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General => The Shed => Topic started by: windygale on January 27, 2005, 17:59:18

Title: Good website
Post by: windygale on January 27, 2005, 17:59:18
Hi Everybody, found this website that might help
http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/
later
windy
Title: Re: Good website
Post by: eileen on January 27, 2005, 19:48:17
Thanks Windy.  :D I've saved it in my 'favourites.' The difficult weed section looks interesting.



Title: Re: Good website
Post by: gavin on January 28, 2005, 00:50:10
Not a site I'd have much confidence in myself :(

OK - I have an interest; their plagiarism - a whole section lifted (cut-and-paste) from my website :( ;   no polite request, acknowledgement,  attribution, link, anything.  Hmm, nor yet an apology or any action - ah, but I shouldn't complain; according to their policy on Intellectual Property, I "may, however, download or print a single copy for (my) own non-commercial off-line viewing."  Cheeky!

But it's not just from mine - 7 of 10 pages I looked at appear to be lifted from others' websites.

Then I can't find out whose site this is - and combined with some of the "odd" offers they have?  Are their sales practices any stronger than their editorial ethics?  

Disgruntled I am.  All best - Gavin
Title: Re: Good website
Post by: windygale on January 28, 2005, 01:25:18
Gavin the website that i took the address from was http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/neighbourhood_gardener/area_index.shtml and a sub section to them( bottom right) GARDEN ADVICE http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/,
are you that upset that i dont use your website http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/default.html,
and i was only trying to helping others
later
windy
Title: Re: Good website
Post by: growmore on January 28, 2005, 10:05:55
Great site Windy .nice to see a site where there is a common sense approach to tackling weeds etc.

Title: Re: Good website
Post by: gavin on January 28, 2005, 16:44:46
Quoteare you that upset that i dont use your website http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/default.html,
and i was only trying to helping others

Oh, goodness me, definitely not, windy :) .  I'm sorry if it came across that way. 

I am a "bit miffed" about THEM (and a tad jaundiced ??? ) - but that's something I follow up with their webmaster.

All best wishes - Gavin