Justice prevails at last!

Just a little over a year ago, dshael reported that polgarawolf had posted a Doctor Who story on fanfiction.net that contained text stolen from a variety of DW fan writers, including dameruth, cherryice, Joolz, and myself. On the theory that plagiarists are often repeat offenders, several of us went digging and discovered that a large number of her other stories (mostly Star Wars) contained bits plagiarized from many authors in many different fandoms, as well as passages from published novels.

It's a long, messy tale, and if you don't already know the details you can find them here, here, here, and here.

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