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Well, first of all habrahabr does not share real names of their users. So specifying something like "TR156" does not make any sense. As for the link, we checked

Well, first of all habrahabr does not share real names of their users. So specifying something like "TR156" does not make any sense. As for the link, we checked a lot of web sites and it seems most of them specify the source at the bottom of an article. The link we add is not obscured. It has exactly the same font size as the rest of the article's content. We also wrap it with square brackets to make it more noticeable. As for permission, there are two things. 1). We don't break Habrahabr's agreement, so we don't actually have to get permission. 2). There is no way to get in touch with authors - we don't know their emails. We would be happy to. No one can also proof that the HN user who had complaints is a real author. As long as we haven't received any information from official Habrahabr representatives, we are fine. Right now we also working on our own content a lot. We don't want to publish translated content. But we thought that sharing useful and interesting information from other countries would be helpful for community. In anyway, we are open to communication.

acqq 12y ago
> specifying something like "TR156" does not make any sense No, your claims are dangerous and misleading. Even if I decide not to show my real name I want to be present as a person who wrote the article. You take that away. The name of the author and the link to his profile before the start of the article are the minimum you have to do. You have to ask the author for permission before you do the translation and publish the article, using the communication mechanisms of the site from which you take the content. And you must write that it's a translated text. Before you do all that, the way you present your material remain questionable enough to have my vote for banning the articles.
- skazka16 12y ago
  Habrahabr is a private community. There is no sign up => there is no way to get in touch with authors unless do manual research! We are HAPPY to get in touch with them. What exactly sounds dangerous ? We did research, all the popular websites put a link to the source at the bottom of an article. It seems like a normal practice. But correct me if I'm wrong.
  - acqq 12y ago
    So if you aren't a "friend" of somebody on the Facebook that gives you the right to republish the content of his articles on your own web site? No, it doesn't.
    - skazka16 12y ago
      That's different. It doesn't really matter anymore, as we have already implemented "external authoring", but still, if you look on how Habrahabr publishes translations - you will see that they put a small 9px link to an author. 9px ??! it's super small. In addition, I found a lot of translations of those articles into different languages around the web and it seems no one cares. But once again, it doesn't matter anymore, as most of the work is done and we'll add all the links today. Just sayin'.

acqq 12y ago

> specifying something like "TR156" does not make any sense No, your claims are dangerous and misleading. Even if I decide not to show my real name I want to be present as a person who wrote the article. You take that away. The name of the author and the link to his profile before the start of the article are the minimum you have to do. You have to ask the author for permission before you do the translation and publish the article, using the communication mechanisms of the site from which you take the content. And you must write that it's a translated text. Before you do all that, the way you present your material remain questionable enough to have my vote for banning the articles.

skazka16 12y ago
Habrahabr is a private community. There is no sign up => there is no way to get in touch with authors unless do manual research! We are HAPPY to get in touch with them. What exactly sounds dangerous ? We did research, all the popular websites put a link to the source at the bottom of an article. It seems like a normal practice. But correct me if I'm wrong.
- acqq 12y ago
  So if you aren't a "friend" of somebody on the Facebook that gives you the right to republish the content of his articles on your own web site? No, it doesn't.
  - skazka16 12y ago
    That's different. It doesn't really matter anymore, as we have already implemented "external authoring", but still, if you look on how Habrahabr publishes translations - you will see that they put a small 9px link to an author. 9px ??! it's super small. In addition, I found a lot of translations of those articles into different languages around the web and it seems no one cares. But once again, it doesn't matter anymore, as most of the work is done and we'll add all the links today. Just sayin'.