As forum administrator and moderator, it's my job to ensure that the reputation of the forums is not inadvertently (or otherwise) tarnished by misleading or incorrect posts.
It's been brought to my attention that a post by Dave Reneke in this thread, about the Geminids, is actually mostly copied from the NASA Science page (see
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...c_geminids.htm) without giving credit to the original source.
It's not for me to judge whether it was an accidental oversight or otherwise, but as an ongoing rule, can everyone please ensure that if you post material from another website please give credit where it is due so that we may avoid any plagiarism claims.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for having to bring down the tone for a brief moment.