Best Posts in Thread: Plagiarism

http://meepcraft.com/threads/media-application-from-orion9.58528/

Why is plargiarism barely frowned upon? It's a real illegal offense and it's something you should never do. The fact that we are encouraging a plagiarizer to apply again for a staff position here scares me.

I suggest that if you plagiarize, your applications will not be considered for 6 months or something alone those lines. Make these kids understand that plagiarizing is not allowed and greatly frowned upon on Meepcraft and all of society in general.

 

(copy pasted from the other thread..oh the irony)

Because he's just a kid and most likely hasn't heard/fully understood that plagiarism is a serious crime. We don't want to shun people away from the server forever. If he can learn and improve/make his own content then I don't see why he shouldn't re-apply. In the past if this has happened and they even re-apply weve denied the application, even if it wasn't plagiarized that time. So to some (smaller, albeit) extent were already doing what you suggested. it's not like we don't completely ignore the fact that they plagiarized either! It's definitely a key factor in determining whether to accept or not.

 

Let's be honest was that app gonna be considered anyways

 

Maybe it could just be a warning point?

 

Just don't allow him to make staff applications for four years. That is how long it will take for him to come up with something worth accepting for interview, and that's a minimum.

 

^^ this
In the rules (if this isn't put in already), there should be a rule against copying other people's work for applying for media or helper. Each time you plagiarize, you earn a warning point for it. I don't know why people that copy here aren't punished for it. Orion did it twice and his applications were denied automatically. That isn't going to make him stop copying other applications or videos.

 

An auto-denial is the same as not following the format (when you used to be able to do that), which is not nearly as serious as an offense. Why should we be encouraging plagiarizers to reapply? I never said it was a prominent issue, and it's not like you even need a tech. Just make it so you actually get an applying-related punishment if you plagiarize.

um his age is "10 on 1 May" so I think so