@x4740N to Ask LemmyEnglish • 11 months agoLemmy users where falsely accused of plagiarism, how did it happen ?message-square20arrow-up140arrow-down16
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareLemmy users where falsely accused of plagiarism, how did it happen ?@x4740N to Ask LemmyEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square20
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•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-square@Therealgoodjanetlink9•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.
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!
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