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These quarantined posts would come with a warning that the quotes haven't been verified and they may be incorrect or out-of-date. (They might even be a parody.)
Once they are verified the quarantine comes off and the post enters the normal flow of DU's everyday threads. But by quarantining those suspicious or unattributed posts it would take the pressure off of DU's sterling reputation. Problem is that it takes time and labor to verify these quotes, and we're all giving what we can to DU - a few are giving much more than others already.
Ideally each DU poster should verify his or her own quotes before posting but ...
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