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| In the edit summaries of your recent edits at ] you have twice accused other editors of plagiarism. This is a serious accusation, even when hidden in an edit summary. I think you may have misunderstood the meaning of the word here. Plagiarism is defined as misappropriating someone else's thoughts or ideas and representing them as your own. As the sentence you removed was attributed to R.J. Russell's book "Cosmology: from alpha to omega", it cannot possibly be plagiarism. At worst, it was using a phrase from the book without identifying it as a direct quote - an error which I have now fixed. You may wish to consider apologising to the other editors concerned. ] (]) 09:34, 4 March 2012 (UTC) | In the edit summaries of your recent edits at ] you have twice accused other editors of plagiarism. This is a serious accusation, even when hidden in an edit summary. I think you may have misunderstood the meaning of the word here. Plagiarism is defined as misappropriating someone else's thoughts or ideas and representing them as your own. As the sentence you removed was attributed to R.J. Russell's book "Cosmology: from alpha to omega", it cannot possibly be plagiarism. At worst, it was using a phrase from the book without identifying it as a direct quote - an error which I have now fixed. You may wish to consider apologising to the other editors concerned. ] (]) 09:34, 4 March 2012 (UTC) | ||
| :I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. On Misplaced Pages, plagiarism is clearly defined. At ], we can identify plagiarism when an editor copies "from a source acknowledged in a well-placed citation, without in-text attribution". To quote from the guideline, "Here the editor is not trying to pass the work off as his own, but it is still regarded as plagiarism, because the source's words were used without in-text attribution." If that's not making sense to you, feel free to ask questions or consult the guideline. The plagiarized text in question reads "Christian denominations have also embraced the Big Bang as buttressing the classic interpretation of the doctrine of creation", and it was removed from two articles. In both cases, the editor who added it, neglected to note that they were quoting Russell 2008 directly |
:I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. On Misplaced Pages, plagiarism is clearly defined. At ], we can identify plagiarism when an editor copies "from a source acknowledged in a well-placed citation, without in-text attribution". To quote from the guideline, "Here the editor is not trying to pass the work off as his own, but it is still regarded as plagiarism, because the source's words were used without in-text attribution." If that's not making sense to you, feel free to ask questions or consult the guideline. The plagiarized text in question reads "Christian denominations have also embraced the Big Bang as buttressing the classic interpretation of the doctrine of creation", and it was removed from two articles. In both cases, the editor who added it, neglected to note that they were quoting Russell 2008 directly nor did they use in-text attribution. On Misplaced Pages, that's considered a form of plagiarism. ] (]) 13:46, 4 March 2012 (UTC) | ||
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Re: Urgently needed expertise
Done. :) SlimVirgin 01:47, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Religious big bang article
Um, that's a University website edited by Edward L. Wright - maybe you want to reconsider your tag? Dougweller (talk) 10:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
- It was supposed to say "verify source". Instead, it came out as "verify credibility", which displays "unreliable source". The statement tagged is, "Some accept the scientific evidence at face value, while others seek to reconcile the Big Bang with their religious tenets, and others completely reject or ignore the evidence for the Big Bang theory." This statement is ambiguous (some, others) and does not accurately represent the context (false equivalence) and specific examples cited by the source; it is more of an unattributed interpretation of the section about science and creationism. When we are dealing with controversial articles, it's best to use explicit claims made by published sources, not interpretations of web pages. I'm sure Wright's website is accurate, but that does not mean it was used appropriately in this article. Viriditas (talk) 12:34, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, that makes much mores sense! Dougweller (talk) 05:26, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
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Your incorrect accusations of plagiarism at Big Bang
In the edit summaries of your recent edits at Big Bang you have twice accused other editors of plagiarism. This is a serious accusation, even when hidden in an edit summary. I think you may have misunderstood the meaning of the word here. Plagiarism is defined as misappropriating someone else's thoughts or ideas and representing them as your own. As the sentence you removed was attributed to R.J. Russell's book "Cosmology: from alpha to omega", it cannot possibly be plagiarism. At worst, it was using a phrase from the book without identifying it as a direct quote - an error which I have now fixed. You may wish to consider apologising to the other editors concerned. Gandalf61 (talk) 09:34, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. On Misplaced Pages, plagiarism is clearly defined. At Misplaced Pages:Plagiarism, we can identify plagiarism when an editor copies "from a source acknowledged in a well-placed citation, without in-text attribution". To quote from the guideline, "Here the editor is not trying to pass the work off as his own, but it is still regarded as plagiarism, because the source's words were used without in-text attribution." If that's not making sense to you, feel free to ask questions or consult the guideline. The plagiarized text in question reads "Christian denominations have also embraced the Big Bang as buttressing the classic interpretation of the doctrine of creation", and it was removed from two articles. In both cases, the editor who added it, neglected to note that they were quoting Russell 2008 directly nor did they use in-text attribution. On Misplaced Pages, that's considered a form of plagiarism. Viriditas (talk) 13:46, 4 March 2012 (UTC)