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Momijitsuki
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devilmanozzy wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:The only section I read was the Touhou section.

It was copy/pasted from the Touhou Wikipedia article word-for-word, with content actually taken out.

The Subterranean Animism section is directly copied from the Touhou Wiki page for it, and only a small piece of it is stolen.

The Ikaruga article is directly copied from the Ikaruga article on Wikipedia.

Way to plagiarize, and do a lousy job of it! I've seen better copypasta on 4chan.
Whats 4chan? Seriuesly I don't get out much. As far as the stolen/ plagiarism thing, to a point your right. How do you suggest it is fixed? Theres a reason I don't post in Forums much, and all the negative comments with no offering of help is one of them.

As for the Touhou Series page, I posted a link to the Touhou Wikia for a reason. Until I can get my hands on those games, (which for a poor college student may be awhile) I wont know what to write. I love the vids of the games of youtube but its not so easy to write a page on something you don't own.

If you don't know what 4chan is, consider yourself fortunate.

Anyway, if that is the case, get people who know about the material to write the pages instead of directly copying from other sources. You can get in trouble for that, you know.

I'm not saying the whole wiki isn't a noble effort, it's just that I'm strongly against plagiarism and such. At the very least, if you want to make a wiki on stuff you don't really have a clue about, instead of just copy/pasting what you see on other sites, you could simply write the section in your own words instead.
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Momijitsuki wrote:
If you don't know what 4chan is, consider yourself fortunate.

Anyway, if that is the case, get people who know about the material to write the pages instead of directly copying from other sources. You can get in trouble for that, you know.

I'm not saying the whole wiki isn't a noble effort, it's just that I'm strongly against plagiarism and such. At the very least, if you want to make a wiki on stuff you don't really have a clue about, instead of just copy/pasting what you see on other sites, you could simply write the section in your own words instead.
Ok with that note, I'll give some of the pages a rewrite, tho really all I'll be doing at this point is throwing in a few words, cutting out things I deem not important.

I didn't want to make the Shoot Them Up! Wikia look so bad, and after learning this based on this thread, I'll make some changes.

Maybe in another month the wikia will be look more to everyones liking?

However, the name of the wikia I agree is weak.... I wonder if I can change that? :roll:
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