Just discovered a plagiarist

[Guest]

Hi, long-time lurker decloaking.

I was just idly browsing through the site when I discovered a couple of stories by `Kelly Thompson`. The 1st is the eponymously titled `Kelly Thompson`, and the 2nd is called `My Grandfather`s Surprise`. Both these stories are newsgroup oldies, the 1st going back at least a year, and the 2nd at least 3 years. In fact, the `Grandfather` story now lives on several incest sites.

Whatever the merits of the story, the poster shouldn`t take credit for someone else`s work.

 

[Laurel]

Hi B.,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We will contact the author and if these are indeed found to not be his or her original work, we will remove them promptly. Thanks for decloaking, too. Hope to see you around the board more.

 

[Guest]

I did a little more digging, and actually found one of these stories on an old drive. The story entitled `Kelly Thompson` is in fact called `Confronting mother`,
by Pennypacker@my-dejanews.com
First posting 07 December 1998 09:29

Fairly conclusive proof?

 

[Laurel]

I'd say. In addition his/her/its email bounced. She/he/it's bye-bye, and so are his/her/its stories!

 

[Mark Singer]

CHA!

Good work, b.lister, and good action, Ms. Laurel! What a good feeling it is, when the forces of GOOD prevail.
CHA!

-M-

 

[bluntforcemama]

I find it baffling that someone would plagerize, and then run! If they're going to take the time, they might as well stick around to see if it floats or not.