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Plagiarism isn't something that we want to encourage. By "fixing" the post and having someone else add the required attribution, it sends the message to the OP that copying content from elsewhere i...

posted 3y ago by Mithical‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Mithical‭ · 2022-01-28T13:56:39Z (almost 3 years ago)
whoops
  • Plagiarism isn't something that we want to encourage. By "fixing" the post and having someone else add the required attribution, it sends the message to the OP that copying content from elsewhere is acceptable, which is absolutely not the message we want to be sending.
  • The [help center]() contains the following:
  • > **Referencing online material**
  • >
  • > When you're referencing or quoting material that can be found online (such as [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/) or similar), **please make sure to include a link**.
  • Pay attention to what license the content is published under - for instance, Wikipedia licenses text under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License), which requires attribution and a link back to the original source.
  • > [...]
  • > In any case, whether your original source is online or offline, **please *clearly* mark the quoted material as being quoted** from somewhere and is not your original content. This is done simplest with blockquote formatting (see the [formatting help](https://powerusers.codidact.com/help/formatting) for help with formatting).
  • <sub>(emphasis from the original help center article)</sub>
  • (Writing this, I'm not actually sure what license we use for our docs, but since I wrote the original text used in the help center article I can put that aside for a moment.)
  • Even aside from the plagiarism issue, we don't want Codidact to just copy content from elsewhere. That's why we've largely moved away from importing Stack Exchange content - we need to create our own content, not pull it from elsewhere. Using content from elsewhere isn't sustainable for building our own communities, not to mention it wreaks havoc on our SEO. Copying content, even *with* the proper attribution, isn't necessarily something we want to encourage.
  • Plagiarism isn't something that we want to encourage. By "fixing" the post and having someone else add the required attribution, it sends the message to the OP that copying content from elsewhere is acceptable, which is absolutely not the message we want to be sending.
  • The [help center](https://powerusers.codidact.com/help/referencing) contains the following:
  • > **Referencing online material**
  • >
  • > When you're referencing or quoting material that can be found online (such as [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/) or similar), **please make sure to include a link**.
  • Pay attention to what license the content is published under - for instance, Wikipedia licenses text under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License), which requires attribution and a link back to the original source.
  • > [...]
  • > In any case, whether your original source is online or offline, **please *clearly* mark the quoted material as being quoted** from somewhere and is not your original content. This is done simplest with blockquote formatting (see the [formatting help](https://powerusers.codidact.com/help/formatting) for help with formatting).
  • <sub>(emphasis from the original help center article)</sub>
  • (Writing this, I'm not actually sure what license we use for our docs, but since I wrote the original text used in the help center article I can put that aside for a moment.)
  • Even aside from the plagiarism issue, we don't want Codidact to just copy content from elsewhere. That's why we've largely moved away from importing Stack Exchange content - we need to create our own content, not pull it from elsewhere. Using content from elsewhere isn't sustainable for building our own communities, not to mention it wreaks havoc on our SEO. Copying content, even *with* the proper attribution, isn't necessarily something we want to encourage.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Mithical‭ · 2022-01-28T13:52:28Z (almost 3 years ago)
Plagiarism isn't something that we want to encourage. By "fixing" the post and having someone else add the required attribution, it sends the message to the OP that copying content from elsewhere is acceptable, which is absolutely not the message we want to be sending.

The [help center]() contains the following:

> **Referencing online material**
>  
> When you're referencing or quoting material that can be found online (such as [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/) or similar), **please make sure to include a link**.  
Pay attention to what license the content is published under - for instance, Wikipedia licenses text under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License), which requires attribution and a link back to the original source.   
> [...]  
> In any case, whether your original source is online or offline, **please *clearly* mark the quoted material as being quoted** from somewhere and is not your original content. This is done simplest with blockquote formatting (see the [formatting help](https://powerusers.codidact.com/help/formatting) for help with formatting).  
<sub>(emphasis from the original help center article)</sub>

(Writing this, I'm not actually sure what license we use for our docs, but since I wrote the original text used in the help center article I can put that aside for a moment.)

Even aside from the plagiarism issue, we don't want Codidact to just copy content from elsewhere. That's why we've largely moved away from importing Stack Exchange content - we need to create our own content, not pull it from elsewhere. Using content from elsewhere isn't sustainable for building our own communities, not to mention it wreaks havoc on our SEO. Copying content, even *with* the proper attribution, isn't necessarily something we want to encourage.