COPYING

Subject: Re: COPYING Mon 01 Jan 2007, 15:55

Can we try to keep this none specific please. Rules of the forum are that we do not point specifically to any member or review.

Subject: Re: COPYING Mon 01 Jan 2007, 16:01

koshkha wrote:: One of the German writers whom the writer had copied, joined ciao.co.uk just to send me a message saying that the other person had copied his work - but I had to say he'd need to report it himself because my German wasn't up to the job of assessing if it was copied (I start at directions and end at food and drink)

You can always paste the stuff back into google translate, it could come up with the german original (or very close to it) and it would have been easy to see if it was copied.

(Yes, I was sad enough to try)

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Thingywhatsit wrote:: Can we try to keep this none specific please. Rules of the forum are that we do not point specifically to any member or review.

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Subject: Re: COPYING Mon 01 Jan 2007, 17:09

Quote :: Aha, I think I know who you mean - dreadful meaningless auto-translated crap. But did you notice that people keep on giving him VH's for it? One of the German writers whom the writer had copied, joined ciao.co.uk just to send me a message saying that the other person had copied his work - but I had to say he'd need to report it himself because my German wasn't up to the job of assessing if it was copied (I start at directions and end at food and drink)

Talking specifically about members as opposed to generalisation.

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Thingywhatsit wrote:: Talking specifically about members as opposed to generalisation.

Which statement brought about the wrist slapping?

koshka wrote:: Aha, I think I know who you mean - dreadful meaningless auto-translated crap. But did you notice that people keep on giving him VH's for it?

or

koshka wrote:: One of the German writers whom the writer had copied, joined ciao.co.uk just to send me a message saying that the other person had copied his work - but I had to say he'd need to report it himself because my German wasn't up to the job of assessing if it was copied (I start at directions and end at food and drink)

Neither of these two statements is any worse than:

Silverblue wrote:: Have only recently reported a "very clever" guy (on ciao though) - he just copied reviews from ciao Germany, got them translated by google translator (or something similar) and posted them on ciao UK.....

which has seemingly gone "unpunished" and is as traceable/specific, if not more, than the other posts.

Subject: Re: COPYING Mon 01 Jan 2007, 18:44

Then slapped wrists to all of em. We have limited time and can only act on reports of posts by members. If any member sees a post they think should be looked at, there is a report button.

Subject: Re: COPYING Mon 01 Jan 2007, 23:06

Sorry to be picky but I don't think any of us were being specific - we didn't name names and we didn't say what the reviews were about so I'm a bit miffed if I'm getting a smack for that. NOBODY who didn't already know about this reviewer would have found them on the basis of what was written.

If we can't write about people copying in a thread called 'copying' then I'm disappointed.

Subject: Re: COPYING Mon 01 Jan 2007, 23:09

Okay point taken. I was probably a bit hard on all of you. If anyone does see a posting that can easily reveal a person or their reviews, do report it though as its a good way of making sure the forum runs smoothly.

Subject: Re: COPYING Tue 02 Jan 2007, 14:52

I remember a big influx in copied reviews a year or so ago, especially with regards to games - I actually got messages commending the fact I'd written a game review that wasn't copied lol Smile

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