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You might think you know what plagiarism is, and how to avoid it. But Wikipedia is a little bit different. The rules cover not only copy-and-paste plagiarism, but also close paraphrasing and copyright violations. And the stakes are high: the consequences of committing plagiarism in a Wikipedia class assignment are the same as handing in a paper ...
As you saw in the video, there are three basic types of plagiarism: Unattributed plagiarism, where you copy text and don't credit the author. Plagiarism of cited sources, where you copy text exactly (even when you credit the author). Close paraphrasing, where you just slightly change the text of another author (cited or not).
However, there have been a number of occasions when persons have failed to give the necessary attribution and attempted to pass off material from Wikipedia as their own work. Such plagiarism is a violation of the Creative Commons license and, when discovered, can be a reason for embarrassment, professional sanctions, or legal issues.
Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else's writing as your own, including their language and ideas, without providing adequate credit. [1] The University of Cambridge defines plagiarism as: "submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement."
Harris appeared to lift wording from an Associated Press article, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice press release, a Wikipedia article, a Bureau of Justice Assistance report and an Urban ...
But there's another bigger problem: several of these plagiarized articles or books are later added to Wikipedia articles as references, thus introducing the problem of circular references, also known as citogeneses. The following sources plagiarize content from Wikipedia, and should not be used as references. Please feel free to add to the list ...
All Spanish works which had not entered the public domain in Spain through expiry of their copyright protection, that is all works first published in Spain by authors who are living or who died on or after 1 January 1926, were automatically accorded U.S. copyrights (if they were not already protected in the U.S.) on 1 January 1996 by the ...
So did Stefanik plagiarize Manning’s words? Based on emails between the two House members’ offices, it sure looks that way. Stefanik, though, said it “happens everyday on Capitol Hill.”