Quote from: bones261 on June 05, 2019, 04:17:53 PM

Quote from: jokers10 on June 05, 2019, 03:48:57 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on June 04, 2019, 08:49:30 PM

Could be, but it's also not uncommon for plagiarists to try to stay on topic by copying something from earlier in the thread.

Having said that, I don't mind them getting a soft ban, just don't want to start the whole done-it-only-once-was-young-and-stupid excuse bingo

I would say, that it is not that case: there is no «plagiarism» mistake in situation when someone helps another one person in bounty (!!!) topic. If it would be a regular problem for him, then it could be so, but one time for 1803 posts copied answer of bounty manager to answer another user is not plagiarism at all. If we ask for more attributive quoting, well, it could be mistake of not enough attribution. Mistake, but not a crime, not a plagiarism. All my IMHO.

Unfortunately, we have caught bumping bots that just recycle the same questions and answers using various alt account to make it appear like different participants. When caught, the account that gave the answer could just state "they were being helpful."

Yes, they can. Don't it look exactely like they are doing it just to add number of posts to their activity? Isn't it systematic in their case? If everyone can see the difference between the situations, why should we penalise a good one person just not to give an opportunity to use that example for bad ones, when there is nearly nothing in common? Occasional mistake in attribution in quoting is not the same as systematic copypasting to get activity.

Quote from: Coolcryptovator on June 05, 2019, 05:35:46 PM

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If only reason that mentioned by suchmoon then OP likely deserve unban without conditions according to admin.

I agree!