No Thanks A great theory thread for the bbs section

Before you immediately shoot this idea down, here me out.
every time i look into the bbs section there are these plageristic
theories that really annoy me and other theorists.People are stealing our theories and passing them off as their own.
I want to have a stickied thread where people can apply to put there good theories up.They would have to passed it through repliku and he could scan it over to see if it is good enough.They would be posted on the front page and they would be clearly named with bold underlined with writing sized 3 so that people will know you were the person who made this theory and that you'd get the credit not someone else who took your work and passed it off as their own.

 

Yup, sounds like a good idea. I 2nd this!

 

I like this idea. I support it.

Wouldn't it be better with a section though? I've seen a hell load of theories on just the first page about Ven or the others.

A new Sub-Section or a Thread would be nice.

 

A sub section sounds good but I don't a thread would do as well.

 

You could just, you know, report the plagiarism to a moderator. =/

 

Dude. Theories aren't property. Theories are ideas. It just means you and some other person happen to think alike. And there is no such thing as a great theory. Some are longer than others, and some may make more sense than others, but it always comes down to one thing: if they are right, or wrong. Everyone thought Xion was Namine, everyone thought Roxas was Sora's brother, and I bet some guy/girl made a seemingly brilliant theory based off these premises.

But now they're regarded as "noobish" ideas, because they clearly are not true.

I'm sorry dude, you're my friend, but I must say no to this idea. Unless were talking about artwork in the graphics section or rpgs, there is no problem with me and theories repeating.

 

I would have to say no to this idea. I'll explain why.

Theories are not property. Some people assume that no one else could possibly think of a theory that matches or is close to another theory that exists in some people's minds. If I think of say Roxas = a part of Ven because Ven's heart was somehow tampered with... and I post it first, does that make it that it is -my- theory alone? No, because I am sure that others could think with the evidence in the games the very same thing. Heck, they may even come in and elaborate more on it and get less credit because they didn't post their ideas first.

In the end, we have to accept that coming up with great theories just means you are a good detective, cognitive, and can come to solid conclusions with what evidence you have to support the theory. If someone writes their theory in another place on the board and someone else posts a similar theory in the KH section, it does not necessarily mean someone went and stole it. Consider this because someone may have played the games, found a thread on another forum, searched the KH books and found something etc. Also, if someone did 'copy' the theory before you could post it, consider that the person perhaps likes the theory and you decided to instead post it somewhere that could not be replied to but by a select group of people. So even if it is 'stolen' it's not really your property on a public forums. There's no reason to really be mad if someone posts a theory in the KH section before you do. If it is that troubling, go ahead and post your theories up. No one though should be given special credit for it as quite a few people who also enhance theories or disprove them get no real credit either.

Fan fics, poetry, artwork etc. These can have what we can term of as a protected copyright here because they are works of art in some manner. There is no way to properly give credit for theories however as there's no way to ever ensure 1 person alone came up with that theory on his/her own, even if he/she is the first to post a thread. Therefore, it just isn't right that a person gets more credit for it for doing such a thing. Consider theories as a concept and thought out thing and not something 'owned' and it will help you more.

 

I have to agree with Repliku on this one. I was pondering the idea, but Repliku makes sense. I have to say no to this.

 

Agreed. I was going to edit my post and say this, but you worded it much better than I would have.