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GeneralRe: Spam would be article Pin
Jörgen Andersson9-Sep-15 1:48
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OriginalGriff9-Sep-15 1:55
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Jörgen Andersson9-Sep-15 1:59
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OriginalGriff9-Sep-15 2:23
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Jörgen Andersson9-Sep-15 2:26
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OriginalGriff9-Sep-15 2:30
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Jörgen Andersson9-Sep-15 2:39
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OriginalGriff9-Sep-15 2:51
mveOriginalGriff9-Sep-15 2:51 
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
How many people do you think would argue the case with the hamsters,

The ones who are invested with their accounts; who care about their contributions; they do argue the case - at least when it comes to plagiarism, so I'd expect "inadvertent spammers" to do the same.

It's the ones who don't care that will say "elephant it".
If I accidentally posted an article that was considered spam then I'd argue my case, and promise to be more careful in future - as would you. It's only those who know exactly what they are doing and don't care that would quietly ignore it (or post something that blatant in the first place).

We can't have a double standard here, that's not fair. And if we kick "long time members" who suddenly start plagiarising (and we do) then why would we apply a different standard to those undermining the financial basis of the whole site?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

GeneralRe: Spam would be article Pin
Jörgen Andersson9-Sep-15 3:10
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OriginalGriff9-Sep-15 1:57
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Jörgen Andersson9-Sep-15 2:08
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GeneralBlack Magic Spammer in Moderation Pin
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ZurdoDev9-Sep-15 2:47
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Jörgen Andersson8-Sep-15 23:48
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OriginalGriff8-Sep-15 22:17
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Nicholas Marty9-Sep-15 1:05
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Jochen Arndt8-Sep-15 21:32
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