Forum:Zeonic Scans is annoyed!

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That should pretty much explain everything. :P -Dav7d2 - "You mustn't let mistakes weigh you down. Acknowledge them and take what you've learned to move on. That is the privilege of being a man."-Full Frontal 01:19, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

For those who don't know, Deackychu is the one from Zeonic Scans and already went here to remind people. I don't know how much was copied, but I hope this is fixed asap. --Bronx01 (talk|contribs) 01:34, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

David, can you ask which pages specifically he was talking about? I think the main issue is that people are both lazy and are unable to paraphrase or rephrase sentences from source material. Granted alot of that material is in Japanese and not alot of people here can go from Japanese to English perfectly w/o a few spelling mistakes. But in general plagiarism has been a problem on here, and I'm not surprised Zeonic is pissed about it, and I think Chris from MAHQ wrote a note on people from Wikipedia c/p from the site and putting it on wikipedia. Gaeaman 788 - is a administrator 03:45, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

Does a "how to" page for citing sources exist on Gundam Wiki? May be helpful for users. ~ LordNader 16:12, March 31, 2011 (UTC)

Well...Zekifried did say that he was going to put up the sources after he c/p from Zeonic. Which is why we need a improved set of rules to deal with these cases. Gaeaman 788 - is a administrator 16:29, March 31, 2011 (UTC)

Just do what I did for the Frozen Teardrop page and toss the links used from him up as sources on the pages, then rewrite sections with inline/parenthetical citations for direct quotes. I mean, I'd asked him for permission first in any case, but that's basic MLA citing anyway, and I'm going to assume everyone here is at least in or has graduated from highschool... :P Kit-chan 18:00, March 31, 2011 (UTC)