Report plagiarism (copy/paste) here. Mods: please give temp or permban as needed

[Rikafip]

The post in question seems to be referencing the copied text as "smuggled out snippet below" so arguably Mpamaegbu was not trying to claim authorship of that text.

Nice catch, seems like almost everyone ignored this little detail, in which he says that he took it from someplace else. If he decides to appeal the ban, might even help to at least change permaban into signature ban (which I would like to see more often here), if not overturning it completely.

Mpamaegbu claims to not have provided a link to the source but what actually was the source? If he copied the message from steemit and forgot to put a link, then it can be considered an error. If, on the other hand, he copypasted the post from bitcointalk, then it is blatant plagiarism because his post was not translation nor quotation.

Looking at differences between those two bitcointalk topics, the one made by Mpamaegbu lacks the part about Philippines, which is not included in either Steemit article or TG post. If he was blindly plagiarizing bitcointalk post, chances are he would copy that Philippines part too, which he didn't so i think that source is that Steemit article.

[Smartvirus]

Hmm, we lost another active poster on the forum.

I feel just the same way @Ratimov, that we may have lost permanently just another active Hero Member and forum contributor. I have been watching fron the sideline as to how the case was being handled and it broke my heart that, it turned out on a permanent ban over a 2years elusive mistake as he claims. In many ways it might be it as he stated in his defence, being that, the thread never continued though, it doesn't completely erased the fact that, a forum rule was faulted once, perhaps there are more but a continued ignorance of the rule would have been the better bone of contentment.

I recall that not quite long ago, he celebrated his Hero Membership, how long it took and some persons really did took a liking to him, I do too and the knowledge that, he might not be back is really something to take in.

Mpamaegbu behaved strangely. He began to write explanations here but did not find the time to quickly correct the situation with this problematic post, at least delete it if the authorship is not clear. Enough time has been given. At least 1 user thought to fix the situation with their plagiarism and added a link.

Perhaps he behaved in some unlikely way and maybe not the best way to have contained the situation but, if I were to take a position in his shoes and think as he might have taught, I feel, he was waiting on someone to have suggested that for a solution to him. Perhaps, he didn't want to act too smart and the edited post raises another pointy finger at him or something, I really don't know but I'm sure his got his reasons which might be wrong or right.

The post in question seems to be referencing the copied text as "smuggled out snippet below" so arguably Mpamaegbu was not trying to claim authorship of that text.

[...] many are likely to conclude with the smuggled out snippet below [...] May be you will agree ir disagree with the positions below.

It's a good thing to have noted this as, my relations with this user as someone in the forum and have sent quite a few pm's doesn't portray him to be someone that would want to steal someone else's glory. Its just sad that this slipped him under whatevercircumstancesat the time, that he had this skeleton in the closet and never knew but, it took his new campaign Best_Change to dig it up.

So sorry Hero Member Mpamaegbu, we do hope you get to appeal, truthfully stating the scenario and that the forum listen. Until then, your wished well!

[UserU]

Same @Smartvirus, it's a shame that all of his efforts just went to waste because of one oversight. There is a huge difference between someone that plagiarizes on purpose vs one that doesn't.

[hilariousandco]

Nobody is banned strictly because of "the rules"; it's always handled case-by-case, but almost always, plagiarists deserve to be permabanned.

The date of the original is dated March 13, 2018, the plagiarism date is March 19 2018 (no links provided).
I checked only 2 themes created by this user, I think if someone checks the rest, they will find more plagiarism.

Plagiarism
User: Mpamaegbu
Post link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3158767.msg32651653#msg32651653
(archive)
Additional link to third source: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@anassmed/good-news-btc

With the G20 economic summit underway today and tomorrow in Argentina, many are likely to conclude with the smuggled out snippet below that the meeting will end in favour of the crypto community. Foretelling the outcome, Bitcoin has dramatically bounced back to $8300+ this morning after its below $7,500 low last night. May be you will agree ir disagree with the positions below.

USA
- ICO Prohibited, Money Laundering & Illegal Act Regulations, Cryptographic Exchange Tradition License Scheme

 Japan
- taxation, payment instrument recognition

 Germany
- It is a legitimate financial instrument and may be taxable, but requires additional licenses and permits.

 England
- No government regulation

 France
- warnings about regulatory readiness (not disclosed in detail), 'risk of speculation and manipulation’

 Italy
- Some central banks consider issuing cryptocurrencies

 Canada
- Taxation

 China
- Coin trading prohibited, ICO prohibited

 India
- Not accepted as a means of payment, regulation of money laundering and illegal activities

 Brazil
- Financial assets not recognized, direct investment prohibited

South Korea
- No anonymous account transactions (real name system), tax preparation in progress

 Australia
- No government regulation

 Russia
- Cryptocurrencies regulation legislation, ICO prohibition, while allowing legislation, can run a legitimate exchange

 Mexico
- Preparing taxation

 Indonesia
- No government regulation, prohibited from banks

 Turkey
- No government regulation

 Saudi Arabia
- Some regulations will be introduced but not prohibited

 Argentina
- No government regulation

 Republic of South Africa
- No government regulation

 European Union
- Agreed to more stringent rules to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing in Bitcoin and other virtual currency exchanges

It's just the red that was copied and this is the only instance of plagiarism?

[Frengki_cisco]

Does anyone have a way to contact Mpamaegbu outside of this forum?

Telegram is probably the fastest way, I see telegram is active.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5085373.msg48853007#msg48853007

[UserU]

Does anyone have a way to contact Mpamaegbu outside of this forum? Offer him to appeal and explain everything in more detail. Maybe not so bad. Perhaps he will be limited by time constraints, which will allow him to retutn in the future as a full-fledged member of the community.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5085373.msg48853007#msg48853007

Thanks Frengki.

I'm contacting him now. Will keep you guys posted on any updates.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Plagiarism
User: rinkidas14
Post link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5357694.msg57834299#msg57834299
(archive)

Bitcoin price going to up or down in this desember? 
If you show the Every December is one to remember in Bitcoin, dating all the way back to the first time Bitcoin reached above $1,000. It promptly fell 80% to under $200 by the following December, where it reached its bear market bottom.

Two years later, in December 2017, Bitcoin price topped out once again, putting an end to that bull rally and starting another bear market. The bottom of that bear market was – you guessed it – in December. A temporary “bottom” was even set in December 2019 before a rejection resulted in Black Thursday last year.

In December 2020? Bitcoin price was blasting through former resistance at all-time high – a level it never looked back at, but is now less than $12,000 away.

So in this Desember what expect in btc ?

https://loyce.club/archive/posts/5749/57497839.html



https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/btc/bitcoin-bottom-top-december-2021/

[Lucius]

@lovesmayfamilis, you are surprised that this user has not been punished for plagiarism? I am not at all surprised, because it is obvious that there are double criteria when deciding on this. If @rinkidas14 just adds a source link in his post, maybe that would be enough?

What does LoyceV think about whether we should warn that user before he gets perma-ban? This post is also not plagiarism in the opinion of global mods/admins and some distinguished forum members.

[lovesmayfamilis]

@lovesmayfamilis, you are surprised that this user has not been punished for plagiarism? I am not at all surprised, because it is obvious that there are double criteria when deciding on this. If @rinkidas14 just adds a source link in his post, maybe that would be enough?

This previously worked. There is all the evidence of plagiarism. And this is the third case. If this is not a violation, then you can simply cancel all plagiarism rules.

Plagiarism
User: MartinsCoin
Post link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5352824.msg57619283#msg57619283
(archive)

One more case. This user has it second.

The government of El Salvador is determined to accelerate the adoption of bitcoin in the country as, in addition to the introduction of ATMs, the Assembly of El Salvador approved this week the Ley de Creación de Fideicomiso Bitcoin. This law creates a fund to guarantee the liquidity of Bitcoin (BTC) trading in the country. In total, the fund will have a capital of US$150 million. The project was conceived by President Bukele himself and endorsed by the Salvadoran Ministry of Finance. The bonus distribution will be in BTC and the user will decide if he wants to convert the amount into dollars, spend or simply keep the BTC.

https://loyce.club/archive/posts/5783/57834326.html


https://digesttime.com/2021/09/01/el-salvador-assembly-approves-distribution-of-30-in-bitcoin-to-every-citizen/

[suchmoon]

Using bpip.org it's the easiest to see that, here's the @Mpamaegbu account on bpip https://bpip.org/Profile?id=940323 you can see there's a sign of Archived under his profile, mean he has been banned.

Some users might be archived for other reasons. Best check the Meta log in the bottom right corner:

If he decides to appeal the ban, might even help to at least change permaban into signature ban (which I would like to see more often here), if not overturning it completely.

I hope it gets overturned completely. If I post:

Like someone once said, bitcoins have no dividend or potential future dividend, therefore not like a stock.

...I don't think this deserves even a signature ban. It's clearly stated that the words are not mine, therefore not plagiarism, even if not quoted/attributed/etc. In Mpamaegbu's case it's not so obvious but still he did imply that the text is not his.

It's just the red that was copied and this is the only instance of plagiarism?

As far as I can tell, yes.

[UserU]

UPDATE: Mpamaegbu has responded and will be creating an appeal thread in Meta. Let's do our best to support him

[morvillz7z]

Plagiarism

user: Karartma1

Copy-pasting articles off Italian media with the help of google translate, basically breaking two forum rules at once: automatic translations and plagiarism. acquafredda 2.0 

Here's a few examples, just this last two weeks:


#1

Copy:

Despite the repeated blackouts that hit Texas last winter, due to the scarcity of energy reserves, the state presents energy prices that are among the lowest in the world: it's also focusing on renewable energy, so much so that its share in the market is constantly growing: already in 2019, 20% of electricity was from wind power. Texas also has a deregulated market that allows customers to choose their electricity providers and, more crucially, Texas leaders have a very lenient attitude towards fans of the crypto world.
If I was mining, I'd go there too.

Google translated:

In addition to this in the state, thanks to a deregulated market, customers are allowed to choose electricity suppliers and, more crucially, Texan leaders have a very lenient attitude towards fans of the cryptocurrency world.

Original text in Italian:

source: https://www.lastampa.it/economia/2021/06/21/news/la-cina-caccia-i-minatori-di-bitcoin-e-inizia-l-esodo-verso-il-texas-e-il-valore-della-criptovaluta-crolla-del-10-per-cento-1.40414871

Oltre a questo nello Stato, grazie a un mercato deregolamentato, è consentito ai clienti di scegliere i fornitori di elettricità e, fattore ancora più cruciale, i leader texani hanno un atteggiamento molto indulgente nei confronti dei fan del mondo delle criptovalute.

(archive)

#2

Copy:

Apparently Monta Ellis isn't the only basketball player looking for a NBA comeback. And that's where the Houston Rockets are leading the way as well.
In fact, they invited Gerald Green to train with the team, the very man who wore the Rockets' red and white jersey as his last NBA jersey. Green hasn't played an official game in the league since 2019, cut from the roster after fracturing his foot in pre-season. In the previous two years, however, the guard averaged 10.3 points per game in about 20 minutes of usage (36.0% from three).
Comebacks aren't always good, let's see.

Google translated:

Apparently Monta Ellis isn't the only basketball player trying to get a romantic return to the NBA. And also in this case the Houston Rockets are protagonists.

The Texan franchise in fact invited Gerald Green to train with the team, who wore the red and white Rockets jersey as the last NBA jersey. Green has not played an official game in the league since 2019, cut from the roster after fracturing his foot in the preseason. In the previous two years, however, the guard had averaged 10.3 points per game in about 20 minutes of use (36.0% from three).

Original text in Italian:

source: https://www.nbareligion.com/2021/09/05/nba-gerald-green-si-allena-coi-rockets/

A quanto pare Monta Ellis non è il solo cestista che sta cercando di ottenere un romantico ritorno in NBA. E anche in questo caso gli Houston Rockets sono protagonisti.

La franchigia texana infatti ha invitato ad allenarsi col team Gerald Green, proprio lui che come ultima casacca NBA vestiva quella rossa e bianca dei Rockets. Green non gioca una partita ufficiale nella lega dal 2019, tagliato dal roster dopo la frattura del piede in preseason. Nei due anni precedenti però, la guardia aveva fatto registrare medie di 10.3 punti a partita in circa 20 minuti di utilizzo (36.0% da tre).

(archive)

#3

Copy:

It sure seems that Franck Ribery still has a lot of desire to play at high levels. After his experience at Fiorentina, the 38-year-old would like to continue playing in Serie A. Hellas Verona and Salernitana are ready to welcome him with but there's a problem: Ribery, at Fiorentina, earned four million euros net per season. To find an agreement with one of the 2 teams he'll have to drastically reduce the salary. Otherwise, his transfer to Italy sounds really complicated.

Google translated:

Franck Ribery still wants to play football at a high level. After his experience at Fiorentina, the 38-year-old Frenchman would like to continue playing in Serie A. Hellas Verona and Salernitana are ready to welcome him with open arms but there is a problem.

The French champion, at Fiorentina, earned four million euros net per season. To think he can find an agreement with one of the companies on his trail, he will have to drastically reduce his salary. If not, it's difficult to see it again in Italy.

Original text in Italian:

source: https://www.sportal.it/calciomercato/svincolati-di-lusso-franck-ribery-ha-un-problema.html?amp

Franck Ribery ha ancora voglia di giocare a calcio ad alti livelli. Dopo l'esperienza alla Fiorentina, il 38enne francese vorrebbe continuare a giocare in Serie A. Hellas Verona e Salernitana sono pronte ad accoglierlo a braccia aperte ma c'è un problema.

Il fuoriclasse francese, alla Fiorentina, guadagnava quattro milioni di euro netti a stagione. Per pensare di poter trovare un accordo con una delle società sulle sue tracce dovrà ridursi drasticamente lo stipendio. In caso contrario, complicato rivederlo in Italia.

(archive)

#4

Copy:

Since April they have been investing in GBTC. MS has been very active in the crypto space over the past few months just by setting up funds to be dedicated to buying (direct or indirect) Bitcoin and cryptos.
As for indirect purchases on BTC, Morgan Stanley established the Institutional Fund, Institutional Fund Trust, Insight Fund, and Variable Insurance Fund just last April. Each of these funds can invest up to 25% of its assets in bitcoin.
In March, Morgan Stanley had instead established the first fund of its kind, the FS NYDIG Select Bitcoin Fund, which attracted nearly $30 million from investors.
It was the first major U.S. bank to offer its clients the direct purchase of fund shares that allow them to take a position in Bitcoin.
An old jurassic monster, eating the revolutionary meal.

Original:

source: https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2021/06/29/grayscale-bitcoin-trust-shares-for-morgan-stanley/

The banking giant has in fact been very active in the crypto space in recent months, setting up funds to be dedicated to the purchase (direct or indirect) of bitcoin and other crypto assets

As far as indirect purchases of BTC are concerned, Morgan Stanley set up the Institutional Fund, Institutional Fund Trust, Insight Fund and Variable Insurance Fund, just last April. Each of these funds can invest up to 25% of its assets in bitcoin.

In March, Morgan Stanley established the first fund of its kind, the FS NYDIG Select Bitcoin Fund, which attracted nearly $30 million from investors.

It was the first major US bank to offer its clients the direct purchase of shares in funds that allow them to take positions in bitcoin.

(archive)

[Lucius]

@morvillz7z, I don't know what to say, except to ask the question "Is there anyone else on the forum who doesn't engage in plagiarism?"

And what happened in the case of @acquafredda, because as far as I can see this user is active and doesn't even have a signature ban?

[morvillz7z]

And what happened in the case of @acquafredda, because as far as I can see this user is active and doesn't even have a signature ban?

I believe i have 5+ good reports on him for plagiarism since January and roughly 15+ unhandled, both good and unhandled reports are exactly the same, worded and reported the same way.

You are correct, despite all of my reports, acquafredda has not been punished yet, i doubt he ever will. Anyways, i was planning to have another run at him later this month since he has not stopped plagiarizing. This post from yesterday was stolen from here (don't ask me to format it because it takes time).

Nobody is banned strictly because of "the rules"; it's always handled case-by-case, but almost always, plagiarists deserve to be permabanned.

 

[airfinex]

After I discovered Pokapoka124's plagiarism, he quickly added a link to the source and escaped the ban. But he is indeed a deliberate plagiarist, as evidenced by the second report. The date of the original is dated January 19, 2021, the plagiarism date is  January 21, 2021 (no links provided). If you check his message history, you will understand that he forms most of his texts by copying clippings from new sites.

Plagiarism
User: Pokapoka124
Post link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5311064.msg56145997#msg56145997 (https://ninjastic.space/topic/5311064)
Additional link to third source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bible-quotation-found-in-bitcoin-block-number-666-666

People usually encrypt messages on Bitcoin blockchain through a sent transaction. These messages varies from different individual and organisation records. The first message recorded on Bitcoin blockchain network was in 2009. It was encrypted in the bitcoin blockchain’s genesis block.
Recently a certain biblical message was seen encrypted in a transaction in block number 666,666 of the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain. The message is a quotation from the sixth book in the New Testament, St.Paul’s epistle to the Romans. It reads: “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good – Romans 12:21.”

The individual who sent the transaction paid over $50 in fees. This is quite expensive compared to the normal peak average fee on Bitcoin blockchain in a day via bitinfocharts.com records. This shows that the sender’s interest was to have the transaction, and the message, imbedded in block 666,666. Why pay such a high fee just to save a message on the blockchain?

[Poker Player]

It's just the red that was copied and this is the only instance of plagiarism?

As far as I can tell, yes.

UPDATE: Mpamaegbu has responded and will be creating an appeal thread in Meta. Let's do our best to support him

Before jumping the gun, let's look at what the person who discovered the plagiarism says. I have asked him to expose all the evidence he has now:

Just my two sats and waiting for the best result of Mpamaegbu.

I am one of those people who like to shake the nerves of others, so if Mpamaegbu successfully appeals against the ban and is unbanned, I will provide new evidence since I have something in store. I am such an obnoxious brute only on weekends, on other days I enjoy watching such scandals drinking Piña colada.

[LoyceV]

Plagiarism
User: Mpamaegbu
Post link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3158767.msg32651653#msg32651653
(archive)
Additional link to third source: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@anassmed/good-news-btc

Honestly, I thought I put a link at the end and can't really explain how that skipped me. That thread was closed almost immediately it started and I never went back to it until when this issue came up, perhaps I would've observed I didn't put a link there if it were open and people were posting there. It's an honest slip. I never intended to plagiarize that write-up or anyone's work as I have given references to write-ups/comments I lift or put them in quotes. I even put out links to the two short articles I cited in threads I started before and after this thread in question was made. I wouldn't intentionally leave out referencing a lengthy article that was obviously not mine. It's a slip, frankly. There's nothing I stand to gain doing otherwise.

I think you should create a ban appeal topic in Meta (from a new account).

The post in question seems to be referencing the copied text as "smuggled out snippet below" so arguably Mpamaegbu was not trying to claim authorship of that text.

This makes sense, and makes me wonder if the mod who banned him overlooked that.

He'd been a member since before the merit system, so I don't think he started with zero merits.

He got 250 Merit airdropped and earned 366.

My guess is that he forgot about it once the thread was locked or thought it wouldn't be necessary because it got locked.

The entire thread is gone now, but if it was locked, that means the user couldn't correct his mistake anymore. Then again, since Mpamaegbu created it, he could have temporarily unlocked it to edit his post.

I'll quote Mpamaegbu's last post in that topic:

Quote from: metenjean on March 19, 2018, 08:39:22 AM

And this kind of topic has already been created here  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3158454.0

Oops! My bad. I didn't see the other thread eventhough I searched the forums before putting out mine. Yes, quickly I will lock up this thread now. Sorry about that.

The link in that quote was created an hour before Mpamaegbu's topic, and is created by someone who is by now banned too. Probably because it's also plagiarism.

Hey guys, how do you see if someone has been banned?

[β] BPIP Extension: user info & extra features add-on/extension, Firefox/Chrome

Copy-pasting articles off Italian media with the help of google translate, basically breaking two forum rules at once: automatic translations and plagiarism.

Machine translations are not allowed on local boards, it's okay in English:

27. Using automated translation tools to post translated content in Local boards is not allowed.

@morvillz7z, I don't know what to say, except to ask the question "Is there anyone else on the forum who doesn't engage in plagiarism?"

Interesting thought, I never checked theymos' older posts

I am one of those people who like to shake the nerves of others, so if Mpamaegbu successfully appeals against the ban and is unbanned, I will provide new evidence since I have something in store. I am such an obnoxious brute only on weekends, on other days I enjoy watching such scandals drinking Piña colada.

That seems like a waste of time. If there's more, he shouldn't get unbanned.

[Stalker22]

@LoyceV, can you perhaps pull up some stats on how many posts Pokapoka124 has edited over the last few days or so? It might prove interesting to see the scope of his quest to add references to all of his plagiarism.

[examplens]

Hey guys, how do you see if someone has been banned?

Using bpip.org it's the easiest to see that, here's the @Mpamaegbu account on bpip https://bpip.org/Profile?id=940323 you can see there's a sign of Archived under his profile, mean he has been banned.

Another way you can see on modlog https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php only for recent user (I don't know the exact time) and banned user can't wear a signature.

I suggest you use the BPIP browser extension. some more additional options come with them, very useful for active users
For example how I see Mpamaegbu profile on the forum.



More about this extension here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5224821.0

[nutildah]

Unreal for a Legendary to still be doing this -- they should know better by now. I found another one in the same vein where this post is more-or-less a condensed translation of this article.

Here's a more clear-cut example:

A big deal that not everyone expected is definitely the arrival of Patty Mills to the Brooklyn Nets, an opportunity that will allow both parties to achieve important goals during the upcoming NBA season.
The former San Antonio player will be bound to the franchise for the next two years thanks to a $12 million contract. Another excellent player wiil give then a great support to Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Kevin Durant, ready to chase the title.
Can't wait to see this team in action.

Google Translate bolded words to Italian:

Un gran colpo che non tutti si aspettavano è sicuramente l’arrivo di Patty Mills ai Brooklyn Nets, un’occasione che permetterà a entrambe le parti di raggiungere importanti obiettivi durante la prossima stagione.

L’ex giocatore dei San Antonio Spurs sarà legato alla franchigia per i prossimi due anni grazie ad un contratto da 12 milioni di dollari. Si aggiunge così un altro ottimo elemento in grado di dare un sostegno non indifferente a Kyrie Irving, James Harden e Kevin Durant, pronti a rincorrere il titolo.

Original source, translated back to English:

A great blow that not everyone expected is certainly the arrival of Patty Mills to the Brooklyn Nets , an opportunity that will allow both sides to reach important goals during the next season.

The former San Antonio Spurs player will be tied to the franchise for the next two years thanks to a $ 12 million contract. This adds another excellent element capable of giving considerable support to Kyrie Irving , James Harden and Kevin Durant , ready to chase the title.