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RokofAges75:
Developing story!! It gets juicier (it always does with Tanja LOL)!!!
I went over to Refresh to start a new thread there and call her out again, which is easier said than done because I want her to know EXACTLY who is calling her out, but my RokofAges75 screen name there is on permanent ban LOL. Still! So I had to get a new one.
Meanwhile, I noticed there is a new Supernatural fanfic board. Since Tanja's into stealing SN fics now, I decided to scope out that board first. There are only a few threads; apparently it's a brand new board. The thread introducing it said something like, "I thought we needed this board, mostly for Jess's stories!" There are no stories by "Jess" there yet, but "Jess" had posted and said, "Maybe they can move my stories over." So I started looking at the other boards. First board I went to was the "Other" category, and right off the bat, I noticed a Twilight fic by "Jess." Put the first line into Google, and sure enough... we have another!!!
So I'm going to be going through Refresh and adding to my list tonight before I call her out there. I'm sure it will be way over 70 by the time I'm done.
RokofAges75:
Okay, that search only yielded one result... there must be some Supernatural fics she's plagiarized on there somewhere, but I went through every board and couldn't find anything, unless it dates back older than I thought it would. Still, 68 counts of plagiarism is way more than plenty to warrant a complaint.
I think before I start a thread on Refresh, I'm going to go through the mods first this time... because if I post a link to the full list of stories she's plagiarized, I'll get banned again LOL. And it's pointless without links of evidence showing that she plagiarized. So I'll try the worthless mods first.
RokofAges75:
This is the message I'm sending to the mods of the fanfic boards, Playbunny and Brit. I'm making the effort to handle this the mature way first... and if they're as unhelpful as they were last time, then I'll make a big scene and get myself banned yet again. :)
Hello,
My name is Julie. I run a fanfiction website called Dreamer's Sanctuary. In 2006, stories from my website were plagiarized by a girl from Denmark named Tanja Nielsen on a different forum for Busted fanfics. Later that year, Tanja began plagiarizing other stories from a website called Absolute Chaos here on Refresh, in the McFly fanfic forum. Her username at the time was LuckyMe. I believe she has since been banned and most of the threads with plagiarism removed.
I want to inform you that this girl is back and has been plagiarizing stories across several fandoms on your website under a different username, ~ Jess ~. She began almost immediately after being banned under her old name, back in early 2007 I believe, and has been doing it ever since.
With the help of my fandom, I have been tracking her online for several months and have compiled a list of 68 counts of plagiarism this girl has committed over the past 3 years, many of which have taken place on Refresh. This list is complete with links to the threads in which the plagiarism was committed, as well as links to the original stories stolen. The list can be viewed here: http://www.dreamers-sanctuary.com/tanja.html
I ask that you not only ban all of this girl's usernames, but also her IP and email address, so that she cannot simply register again under another name. I also ask that you remove the threads she has started with plagiarized stories, and also make an announcement on the affected forums, explaining to your visitors what happened and why the stories were removed. Your readers deserve to know the truth and should be on the lookout, to prevent this type of incident from occurring again.
I thank you for your cooperation in this serious issue. I expect that, with the detailed evidence I have provided, this matter will be addressed and taken care of in a timely manner. If there's any way I can be of further assistance to you, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Julie Lewis
EDIT: Okay, it won't let me send a message longer than 2000 characters, so I had to edit down a bit.
RokofAges75:
I've also emailed fanfiction.net . I'm not sure how much they can do, since as far as we know, she's not plagiarizing on their site, just taking stories from it. But it'd be nice if they could do something to put the word out, since some of their members have been affected.
mare:
Nicely done Julie. I was going to say that fanfict net would be another good place to send the mods an email.
I hope those refresh fools take it seriously this time.
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