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mterek

Avatar: 192622 2009-09-24 16:39:01 -0400
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Shii Posted:

You do realize that there’s basically one way to win Forum Style, and that’s to copy the colors in the logo as closely as possible, and that typically results in many very similar forum styles.

This is true, but it doesn’t explain why one of several seemingly generic styles gets a lot of votes at the end, netting Kitty-san 4/5 past style wins. Clearly, people must place huge value on Arial font and slightly enlarged margins, because honestly such dramatic changes don’t really impress me that much.

was Posted:

I don’t think you know what paraphrasing is.

I know enough to admit man-man didn’t do it.

was Posted:

And plagiarism is “keeping good chunks of sentences intact.”

What I meant to say is, “I think some online plagiarism is alright if it’s clearly intended for parody”. Parody has to imitate the original to some degree to preserve the reference, but some parodies have to go further than others.

I’m only advocating this in general, though. I don’t think it applies to this case.

was Posted:

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

I didn’t get the opportunity to vote for this forum, but had I done so I would have downvoted it based on it potentially being a real forum and not because it lifted text from a webpage.

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