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Are there things that a BoardingArea blogger can't do?
Are there things that a BoardingArea blogger can't do?

There are only some things that we insist upon.

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Written by Randy Petersen
Updated over a week ago

No Plagiarism. No Image copyright violation. No Bullying.

Our Rule #1 is never to interfere with your editorial. you always own all your content and we do not tell you what to write and when to write, just make sure it's yours. Creating original content is hard work. There may be a temptation to borrow content from other websites, but if you do understand this—you won't be part of the BoardingArea Network. Many of the words written about miles + points and the general topic of travel have similarities and we see that in the concept of many blog posts. However, paraphrasing or using someone else's concept without crediting the original blogger/website is a form of plagiarism because you're presenting someone else's ideas as if they were your own.

That said, paraphrasing is not plagiarism if you correctly cite the source. As well, references that someone else used (Delta's officially announced changes, etc., even a Tik-Tok video) is not plagiarism.

These three things will get you in very hot water: (a) not using quotes and citing failing to mention that you borrowed an idea from someone else (b) not using quotation marks when borrowing content from sources not of your own and (c) failing to paraphrase in your own words.

One more thing .... our bloggers can't be bullies!

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