On the Eve of Christmas this year, a little rat crept into our midst – carrying the most dangerous form of verbal leptospirosis known to any Forum on the internet – PLAGIARISM.
So far [b][u]technocrat25[/b][/u] has [i]contributed[/i] 7 posts to the Discussions Forum and 39 posts to the Questions Forum.
Having checked out his contributions, out of his 39 Answers I have so far found 26 of them to have been lifted, verbatim, from other sites. To be honest, I really can’t be bothered checking the rest since I have no doubt whatsoever what I will find!
Of his Discussions, all 7 of them are someone else’s views lifted from other sites.
Rather than post a LINK for the OP to read/refer to, this little scrote is purveying the stuff off as personal product.
Now, this is not the first time I have witnessed plagiarism within the Hallowed Halls of TR. Often it would appear to have been recognised but no further action taken. On occasion a few members have even been accredited with Thumbs for their blatant plagiarising. However it has never been on a constant incessant streaming basis (as far as I’ve witnessed).
But the bigger danger with this occurrence is that it is so easy to spot. Any idiot, looking for answers on Google – cannot fail to notice the duplication – over and over and over again. TR’s entry in Google is years after the original genuine article.
It’s not gonna take hellish long for the word to get round!
[b]This has GOT to be stopped before the name of TechRepublic is turned to utter shite![/b]
[i]An identical Post is also in the Discussions Forum. Every TR member needs to be made aware of the potential long-term damages of this sort of activity![/i]
