Quote from: malekcap on April 08, 2018, 04:13:39 AM

do you need french translation please for this post? i could post it for you

Feel free if you want.

Quote from: sncc on April 08, 2018, 06:03:08 AM

Regarding the rule No. 33 about plagiarism, is there a consensus for the correct way of the citation? I think the most appropriate way is to enclose contents from other websites/posts by "quote".
[EDIT: quotation for other posts in the forum in the standard form automatically comes with the link to the post, but quotation for external webpage one should write the direct link to the specific webpage near the quotation.]

If the above quotation style is a consensus, it would be good to clarify the definition of the correct way of citation in the rule because some users are making use of the absence of it as a loophole: sometimes people use the contents without "quote" but with small citation which looks like they are trying to hide it, e.g.,

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3199418.msg33194095#msg33194095
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818999.msg32274273#msg32274273

and other users post the contents even without mentioning the original threads, which I think conflicts the rule No. 33, see, e.g.:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3130158.msg32381100#msg32381100
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818999.msg32791816#msg32791816

These things are also being discussed in these threads:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3255944.0 (use of "quote" for external webpage with link)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3272524.0 (validity of small citation without "quote")

Since the number of these gray area posts seems increasing after merit system, it would be useful to clarify in the rule No. 33 whether the small citation without "quote" would be bad or good, and the definition of the correct way of the citation.

IMO as long as you can relatively easily discern the fact that the content in question is not original, it should be fine.