x4740N@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoLemmy users where falsely accused of plagiarism, how did it happen ?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down16
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareLemmy users where falsely accused of plagiarism, how did it happen ?x4740N@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down8·11 months agoSelf plagiarism is a thing.
minus-squareje_skirata@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down6·11 months agoI would argue otherwise. To plagiarize is to use someone else’s work without credit to make it look like one’s own work. Re-using your own work doesn’t fit the definition of plagiarism. What I did was still wrong, I’ll admit that.
minus-squareTherealgoodjanet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agoWhen I was in my first year of university I had to go to a mandatory class about plagiarism and about half the time was spent on self plagiarism. Here’s the Wikipedia article on plagiarism which has a whole section on self plagiarism.
minus-squareCluckN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoYou didn’t write this article I did!
minus-squareGNU Dude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoThe joys of intellectual property
Self plagiarism is a thing.
I would argue otherwise. To plagiarize is to use someone else’s work without credit to make it look like one’s own work. Re-using your own work doesn’t fit the definition of plagiarism.
What I did was still wrong, I’ll admit that.
When I was in my first year of university I had to go to a mandatory class about plagiarism and about half the time was spent on self plagiarism.
Here’s the Wikipedia article on plagiarism which has a whole section on self plagiarism.
You didn’t write this article I did!
The joys of intellectual property