That's not "gaiming the system", it doesn't matter for the system. Being banned makes the forum read-only, and adjusting your Trust lists changes how you read the forum. Banned users could be on DT1 but won't be re-elected since they can't fullfill the "post within the last 30 days" requirement. So their Trust list only matters to themselves, and the users who included them. In naim027's case,
those are 2 users who aren't included by anyone else, so that's where the "gaiming" ends.
I'm pretty sure doing what Timelord2067 said he did isn't possible. Or is it?
It's possible, and makes sense. I'm now curious if a banned user can also create or remove feedback.
In brief, I support naim027 here, like LoyceV and The Pharmacist.
Does LoyceV still support him? I have not heard him speak out recently.
I'm a bit more lenient towards plagiarism than I was when massive numbers of shitposters were spamming many boards with posts they copied from a few pages earlier. The Merit system took care of that.
I'm not a Mod, so my opinion doesn't matter. For what it's worth: I didn't report naim027 for plagiarism when I first saw it, because
this quoted post made it clear he didn't know about that rule. But I'm not a babysitter, so if a user doesn't fix all his plagiarism after a warning,
that's just dumb.