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Adding a disclaimer doesn't change the fact that the summary is not a quote, and lack of one is better than a copy.
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I'd say remove or rewrite it.
I saw this notice being used on pages with plagiarism issues. "[This description was copied in violation of our Plagiarism policy. Please replace it with original writing.]" I could sub that in.
Edited by costanton11
I was going to push for no action until I got a response from Rise from Your Grave, but it appeared my second course of action was Ninja'd.
I believe it's best to remove the written on-page notice and add a commented out note at the top of the page with your suggestion. Should I still send a Plagiarism notifer to the troper that added it?
Life is just a dream.
Copying and pasting text isn't allowed. Any text that is copied (other than as a direct quote) should be removed. Including a copyright notice is not an acceptable alternative.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
I went ahead and removed the description
Sent the Plagiarism Notifer to the troper that added it. I'll close once I get a response back.
Life is just a dream.
Heard back from them. Everything worked out in the end. Closing.
Life is just a dream.
I'm in the midst of culling An Aesop wicks from Lilo & Stitch: The Series recap pages, when I discovered that the plot summary for the recap page for "Spats" is taken verbatim from the fandom page of said episode. As if it wasn't obvious enough, the opening section has this displayed in bold at the top: The plot synopsis below includes content originally written on Lilo & Stitch Wiki on Fandom, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported).
No other recap page for the series has this as placed at the top of the page. Risefrom Your Grave added this back in 2021 and has edited other recap pages of Lilo & Stitch: The Series in their time on here. but they haven't added this notice on other pages they have edited. I don't want to send a Plagiarism notifer for a 3 year old edit, but they are still active on the site. I'm listing this here as I don't want to make a drastic edit without notifiying the troper that made it, and I don't want to instigate an edit war. What should be my course of action?
Edited by Jalpo99