Brett--
You can also put a standard disclaimer on your site stating the sources
that you have used, and pointing out that you are aware that some of those
sources may have used materials produced by others without being
cited/credited, and that it is your intent to provide proper credit in all
cases. If anyone sees anything on your site that is not properly credited,
please contact you so that you can ensure that it is properly credited.
Since you are just doing this for fun, there is a limit to how much
research you can be expected to do to untangle stuff that people before
you did that you are using in good faith.
Dave
> Most of the stuff in the KB source book is pretty legitimate and wouldn't
> cause me any concern. UWP data I wouldn't worry one bit about, History of
> the Deep... I'd do some research on that to see if the KB's put it out in
> their original 1970's publications if not I think the earliest reference
> of history I found was on Kevin Pittsinger's Candles Against the Night
> website and that was probably back in the mid 90's. Thus, if you can't
> find an earlier reference it's quite possible that Kevin came up with the
> history and not the Keith Brothers.
>
> Google is incredibly useful for finding authors and examples of
> plagiarism, I have a friend who's a grade 11 teacher and he regularly cut
> and pastes paragraphs of things his students have given him into Google.
> Quite often you can find things date stamped on line. Most lists have
> archives and most fanfic authors typically run their ideas past other fans
> as they're creating things.
>
> Derek Stanley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "krugerbf" <>
>
> Yes, I have found many inconsistencies. I just discovered a web site
> called videogamegeek.com which has a page called "Atlas of the Third
> Imperium: Reaver's Deep". It lists all the official publications that came
> out before the RDSSB, and I think I have most of these, so I can use those
> to cross check the data.
>
> Thanks Derek, as I've said before, quite difficult to track down and
> acknowledge original authors.
>
> Brett.
>
You can also put a standard disclaimer on your site stating the sources
that you have used, and pointing out that you are aware that some of those
sources may have used materials produced by others without being
cited/credited, and that it is your intent to provide proper credit in all
cases. If anyone sees anything on your site that is not properly credited,
please contact you so that you can ensure that it is properly credited.
Since you are just doing this for fun, there is a limit to how much
research you can be expected to do to untangle stuff that people before
you did that you are using in good faith.
Dave
> Most of the stuff in the KB source book is pretty legitimate and wouldn't
> cause me any concern. UWP data I wouldn't worry one bit about, History of
> the Deep... I'd do some research on that to see if the KB's put it out in
> their original 1970's publications if not I think the earliest reference
> of history I found was on Kevin Pittsinger's Candles Against the Night
> website and that was probably back in the mid 90's. Thus, if you can't
> find an earlier reference it's quite possible that Kevin came up with the
> history and not the Keith Brothers.
>
> Google is incredibly useful for finding authors and examples of
> plagiarism, I have a friend who's a grade 11 teacher and he regularly cut
> and pastes paragraphs of things his students have given him into Google.
> Quite often you can find things date stamped on line. Most lists have
> archives and most fanfic authors typically run their ideas past other fans
> as they're creating things.
>
> Derek Stanley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "krugerbf" <>
>
> Yes, I have found many inconsistencies. I just discovered a web site
> called videogamegeek.com which has a page called "Atlas of the Third
> Imperium: Reaver's Deep". It lists all the official publications that came
> out before the RDSSB, and I think I have most of these, so I can use those
> to cross check the data.
>
> Thanks Derek, as I've said before, quite difficult to track down and
> acknowledge original authors.
>
> Brett.
>