Quick clarification on the use of ellipses and [snip]'s in a posted article, since the question came up yesterday.
We will routinely remove ellipses, [snip]'s, etc to save space and loading time. We assume that all news articles are being edited, and in fact encourage you to do so to remove all the extra verbage that is duplicative or something we already know. That's one of the reasons why we need the link to the original story, so as to ensure that anyone who wants to check the source can do so.
We're getting upwards of 100 posts per day now, and even with the current structure of five main pages, load times (particularly at peak usage) can bog the Burg down. The moderators try to edit posts (as much as we have time to do) to cut excess stuff out, and snipping the ellipses, etc. is a part of that.
If you think that a particular snip or ellipse needs to be there to ensure that the article won't be mis-understood or to avoid a potential claim of selective editing, indicate that and we'll leave it alone.
Thanks, AoS. |