mterek Posted:

As far as man-man’s submission goes, I think he could have done a better job at paraphrasing, but for the most part I don’t consider it plagiarism to keep good chunks of sentences intact. This is because paraphrasing can often obscure the reference, and if people don’t have a clear idea of what the parody is it’s not likely the idea will win, and if it does it’s not likely it’ll make a good forum.

That said though, I don’t like the idea of making hypothetical forums for existing organizations. Like with the “Arrogant Bastard Forums”, what happens if a real Arrogant Bastard Ale Forum comes into being? Even if the build preceded it, it’ll be seen as a poor parody at best, a cheesy ripoff at worst.

I don’t think you know what paraphrasing is. And plagiarism is “keeping good chunks of sentences intact.”

One more thing. Your hypothetical situation is the exact opposite of this and not really comparable.