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  1. 03-31-2011, 10:04 AM #1
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    Stop Plagiarizing

    This has been an on going problem on this forum that many people fail to recognize and it really bothers me. I have seen numerous instances where someone literally copies and pastes a whole paragraph, sentence, or even an entire article into one of their posts without crediting the author or source, making it seem like it came from their mouth first hand. Then, a few members will call them out by saying "sounds like something taken from an article", and some members will even find the exact article on Google, EBSCOhost, Wikipedia, or whatever and call the person out. It is VERY easy to indentify plagiarized work, especially on a forum. Then the original person will claim "Well, I didn't say that I wrote that myself or anything." WRONG. If you do not credit the source or author, you are implying that the following work was of your own. Not only is it immoral and retarded, but also ILLEGAL. This is a major pet peeve of mine because I would not want someone taking my work and passing it off as theirs. It's okay to use someone’s points or even quoted paragraphs in your posts, but start giving the credit where the credit is deserved. If you're stealing ones words, make sure to document your sources.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronzer View Post
    This has been an on going problem on this forum that many people fail to recognize and it really bothers me. I have seen numerous instances where someone literally copies and pastes a whole paragraph, sentence, or even an entire article into one of their posts without crediting the author or source, making it seem like it came from their mouth first hand. Then, a few members will call them out by saying "sounds like something taken from an article", and some members will even find the exact article on Google, EBSCOhost, Wikipedia, or whatever and call the person out. It is VERY easy to indentify plagiarized work, especially on a forum. Then the original person will claim "Well, I didn't say that I wrote that myself or anything." WRONG. If you do not credit the source or author, you are implying that the following work was of your own. Not only is it immoral and retarded, but also ILLEGAL. This is a major pet peeve of mine because I would not want someone taking my work and passing it off as theirs. It's okay to use someone’s points or even quoted paragraphs in your posts, but start giving the credit where the credit is deserved. If you're stealing ones words, make sure to document your sources.
    HEY!! I just wrote the EXACT SAME THING in another thread moments ago!?
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    This has been an on going problem on this forum that many people fail to recognize and it really bothers me. I have seen numerous instances where someone literally copies and pastes a whole paragraph, sentence, or even an entire article into one of their posts without crediting the author or source, making it seem like it came from their mouth first hand. Then, a few members will call them out by saying "sounds like something taken from an article", and some members will even find the exact article on Google, EBSCOhost, Wikipedia, or whatever and call the person out. It is VERY easy to indentify plagiarized work, especially on a forum. Then the original person will claim "Well, I didn't say that I wrote that myself or anything." WRONG. If you do not credit the source or author, you are implying that the following work was of your own. Not only is it immoral and retarded, but also ILLEGAL. This is a major pet peeve of mine because I would not want someone taking my work and passing it off as theirs. It's okay to use someone’s points or even quoted paragraphs in your posts, but start giving the credit where the credit is deserved. If you're stealing ones words, make sure to document your sources.
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  6. 03-31-2011, 11:07 AM #6
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    Others may be okay with it, but its a personal pet peeve of mine.
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  7. 03-31-2011, 11:18 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronzer View Post
    Others may be okay with it, but its a personal pet peeve of mine.
    Pet peeve of mine it is, be okay with it, others may be.
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    It annoys me as well. Hopefully some people take this to heart.
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    can all wish but lets face it everyone has to fill there boots and look educational once in a while.
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    Others may be okay with it, but its a personal pet peeve of mine.
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    This has been an on going problem on this forum that many people fail to recognize and it really bothers me. I have seen numerous instances where someone literally copies and pastes a whole paragraph, sentence, or even an entire article into one of their posts without crediting the author or source, making it seem like it came from their mouth first hand. Then, a few members will call them out by saying "sounds like something taken from an article", and some members will even find the exact article on Google, EBSCOhost, Wikipedia, or whatever and call the person out. It is VERY easy to indentify plagiarized work, especially on a forum. Then the original person will claim "Well, I didn't say that I wrote that myself or anything." WRONG. If you do not credit the source or author, you are implying that the following work was of your own. Not only is it immoral and retarded, but also ILLEGAL. This is a major pet peeve of mine because I would not want someone taking my work and passing it off as theirs. It's okay to use someone’s points or even quoted paragraphs in your posts, but start giving the credit where the credit is deserved. If you're stealing ones words, make sure to document your sources.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bronzer View Post
    http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...p-Plagiarizing
    Here are my thoughts on the subject with the source given acknowledgment but not certain if it's credible.
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    I always copy/paste & pass it on as the original to sound intelligent. You got a problem with that? I didn't think so!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronzer View Post
    This has been an on going problem on this forum that many people fail to recognize and it really bothers me. I have seen numerous instances where someone literally copies and pastes a whole paragraph, sentence, or even an entire article into one of their posts without crediting the author or source, making it seem like it came from their mouth first hand. Then, a few members will call them out by saying "sounds like something taken from an article", and some members will even find the exact article on Google, EBSCOhost, Wikipedia, or whatever and call the person out. It is VERY easy to indentify plagiarized work, especially on a forum. Then the original person will claim "Well, I didn't say that I wrote that myself or anything." WRONG. If you do not credit the source or author, you are implying that the following work was of your own. Not only is it immoral and retarded, but also ILLEGAL. This is a major pet peeve of mine because I would not want someone taking my work and passing it off as theirs. It's okay to use someone’s points or even quoted paragraphs in your posts, but start giving the credit where the credit is deserved. If you're stealing ones words, make sure to document your sources.
    This is a bodybuilding/AS forum, it's not University.

    That said, I tend to post sources with certain pieces of information, but that's just habit.

    EDIT: P.S., you guys need to be putting (Bronzer, 2011) at the end of his post if you copy and paste it. Just say'n!
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