Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25052433-20150919183325/@comment-5614678-20150925224616

Fireworks888 wrote: AGrimAuxiliatrix1 wrote: Fireworks888 wrote: It's called a remake, Lycanthrope. The wiki is in the process of making a REMAKE. Plagiarism and remaking are different concepts, obviously. I mean, technically, Humboldt is right. By copying direct lines from the story, you are technically plagiarizing those lines. A remake usually is different from the original even though it follows the same basic plot, but when it uses direct lines from the original work, it can be viewed as plagiarism (usually depends on the context and importance of the line, as well if you had the permission to do so or if you are trying to go commercial with it). Meh, I suppose it's a rip-off (as a hollow technicality) since the original author isn't involved and he hasn't consented yet (and never will). But yeah, we shouldn't use those lines anyway. We can all agree JTK dialogue is appalling and not a single quote in the original should be referenced or rewritten in the remakes. That's a lotta re's.

Has the original author even commented on the contest yet? From what I've come to understand they're not even the ones who came up with the original concept of Jeff the Killer. It was some anon on the internet.

Also, no, using some of the same lines from the original story is not plagarism. If it was, every single time someone ever wrote down "What is his name?" they'd be plagarizing Pride and Prejudice.