Welcome back jesuashok. I for one am happy that you have acknowledged the error of your ways and that you are prepared to put those errors behind you and contribute in an appropriate way to this community.

I think you have already faced the consequences! It must have been quite a shock the first time you returned after the down voting started in ernest!

I am glad to hear you acknowledge your mistakes and promise not to repeat them. But I must say, I'd really also like to hear you say:

"I am sorry."

If not to PerlMonks, perhaps to those whose work you posted without attribution. It's probably not realistic to have you look up each and every source, track down a current e-mail address, and apologize individually... But you could post that here, very easily...

"I am sorry."

That would go a long way toward repairing the damage.

I am glad to hear you acknowledge your mistakes and promise not to repeat them. But I must say, I'd really also like to hear you say:

"I am sorry."

If not to PerlMonks, perhaps to those whose work you posted without attribution. It's probably not realistic to have you look up each and every source, track down a current e-mail address, and apologize individually... But you could post that here, very easily...

"I am sorry."

That would go a long way toward repairing the damage.
planetscape Jbrugger

... :)


"We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise." - Larry Wall.

I am glad to hear you acknowledge your mistakes and promise not to repeat them. But I must say, I'd really also like to hear you say:

"I am sorry."

If not to PerlMonks, perhaps to those whose work you posted without attribution. It's probably not realistic to have you look up each and every source, track down a current e-mail address, and apologize individually... But you could post that here, very easily...


"I am sorry."

That would go a long way toward repairing the damage.

planetscape jbrugger jkva
... :)

You would do a favour to the monastery if you went through your past nodes and marked material taken from elsewhere as such: "Taken from ...", if possible with an appropriate link.

So we don't waste our effort chasing them down... ;-)

greetings,
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It takes much courage to admit one's mistakes.  I commend you for having that courage.

If you are careful to give credit to the original authors in your future posts, (and I have full confidence that you will), I think you can be a shining example to all monks, of someone who has learned an important lesson, and moved forward.

Welcome back, jesuashok!

• Did you actually make up multiple accounts on this site? Is madtoperl also you?
• Do you admit that you copied questions, answers, and poems from other sites and posted them as your own?
• What was your intention?
• What benefits did you get from these actions? Did your posts and/or XP on perlmonks help you at your job?

These are good questions. While I am pleased to hear an apology from jesuashok, I would like to understand a little more about his motivations. Did he just get carried away with the fun of the XP game? Call me crazy, but I wonder if this was all just some weird sociological experiment ... :)

[id://jesuashok], it takes a lot of courage to publicly admit to mistakes like this. I'm not sure I could do it. I'm glad you did. I'm glad that you didn't just decide to hide, maybe create a new ID or simply abandon Perl Monks altogether. You chose to do the hard thing. I admire that.

I don't think you damaged Perl Monks. I believe Perl Monks is a very robust community, and that the actions of an individual Monk are subject to comment and, in some cases, criticism. This is very powerful. When problems are brought to light, they can be dealt with. When hidden, they can fester and cause much damage.

I don't see what sort of 'consequences' there should be. You seem to be genuinely sorry and intending to change. What more can anyone ask?