I found the user
mithrim has repeatedly posted merit stat graphs and tables, which were originally created by
zentdex and posted in the threads:
[1]
Merit Stat from theymos data[2]
Where the Merit Pours?to German local threads and
LoyceV's Merit data analysis. Thanks to these posts, mithrim has collected
11 merits so far.
The problem is that mithrim typically does not cite zentdex, and seems to be pretending as if the materials were created by mithrim. mithrim sometimes gave a credit to zentdex, but the citation is very small: For instance, you can see "*Quelle" at the end of
this post for a link to zentdex's original post.
zentdex signed like "stats: by zentdex" in some of the graphs / tables, but not all. As zentdex's analysis is quite informative, I understand people want to share it, and zentdex would be happy about that. Needless to say one needs to give a correct credit to zentdex's hard work.
The correct way is to quote zentdex's original posts. However, mithrim never quote the zentdex's posts. The following is the current list of mithrim's posts. I must say they are plagiarism, please check them carefully.
The list of mithrim's posts copying and pasting the graphs and tables created by zentdex
This post copies 2 graphs and 3 tables from [2], and mithrim obtained 4 merits.
This post copies 1 graph and 2 tables from [2].
This post copies 1 graph and 1 table from [1], and mithrim obtained 1 merit.
This post copies 1 table from [2] and mithrim obtained 2 merits.
This post copies 1 graph and 1 table from [1], and mithrim obtained 3 merits.
This post copies 2 graphs and 1 table from [2], and mithrim obtained 1 merit.
Wow, never thought that trying to be more active and helpful would end up in me being in a witch-hunt.
The images even have a watermark and
show that they are by zentdex. I never edited them or cropped his name out, I also linked to him or the original thread.
What boggles me is, if you have a problem with the way I post, why wouldn't you say something to me personally? I would've edited the posts, no problem. I don't want to get credit for something I didn't do and I also create infographics and statistics myself, so I know how much work this can be.
You say that the citation is "very small". It's the normal font face and size. The problem now is - as I don't have any problem with making the links red and bold or actual quotes - even if I would do this, you'd only accuse me of trying to hide something.
It's so easy to point a finger and accuse someone of what might be considered a minor forbearance.
What's your angle here? Do you want to 'defend' zentdex? Do you want me to get banned? What do you want? You obviously don't want me to change the way I credit someone's work, else you would've talked to me, at least once.
This level of distrust resp. pessimistic/destructive behavior really saddens me. If you want to improve things, talk to people. Or am I just not worth it and it's easier to get rid of things that annoy you?
I really don't know what to say to your accusation as I only try to bring things to the local board as not all members frequent the Meta forum.
You're also saying that I never quote posts when I repost content and that's just not true. Until right now I figured that this is a forum and not some kind of board where someone's posts are being 'checked carefully' like in a scientific paper. But even there you cite the source and don't insert a photo of the original article whenever you refer to something as it's not mainly about who made the content you referred to but about what can be learned from it. I never claimed the work as mine and gave a source.
So, as you seem to have a problem with the way I posted but never saw the necessity to say this directly to me, either via PM or under one of my posts but instead, you chose to accuse me of plagiarism in a thread that aims to permaban someone, what do you propose?
To be honest, as irritating as this might be (and it is, at least for me), it also shows a nasty side effect of the new Merit System. Until now I never even thought about
plagiarism in the way you obviously do. I saw this forum as a means of exchanging information.. but well, learning never stops.
Next time I re-post content, I'll use the quote-function, so that everybody is happy.
And for future reference: If someone has a problem with me or the things I did, please talk to me.
Please see this account 
