Spam and Abuse Watch

30-Apr-15 5:14

There's currently a tip/trick in moderation that simply copies a stored procedure from an answer on Stackoverflow. He does reference that answer but adds absolutely nothing to it. Is that okay?

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

OriginalGriff30-Apr-15 5:32

30-Apr-15 5:32

No - that would be plagiarism.

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Sascha Lefèvre30-Apr-15 5:43

30-Apr-15 5:43

Maybe in this case, because he referenced the answer on Stackoverflow and probably thought it would be okay this way, just close the tip/trick and tell him off?

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

OriginalGriff30-Apr-15 5:50

30-Apr-15 5:50

Why did he think it would be ok?
What did he add to it that helps others? Or was he just trying to get rep points / publications?
If I copy the code from one of your articles and reference where I got it from it does that make it fair?

If he was new here, then that's one thing - but the official line on plagiarism is "go forth and multiply"[^]

I don't have a problem with that.

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Plagiarized Tip/Trick

Sascha Lefèvre30-Apr-15 5:54

30-Apr-15 5:54

Well then -

this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=168471&aid=773903[^]
from him: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=8330043[^]

is copied from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/15442030/4320056[^]

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

modified 30-Apr-15 12:02pm.

Chris Maunder30-Apr-15 6:58

Chris Maunder

30-Apr-15 6:58

No it's not OK. You can quote or use portions of other's work, but it can't make up the bulk of your submission. In doing so you're simply posting someone else's work.

I've removed it.

cheers

Chris Maunder

spam in QA

Deepu S Nair30-Apr-15 4:08

Deepu S Nair

30-Apr-15 4:08

spammer : http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=5376107[^]

spam answer : http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=answers&mid=5376107[^]

He says that
"Before some time, i was also searching for resolution of it. And at that time i refer this page to solve my problem
You can also have a look in the link and make it work".

But answer links to his own site.

Tom Deketelaere30-Apr-15 11:30

Tom Deketelaere

30-Apr-15 11:30

Gone

Tom

Spam would be article

OriginalGriff30-Apr-15 1:51

30-Apr-15 1:51

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=168450&aid=987131[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10957259[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Sascha Lefèvre30-Apr-15 10:12

30-Apr-15 10:12

Gone

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

Spam in QA

OriginalGriff30-Apr-15 0:53

30-Apr-15 0:53

Message deleted, from this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=11654502[^]

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Sascha Lefèvre30-Apr-15 1:49

Plagiarised would be article.

30-Apr-15 1:49

Gone

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

OriginalGriff30-Apr-15 0:52

30-Apr-15 0:52

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=131864&aid=792810[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/User-8507729[^]
Ignore that's it's trivial, it's also copy'n'paste from MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dct97kc3(v=vs.140).aspx[^]
OK, he links to it, but take that out and there is nothing left at all!

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gone

Nelek3-May-15 11:45

Nelek

3-May-15 11:45

gone

M.D.V.

QA Spam

hypermellow30-Apr-15 0:58

hypermellow

30-Apr-15 0:58

SPAM[^]MER[^]

Sascha Lefèvre30-Apr-15 1:49

Plagiarised would be article.

30-Apr-15 1:49

Gone

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

OriginalGriff29-Apr-15 22:32

29-Apr-15 22:32

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=168419&aid=987044[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=11352248[^]
Is definitely plagiarised: Google[^]

But from where? One of the links there is an article here from 2010: Top 10 CSS3 Commands[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=1033424[^]
But reading it, I'm not convinced that isn't copied as well. It's the bits like "We thought we'd put together some of our favourites..." which just sounds like a online-magazine piece rather than something an individual writer would produce for an article.
What do you think? Should we be kicking him as well? I'm not sure...

[Update]
I think perhaps we should: http://readnewsarchive.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/technical-news-04-august-2010.html[^] The actual article is gone, but if you search that page for "CSS" you get the full text of the introductory paragraph to the artcile here, but with a publication date 6 days earlier.

Trenton! You bad boy!
[/Update]

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Thanks787229-Apr-15 22:40

Thanks7872

29-Apr-15 22:40

Reported everything.

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy30-Apr-15 0:03

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

30-Apr-15 0:03

So nobody saw the spam link to some stupid code dotcom site at the end.
This is plagiarism decorated spam.

Dead | X|

"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"

Ron White, Comedian

Sascha Lefèvre30-Apr-15 0:47

30-Apr-15 0:47

article & spammer gone

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

Richard Deeming30-Apr-15 1:25

Richard Deeming

30-Apr-15 1:25

OriginalGriff wrote:
The actual article is gone, but if you search that page for "CSS" you get the full text of the introductory paragraph to the artcile here, but with a publication date 6 days earlier.

But this page[^] has a link to the article on Trenton's site, and is dated a day earlier than that. The article itself is dated 26 July 2010. Unsure | :~

However, the author's name on the "webcredible" article is Paul McCarthy, not Trenton Moss.

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OriginalGriff30-Apr-15 1:45

Probable spam setup question from moderation

30-Apr-15 1:45

Looks like a whole load of copyin' goin' on! Laugh | :laugh:

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OriginalGriff29-Apr-15 22:01