Comment on TOS Spotlight: Commercial Promotion

  1. beardo Sun 29 Jun 2025 10:05PM UTC

    Doctor Fell from Scorn and the Saint-Maker

    Thank you for the clarifications!

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    1. JackieSBlake7 Wed 02 Jul 2025 01:25PM UTC

      So - to take examples people may be familiar with reference Wikisource has some biographies copied over from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (paywalled), and Project Gutenberg, Hathi Trust and similar by default; or say '[reference] - variously available for free at time of writing': the possibility for contributions exists but it is up to the reader to actively pursue that.

      And 'companies, trademarks and similar can be mentioned in the text if they would be logical in the contexts (but not necessarily 'product placement' as found in other contexts 'I really enjoy [brand etc]'

      Probably most people wish to abide by the spirit of 'the rules', some people will find themselves in the fuzzy areas (or the situation changes after publication, or ignorant-by-accident - and there will always be the occasional person who does not care about 'the rules' and the problems that can arise.

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