I have found that almost every post dj2becker posts, if not every single one, is plagiarized. It's copied and pasted from other websites and no credit is given to the author. I've asked him to stop and he ignores me. I believe this is illegal. In addition, it wastes a lot of time for those of us who engage him in debate as he won't answer questions properly; it's rare that a website has the exactly appropriate answer for a specific question. He does this without shame and I think such posts should at the very least be erased. In addition, if he continues to do this, he should be banned from RHP.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungRampant copying and pasting is a definite disease on this site, mostly in the "spirituality" forum. (Perhaps this is brought on by the need to regurgitate and not think?).
I have found that almost every post dj2becker posts, if not every single one, is plagiarized. It's copied and pasted from other websites and no credit is given to the author. I've asked him to stop and he ignores me. I believe this is illegal. In addition, it wastes a lot of time for those of us who engage him in debate as he won't answer quest ...[text shortened]... he very least be erased. In addition, if he continues to do this, he should be banned from RHP.
Taking a random post by dj2becker, I tracked it down to
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/life-complexity.html
(the quote from "his" post was "If you have ever held a beloved pet in your hands, completely limp and dead, you may have some comprehension of the helplessness of even the most intelligent and sophisticated scientist when it comes to the overwhelming problem of trying to create life."😉
Originally posted by AThousandYoungWithout focusing on anyone, I think plagarism should be illegal altogether.
I have found that almost every post dj2becker posts, if not every single one, is plagiarized. It's copied and pasted from other websites and no credit is given to the author. I've asked him to stop and he ignores me. I believe this is illegal. In addition, it wastes a lot of time for those of us who engage him in debate as he won't answer quest ...[text shortened]... he very least be erased. In addition, if he continues to do this, he should be banned from RHP.
We all occasionally forget a citation. It shouldn't be an immediate ban, but
a warning. However, if it becomes rampant, I think a person should get
increasingly long bans until the person gets the message.
I recced your post.
Nemesio
Quoting ringtailedhunter quoting Oscar Wilde:
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
It seems an appropriate quote in this context, though I have now become sick of typing the word "quote"...
PS: a seperate Mr Wilde quote is available that appears entirely contradictory. Anyone surprised by that?
"It is only the unimaginative who ever invent. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes, and annexes everything."
Originally posted by ToeThey aren't contradictory....
Quoting ringtailedhunter quoting Oscar Wilde:
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
It seems an appropriate quote in this context, though I have now become sick of typing the word "quote"...
PS: a seperate Mr Wilde quote is available that appears entirely contrad ...[text shortened]... ent. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes, and annexes everything."
The first quote by Wilde is true and self-explanatory.
The second quote refers to the rest of the world. Everyone absorbs and takes ideas and concepts as their own. A large portion just regurgitate those thoughts and ideas. The artists and inventors, take those ideas, mix and match them, and come out with new things that is unoriginal in parts, but as a whole is brand new.
Creative people tend to have a good memory, which gives them more to draw upon.
As for plagarism, I'm against it, but it is just a forum and not a publication. The forums are not the reason this site is hear, so I'd let it pass. Now, if he was using someone else's moves.....
Originally posted by Toe"Plagiarism is the most sincere form of flattery"
Quoting ringtailedhunter quoting Oscar Wilde:
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
It seems an appropriate quote in this context, though I have now become sick of typing the word "quote"...
PS: a seperate Mr Wilde quote is available that appears entirely contrad ...[text shortened]... ent. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes, and annexes everything."
-MÅ¥HÅRM