This topic is for the purpose of discussing #10443: DarkSword64's DS Super Mario 64 DS "tunneling glitch" in 05:42.275

Are you sure you made this TAS, or did you just lift the movie from here? #9126: Sharkey91, Really_Tall, bobbybob, Adeal, Migu & Rupa's DS Super Mario 64 DS in 05:42.28 Since the encode is the exact same as the original submission. Another thing to point out, is that unfortunately this TAS branch is "tunneling glitch" meaning that it's comparable to the newer Publication. [6109] DS Super Mario 64 DS "tunneling glitch" by Migu, bobbybob, Sharkey91, Really_Tall, Adeal & Rupa in 05:37.227 For future runs please don't lift other people's hard work and make your own instead.

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For actual dsm comparisons (trust me it's a nothing burger). Original:

rtcStartNew 2015-SEP-17 17:00:00:000
comment author Sharkey91, Really_Tall, Migu, Adeal, and bobbybob

Stolen:

rtcStartNew 2026-MAY-15 08:57:00:000
comment author DarkSword64

om, nom, nom... blech, salty!

For future runs

Not happening. User was permabanned.

Not happening. User was permabanned.

Yeah, I know. Saw that snipe being hit from a mile away when I saw you judging after I made the comment, couldn't be bothered going "nevermind" when editing.

So what I'm seeing is a newcomer joined the site and submitted a movie that's not theirs and got perma-banned for it. The problem with this I'm having is that it might not be obvious to newcomers to not submit someone else's work. The only page I'm seeing where it states that it is forbidden to do so is Movie Rules. However, the submission form doesn't link to that page directly. It only links to the Submission Instructions. There is no word on the "no plagiarism" rule on either the "Submit a Movie" form nor the Submission Instructions. When submitting a movie, users are only asked to confirm they read the Submission Instructions, not the Movie Rules. Perhaps, the "no plagiarism" rule should be mentioned on the submission form and the Submission Instructions, at least as a one line sentence.

Just to make it completely clear, the authorship on the actual input file was changed, and that was the only change made to the input file. It wasn't just resubmitting the run with the wrong name on the site, they actively went in and removed the credit of the original authors to replace it with their own, so this is very blatant plagiarism. You can open this submission and the real run as text files in a diffchecker and check for yourself. I should also mention the author tried to appeal their ban, once again claiming ownership of the run. They then proceeded to throw a tantrum on Discord over being banned. I could forgive an honest mistake, and I would have in this case had it been one, but it's been clear from the very start that this was a malicious (and thankfully extremely obvious) action. EDIT 2/3: Rewrote and removed the unnecessary sarcasm and cattiness, sorry about that. I made a couple changes to Wiki: SiteRules and Wiki: SubmissionInstructions to be more clear about everything. Surprised this somehow wasn't in the site rules to begin with, honestly.

So what I'm seeing is a newcomer joined the site and submitted a movie that's not theirs and got perma-banned for it. The problem with this I'm having is that it might not be obvious to newcomers to not submit someone else's work. The only page I'm seeing where it states that it is forbidden to do so is Movie Rules. However, the submission form doesn't link to that page directly. It only links to the Submission Instructions. There is no word on the "no plagiarism" rule on either the "Submit a Movie" form nor the Submission Instructions. When submitting a movie, users are only asked to confirm they read the Submission Instructions, not the Movie Rules. Perhaps, the "no plagiarism" rule should be mentioned on the submission form and the Submission Instructions, at least as a one line sentence.

The submission form directly links you to the movie rules page in a section, which contains the sections on authorship and plagiarism. I dont know if we have a nominal "I have read the movie rules" and "I accept that this submission is licensed under creative Commons" checkboxes, maybe we could include those? EDIT: Nevermind, we already have them! Users have to declare they read the movie rules and submission instructions for the su to go through. Once this happens, they are liable to the proper penalties

The submission form directly links you to the movie rules page in a section

No, I searched the form and it only mentions the Submission Instructions and Text Formatting Rules. If I missed it, please let me know where it links to the Movie Rules.

Users have to declare they read the movie rules and submission instructions for the su to go through

No, there is only a checkbox to confirm you have read the Submission Instructions and a checkbox to confirm you are publishing under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license. It is not a matter as I saw Samsara made changes: The Submission Instructions now state that all users and submissions are subject to the Site Rules. The Site Rules now state that TASVideos has a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism. This is much better. Newcomers are confirming they read the Submission Instructions and by doing so, confirm they are following the site rules that forbid plagiarism.

I know it's fine now, but if we want to be pedantic: Already when registering a TASVideos account the Site Rules had been linked. And those clearly stated the Movie Rules under the Submission section. And those had a section about plagiarizing for a long time now. So if it was about reachability, that always existed.