The recent question What was Eitri making along with Stormbreaker? was copied word for word from this reddit post, even the picture was taken from there.
After I pointed that out, the user simply added a link at the end. But the question still reads like these are his words, and without clicking on the link at the end, one would never know that this is a complete "copy&paste" job.
Obviously I could correct that myself with an edit, but should I?
I think that if a user steals something, it's up to them to correct their "mistake". If I do it for them, then it just means that they, and other users, can continue to "copy&paste" other people's work without consequences. Because even if they get caught, nothing happens. They don't even have to bother editing their post, someone else will do it for them.
So my question is:
- How should we deal with "copy&paste" jobs?