In researching this subject, I realized there are no hard and fast rules, merely collective codes of conduct most people agree to abide by out of civility and good sense. I found a nice website,  Digikev, that included had a handy page dealing with the issue of blogging without refs. (That means references, not referees, though maybe those refs would help, too.)   Here's paragraph on Blog Etiquette from their page here for the sake of clarity. Attribute your sources If I have used something of someone else’s or quoted them I make sure that they are attributed in my blog post. Lack of acknowledgment to someone’s work that has been replicated, quoted or used in part is plagiarism. I also make sure that if I have been inspired by someone else then they will get a mention too, this is not particularly n