Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34202220-20180113191431

We really need to be careful of plagiarism here. I noticed several of the books pages (from the original series) have plot summaries lifted straight from Troy Steele's Blogger Beware. Literally all that was changed were opinions and jokes were removed.

Compare http://goosebumps.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Blood_(book) with http://www.bloggerbeware.com/2008/01/03-monster-blood.html.

Our Wiki: '''The next morning, Trigger is not feeling well. So Evan treks out into the neighborhood by himself. He runs into two fourteen year old twins dressed in black. Rick and Tony Beymer harass the wimpy Evan, who tries to joke with the two bullies''' in means of coming out unharmed. Luckily for Evan, Andy comes to his rescue and she tries to scare away the twins. Which only results in them turning their attention to pestering her. Thankfully, the twins just swipe her bike and do not hit her, but she does get knocked down in the scuffle. Evan does not bring attention back to himself and Andy runs home to clean her scraped leg.

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Blogger Beware: '''The next morning, Trigger isn't feeling well so Evan treks out into the neighborhood by himself. He runs into two fourteen year old twins. They're dressed in black''' and are the type who would have worn JNCO jeans and Juggaloed their faces had they been born five years later. Rick and Tony Beymer harass the wimpy Evan, who tries to joke with the two bullies. Unfortunately Rick and Tony don't laugh like Andy because they don't have a crush on him-- though they do want to crush him.

Luckily for Evan, Andy comes to his rescue. Andy tries to scare away the twins but they just turn their attention to pestering her. Thankfully, the twins just swipe her bike and don't hit her, because what kind of worthless human being hits a girl-- but she does get knocked down in the scuffle. Infuriatingly, Evan doesn't get involved. He just stands there and watches the whole thing. She runs home to clean her scraped leg but she probably leaves just as much out of embarrassment for Evan.

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The above examples are just a snippit and there are more plot summaries that have been ripped. I think these need to be rewritten. If you have to check out Blogger Beware because you can't remember what happens in the plot, let someone else write the synopsis. I doubt the Wiki will get in trouble because Troy Steele's blog has been inactive, but it's a morality and quality issue. We can and should be better than that.  