Bambootiger writes:
Otherwise I am quoting from my sources which are tight here with me...
Once again, this is from the
Forum Guidelines:
- Never include material not your own without attribution to the original source.
In your
Message 27 in violation of the
Forum Guidelines you provided material not your own without attribution. Twice. You've done this in other messages, too. Continue in this way and you'll be suspended 24 hours, and subsequent
Forum Guidelines violations will draw longer suspensions.
No replies, please. As I said, this is cut and dried and there's nothing to discuss. Also, members should only raise moderation issues in the
Windsor castle thread.
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{Adminnemooseus adds: Admin and I discussed this situation in the "Private Administration Forum" and I examined the evidence he presented. I have found it to be extremely convincing, that you copied/pasted much of your message 17 from online sources, without proper attribution. Please stop doing such.
In regards to some of your other comments about others not doing a good and proper job of giving references and/or credit for source materials - I personally agree with you that that is too often the case. I think that anytime a member uses information from an off-line or on-line source, credit/references and/or links should also be supplied. Your example, however, is a rather extreme case of unattributed copy and paste.
Of course, like much in life, there can be considerable gray areas. One persons "common knowledge" will be anothers "need a referemce". It's probably possible to "over-reference" a message.
Again, please no replies to this message. If you would like to further discuss considerations of proper citing of references etc., you can start a
Suggestions and Questions topic on the matter. For that forum, new topics can be started directly without having to go through the "Proposed New Topics" forum.
Adminnemooseus}
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Add my comments.
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