I honestly can not understand why many users find it so difficult to indicate the original source.
Bitcointalk is the only forum I frequently visit that even cares about plagiarism, and in many cases it's just very convenient to quickly show a certain text.
My experience is exactly the same, bitcointalk is the only forum that I know where plagiarism is taken seriously. But, even on other forums, reputable and experienced members simply don't plagiarize (and when I say they don't plagiarize that means they are also formatting copied text properly) no matter the rules. That is just matter of basic posting etiquette and I wish more people realize that.
That would be a great idea. I honestly can not understand why many users find it so difficult to indicate the original source.
I see at least two reasons:
- Ignorance. For many this is the first forum they ever used so they don't know what's the proper way to deal with copied material and how to format copied text properly.
- Merit fishing. If you indicate right from the beginning that what you are sharing is copied material, chances for merit goes down.