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In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

I blogged about this last year, with some sample code.

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.

In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

I blogged about this last year, with some sample code.

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.

In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:
 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular"; 
I blogged about this last year, with some sample code.

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.

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edited Mar 5, 2017 at 15:16

Kate Gregory

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In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at allsomeone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

I blogged about this last year, with some sample code.

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.

In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

I blogged about this last year, with some sample code.

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.

In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

I blogged about this last year, with some sample code.

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.

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edited Jun 7, 2011 at 6:27

Jeff Atwood StaffMod

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In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

I [[blogged about this last year]]blogged about this last year, with some sample code.

The bit in the [[ ]] would be the actual link. (I have a blog, but have yet to use it to explain CircularLabelsStyle.)

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.

In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

I [[blogged about this last year]], with some sample code.

The bit in the [[ ]] would be the actual link. (I have a blog, but have yet to use it to explain CircularLabelsStyle.)

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.

In my experience, posts with links are not downvoted if all these conditions are met:

you paraphrase the content of the linked item (possibly omitting details or examples)
you identify the author (yourself, MSDN, etc)
someone could benefit from the answer without reading the linked item at all
you include information to let the reader decide if clicking the link is worthwhile

For example:

You can use the CircularLabelsStyle custom property for this, for example:

 chart1.Series["Series1"]["CircularLabelsStyle"] = "Circular";

I blogged about this last year, with some sample code.

The other extreme, an answer that says nothing more than "here" or "read this" or "please read" and is a link, I will not just downvote but flag as not an answer, and I don't care whether it's the definitive documentation from the owner of the technology, another question on the same SE site, or just a blog you wrote yourself.