lady express -

This is the phrase that I have objected to. Someone knows if they wrote something or not. This statement is in fact absolutely not true and I think misleading people into believing you wrote it when you didn't is a VERY big issue.

I agree before this statement that this was probably an innocent error of not offering a source. And I treated it as such. But this line leads me to believe that there was intention. I know what I write and what I haven't. It sticks in your mind if you spent time and energy writing something. The language itself will give me clues if I've truly forgotten. For example, I would know that I didn't write this Paul Jones article because I never say the word: "crikey".

I would have thought that if someone was innocently making mistakes and this was brought to their attention, they would be contrite and really be eager to correct the misperceptions and errors in not giving credit. And would appreciate that someone had pointed this out to them before they got into big trouble or was fined or sued. I haven't seen that and that is unfortunate.

I respect that you see this differently though. Hopefully we can all learn together to make sure that people DO get credit for their work.