From Merriam-Webster.com
pla·gia·rize
ˈplājəˌrīz/
transitive verb
: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
I don't know what else to call it. This person claimed it was her/his recipe in this post.
http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?p=463149#post463149
(Scroll down and you'll see my reply to that post. It was harsh, too.)
This person didn't even attempt to alter the info. It was copied and pasted verbatim from David Fisher's article about simple recipes with olive oil.
As for hurting this person's feelings, I seriously doubt this person will see my replies since I already banned this spammer. However, perhaps this person will see them since all this person has to do is register another account with a different username and IP and she/he will be right back posting more spam.
If this had been a legitimate member, I would have PM'd the person to say the post needed to be edited to give credit to David Fisher because it
was copied verbatim. It's actually not an original recipe. I'm sure many people have used 80% OO/20% CO for a batch. I haven't but that's because I prefer 70% OO/25% CO/5% Castor. Actually, I could use 30% CO with 65% OO and 5% Castor since the combination of OO and Castor is so conditioning. It's not the recipe I was objecting to but the use of DF's writing. If this person had just said use 80% olive and 20% with x amount of FO or EO, I probably wouldn't have even picked up on the spam.
However, I didn't bother PM'ing this person because he/she was a spammer. I'm sick and tired of all the spam we get on this forum. I'm not going to waste my time being considerate of spammers' feelings.
eta: Oh yeah! "Idiot" is a nicer word than I use to describe spammers. If I see more posts like this from other spammers, I'm going to be just as harsh if not even worse. It's a great stress reliever. :twisted: