I wonder if news.ycombinator.com could be changed so it fetches the page of any submitted article and looks for the original-source meta tag described here recently:
It could then suggest to the submitter that they submit the original source instead. Alternatively, it could keep the link to the submitted article but also add an (Original Source) link next to it.
http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/credit-where-cred...
It could then suggest to the submitter that they submit the original source instead. Alternatively, it could keep the link to the submitted article but also add an (Original Source) link next to it.