No slack for plagiarism, rules are rules.
Fair enough. I hadn't noticed that list had been posted here before. Things like that happen all the time, however.
And for fuck's sake, you guys! 6 merits for that plagiarism? If d_eddie jumps off a bridge...
I think I've been the quickest of the bunch for once is all.
My point being: to avoid the circle jerk feedback effect, we do need to encourage newcomers that take a shot at quality posting.
My suggestion, or at least what I always do, is to check the historical before giving merit to newbies:
It wasn't that easy to detect the plagiarism.... but his historical is quite clear.