x4740N@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLemmy users where falsely accused of plagiarism, how did it happen ?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up142
arrow-up142message-squareLemmy users where falsely accused of plagiarism, how did it happen ?x4740N@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareje_skirata@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year 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-up10·1 year 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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