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Re: Plagiarism again (Was: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?)
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Date: 
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:27:13 GMT
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Mookie (<388E6181.28DD3F5B@worldnet.att.net>) wrote
at 02:52:49

Though I think there
should have to be some kind of signed "legally" binding agreement that
needs to be signed by a parent for anyone under 18 submitting items to
the vote. The parents will know if the kid really built something 90% of
the time I would think...

I haven't looked, so I can't comment on the rules, but rather than
getting all formal, they could just say that the submission must include
a picture of the submitter *with* their creation, as well as any other
pictures.

It's still fakeable, but what isn't? They want to encourage people, so
they can't stick too many conditions on it.
--
Tony Priestman



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  Re: Plagiarism again (Was: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?)
 
(...) I thought about suggesting that, but I dismissed it as a bad idea, as it might attract kidnappers or child pornographers or something. (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Plagiarism again (Was: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?)
 
You will let us know what they said about the letter I'm sure :) Hope everything works out for the better! Think about this, I do believe we need someone to keep an eye on this site on a regular basis to make sure this doesn't happen again. I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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