Timeline for Avoiding Plagiarism and Spam [duplicate]
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| Sep 5, 2015 at 7:04 | history | closed | user20 | Duplicate of How not to be a spammer (redux) | |
| Sep 4, 2015 at 4:01 | comment | added | user20 | The policy is now out as its own question. | |
| Aug 31, 2015 at 7:53 | comment | added | user20 | Apologies for the delays in getting this out - it's been a hectic few days. | |
| Aug 28, 2015 at 21:17 | comment | added | d'alar'cop | I think the fact that noone has to click our attribution links to enjoy the puzzle should exonerate us. | |
| Aug 28, 2015 at 10:20 | answer | added | BmyGuest | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 27, 2015 at 16:18 | comment | added | Aggie Kidd | @Emrakul Thanks! I'll just add that if there were some simply (yet indirect) way to reference the site,I think that would suffice for my concerns. | |
| Aug 27, 2015 at 16:15 | comment | added | user20 | I'm going to see if we can create a more definitive guide - I think comments are reaching the limit of their usefulness here. Going to need to talk with other mods before saying much more - I've probably already said too much, and I don't want to set this policy myself. | |
| Aug 27, 2015 at 14:04 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor | @Emrakul There's at least one already-existing "specific example": the recent riddle from Minder Daemon. Since you're considering MD to be my sock and nobody else's, that means it's posted someone else's riddle without attribution. Would something like "I didn't write this riddle; attribution is due to the original author, who published it on a website I co-own (see my profile)" meet the spam/plagiarism requirements? | |
| Aug 27, 2015 at 8:40 | comment | added | user20 | I'm... not totally sure, to be honest. That's a good question that I don't have a solid answer to. The answer might also come down to a case-by-case basis. There's a fine line between "posting a lot with attribution and permission" and spam. I'm not sure if I have good guidelines for how to draw it without a more specific example. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 22:39 | comment | added | Aggie Kidd | @Emrakul We are considering allowing users to post puzzles anonymously. How would we approach that situation (my buddy likes anonymity)? | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:57 | comment | added | user20 | @AggieKidd "posted with permission of [person name]" should nominally clear that up. If it's flagged, we should see that and not take action; if it's flagged and we take the wrong action, just let us know and we'll correct it. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:12 | comment | added | Aggie Kidd | @Emrakul That would make me feel better about giving due credit, but what about if someone happens upon the puzzle in both places and deems the posting here as being a plagiarized version? To the subtle onlooker who doesn't know I'm associated with that site, it might appear that even though I give credit, I haven't fully given due mention to the "copyright" holder. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:08 | comment | added | user20 | Does adding a note: "made by Zyzzyx the Intelligent AI, posted with permission" satisfy attribution from your/their side? | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:05 | comment | added | Aggie Kidd | @BaileyM I doubt he would come after me for it, but I'd still be "taking credit" for something he did. I would also worry about someone seeing both and it getting removed because they thought it was plagiarism. Either way, I like giving credit where credit is due. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 19:00 | comment | added | Bailey M | Does it still count as plagiarism if you're given his express permission to post the riddle? | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 18:48 | history | asked | Aggie Kidd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |