Okay, so I wanted your guys' opinions on something. I've recently found a website (that will remain anonymous for the time being) that has taken an idea from my site and reconstructed it on their own. However, they're giving credit for it...

I don't know what to do. =/ I really don't like the fact that this site used my idea without asking, but he makes it very clear it was my idea. What would you guys do in this situation?

There's also a sprite page with many of other people's splices on it. It's made fully clear that the sprites aren't his and if you click on them you can see who made them. I was going to contact him about this, anyway; the names aren't clearly visible, and I know some spriters would not want their sprites displayed. He's displaying one of mine, but my site's name is given. I might ask him to remove that, too.

But what do you guys think? Should I ask him to take the sprite and pages down, or is it okay? I'm starting to feel like I should ask him to take them down. xDD

If I were in your position, I would politely tell him that, while I'm glad he gave credit, he really should ask before he takes things from other websites, and request that he remove the pages and sprite. As for the other sprites, I would contact the spriters who originally made them and let them decide if they want the sprites removed or not.

Mh. I think that people should put only their own content on their website, so the sprites thing is definitely bad (even with credit) and should be taken off. However, the face-off thing...

See, there are a lot of forums that incorporate this "popularity contest" gimmick in, so although yours is the first one I've seen on a website, you're not exactly the first person to come up with this, I'm sorry to say. However, this person admits to copying directly, which is bad. (Why can't people think of original content for their sites? It's all just summaries of games and boring crap and "Raise a Pikachu! Catch Pidgeotto" and also crappy sprites and useless photoshop tutorials. <<)

...So. I don't think you can make them take it down, buuuut you should make them add some original content at least, so it's not just a complete clone of yours. And make them keep the link to your site-- no harm in a little extra advertising, eh whot?

I'd say that you should tell them to take the sprites down, because those are owned by one person specifically, but I would feel really good if another site used my idea and gave credit. Another site could have used that idea at one point in time, but he gave credit to you for it. True, it's not original, but I think it's fine. ^^ Maybe you could ask him to put a link to your site there, like Zeph said.

Well, the idea he took isn't the face-off one; it's the Build a Pokemon one that I haven't seen anywhere else, where you vote on what kind of parts will be added to the new Pokemon.

He does have a link to my site on a different page (the rest is just text "Absol's Moonlit Cave") and I think that's what's making me hesitate so much. I love seeing my link on other sites; it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. ^^;

I will contact him about the sprites; I don't know what I'll do about my own, but I will tell him that he shouldn't post other people's sprites without permission, and I'll contact those that he credited to let them know. He also has a bunch of sprites with no name by them; I don't think that's right just to say "these sprites weren't made by me" but not to list who made them...