{"id":1753,"date":"2003-09-19T07:34:57","date_gmt":"2003-09-19T21:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/19\/weblog-ethics\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T16:15:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T00:15:43","slug":"weblog-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/19\/weblog-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Weblog Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/handbook\/excerpts\/weblog_ethics.html\" title=\"Rebecca's Pocket: Weblog Ethics\">weblog ethics<\/a> that&#8217;s well worth looking at. I do my best to abide by these rules &#8212; to me, most of them are pure common sense &#8212; but it&#8217;s not a bad idea to occasionally refresh the concept in your mind.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/handbook\/excerpts\/weblog_ethics.html#truth\">Publish as fact only that which you believe to be true.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/handbook\/excerpts\/weblog_ethics.html#link\">If material exists online, link to it when you reference it.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/handbook\/excerpts\/weblog_ethics.html#correct\">Publicly correct any misinformation.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/handbook\/excerpts\/weblog_ethics.html#deliberate\">Write each entry as if it could not be changed; add to, but do not rewrite or delete, any entry.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/handbook\/excerpts\/weblog_ethics.html#disclose\">Disclose any conflict of interest.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccablood.net\/handbook\/excerpts\/weblog_ethics.html#biases\">Note questionable and biased sources.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca Blood has an excerpt from her book The Weblog Handbook posted dealing with weblog ethics that&#8217;s well worth looking at. 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