Coin collecting 101

None taken, but then when I posted that I had not yet read anyone else's posts in this thread - or the other thread.

 

Look at it this way, if you don't want to lose respect then don't do certain things. About 98% of the time I can tell when a member wrote his post just by what is written. If I am unsure at all, all I have to do is copy a bit of the text and Google it. If that exact text is on another web site then I know the poster didn't write it. And I will then edit the post for a rule violation. Do you think I am the only one who can recognize a writing style ?

Being an author myself, I don't much like it when somebody copies my work and presents it as their own. So I will not allow it to happen to others either. Especially when it is so easy to just make a few brief comments and post a link to the original work. You don't have to write something yourself - just finding an article or information and sharing the link to that information is more than enough to get kudos for a poster.

But you did two things here, even with your explanation, which was not presented until after the fact, you still posted copyrighted material and then asked other CT members to vote for your brillant post. So when somebody points out that you didn't write the article - what do you expect to happen ?

OK, so you say you actually did write it. Wouldn't it have been far better to have explained that from the git go and then posted a link to the article ? Then not only would you have gotten the credit you say you deserve, but you woul dhave even stood a chance of having your thread nominated for the TOTW. That is what you were after isn't it ?