You copy/pasted from an article without quoting it or posting the source. The penalty for this action is a direct account ban.
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33. Posting plagiarized content is not allowed.[e]
That was a while ago, why the ban now? It isn't as if he is some Pajeet poster only here for the sig moniez..
So we should unfairly punish users from certain countries and give older users a free pass to copy and paste? And he also only copied and pasted for the sig money. Why else would he have done it.
I think Chi might be worth making an exception for? He seems to actually contribute, more than Loan Shark (imo) did anyway, and Lone Shark was unbanned from his copy/pasting ban. While I don't trust him too much due to his actions, he does seem like a genuinely good person.
Lone Shark shouldn't have been unbanned. This is the issue with unbanning one user makes. Everyone else then wants the exception so that's why the rules should be clear. Copy and paste = perma ban. Not copy and paste = perma ban, unless you're a Senior user and run charity auctions. More veteran users should be more aware of the rules and punishments.
