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I have read and understood the Steemit Etiquette on Steemit Community and will do my best to embrace them. Its on this note that I have gone ahead to write on plagiarism.
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is the act of stealing other people work, either by copying, or trying to change what has being written by someone else, without giving credit to it but instead trying to make it look like your own original work.
According to Wikipedia, “Plagiarism is the representation of another author’s language, thoughts, ideas or expressions as one’s own original work.” Plagiarism refers to intellectual theft i.e. using someone else’s thoughts in your work without referencing them. It’s taking the credit for someone else’s work, which goes against the rules of academia.source
There are several forms of plagiarism given in www.bachelorprint.eu which are listed below
| Forms of plagiarism | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plagiarism of text | Word for word use of passages of text without source citation. |
| Plagiarism of ideas | Paraphrasing of a thought / an idea. The idea is presented as your own work by putting it in your own words. |
| Plagiarism of quotations | Use of quotations used by the author in secondary literature without clear acknowledgment that you are not quoting the original source yourself; here the author of the secondary source must be acknowledged. |
| Use of metaphors, idioms, phrases without source citation | No further definition |
| Translation of foreign language works without source citation | No further definition. |
Types of plagiarism according to https://scribbr.com which are listed below
| Type of plagiarism | Definition | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Global plagiarism | Presenting an entire text by someone else as your own work. | Severe |
| Paraphrasing plagiarism | Rephrasing someone else’s ideas without citation. | Serious |
| Verbatim plagiarism | Directly copying a passage of text without citation. | Serious |
| Mosaic plagiarism | Combining text and ideas from different sources without citation. | Serious |
| Self-plagiarism | Reusing passages and ideas from your own previously submitted work. | Moderate |
| Incorrect citation | Failing to give all the necessary information in your source citation. | Moderate |
Conclusion
As a steemians writer it is wrong to use plagiarism in publishing your content. The reasons is that you have already use other people’s thoughts and ideas without citing them, of which you are supposed to give credit to the author of the post by a way of citing, or using source to give credit to the post.
The consequence of plagiarism cannot be overemphasized, in steemit platform, your post may not be found interesting for other steemians to read, in fact when your post has been detected plagiarism no one will find any of your post interested to read.
Much gratitude to @cryptokannon, @steemcurator01, @steemcurator02, @bright-obias, @njaywan, @besticofinder, and @oppongk for your usual support. I can’t thank you less.
Thanks everyone for Reading this post.