Sourcing Your Information: A Vital Part of Ethical Blogging

<p dir="auto">We don't <em>expect you to be an expert on HIVE. We also know that many of you aren't medical doctors, naturopaths, research scientists or anyone particularly qualified to dispense medical advice. We also know a lot of you <em>like to add research and facts to your post to validate what you're saying about the medicinal benefits of a particularly plant. <p dir="auto">But what we absolutely expect is that the information is SOURCED, not copied from the internet. <p dir="auto">It doesn't make you any less of an authority, but it also prevents you being accused of plagiarism, or risking giving poor advice. Sources encourage people to look further than your post before making decisions about their own health. <p dir="auto">We're posting this here to refer people to, should we see them using information we know isn't sourced and is copied or paraphrased from the internet. Please bookmark it and refer to it for future reference. We will be muting any posts that don't source their information, and you will have to appeal this decision by going into the Discord below and proving you have made the necessary changes. We'll also be doing this without warning - our community rules state this and it is everyone's responsibility to read the rules before posting in ANY Hive community. <p dir="auto">Please feel free to <em>politely link this post in any comments that might be advising better practice in The Herbal Hive. Note a version of this post firstly appeared <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@naturalmedicine/six-ways-to-add-sources-to-your-post-and-the-code-as-well-youre-welcome" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">here and is reproduced with the permission of the original writer. <h4>(1) <p dir="auto"><strong>Text <p dir="auto">'According to <a href="https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-577/neemli" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">WEBMD, neem is good for 'quote information here to show it's not your words' <p dir="auto"><strong>Code <p dir="auto"><code>'According to [WEBMD](https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-577/neem], neem is good for 'quote information here to show it's not your words'' <h4>(2) <p dir="auto"><strong>Code <p dir="auto"><code>'According to 'Medical News Today',<br /> <code>- [Bullet point](link to article)<br /> <code>- Bullet point](link to article) <h4>(3) <p dir="auto"><strong>Text <p dir="auto">According to research, ashwagandha is good for anxiety.<sup><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">1 <p dir="auto"><strong>Code <p dir="auto"><code>According to research, ashwagandha is good for anxiety.^{[1](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/)} <h4>(4) <p dir="auto"><strong>Text <p dir="auto">According to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">this research, a <p dir="auto"><strong>'high-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract improves an individual's resistance towards stress and thereby improves self-assessed quality of life. High-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract can be used safely as an adaptogen in adults who are under stress.' <p dir="auto"><strong>Code <p dir="auto"><code>According to [this research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/), a <p dir="auto"><code>**'high-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract improves an individual's resistance towards stress and thereby improves self-assessed quality of life. High-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract can be used safely as an adaptogen in adults who are under stress.'** <h4>(5) <p dir="auto"><strong>Text <p dir="auto">According to research, a <p dir="auto"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">... high-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract improves an individual's resistance towards stress and thereby improves self-assessed quality of life. High-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract can be used safely as an adaptogen in adults who are under stress. <p dir="auto"><strong>Code <p dir="auto"><code>According to research, a <p dir="auto"><code>[... high-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract improves an individual's resistance towards stress and thereby improves self-assessed quality of life. High-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract can be used safely as an adaptogen in adults who are under stress.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573577/) <h4>(6) <p dir="auto"><strong>(Text) <p dir="auto">As you write, use super text to number the section you've 'quoted just like this'<sup><strong>1. Then, at the end of your 'article where you've included information'<sup><strong>2 you can number the links, just like below. <p dir="auto"><strong>Code <p dir="auto"><code>As you write, use super text to number the section you've 'quoted just like this'^**1**. Then, at the end of your 'article where you've included information'^**2** you can number the links, just like below. <ol> <li><a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Post Title <li><a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Post Title 2 <h3>Have you got other ways to include sources? 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