Submitted by ptgorman t3_11h22gl in dataisbeautiful
laulu_aino t1_jatefad wrote
Random Wikipedia related incident
One of my friends pointed out to our chemistry professor once, that his slides were word for word from that topics Wikipedia page (with a slight tone of "did you plagiarize that") to which the professor responded, that he wrote the Wikipedia article.
My language is quite minor, so I think it's cool that university professors try to make their topic more approachable by creating easy access material in other languages than e.g., English, as well.
thessnake03 t1_jauoje9 wrote
You can still plagiarize yourself right?
laulu_aino t1_jauplzu wrote
Yeah, I think it's the general consensus that you shouldn't copy paste even if it's your own text. But the slides aren't public and it's Wikipedia and not a scientific article
WearingMyFleece t1_jav7m6a wrote
Self-plagiarising was consider very bad when I was at uni.
Kenesaw_Mt_Landis t1_javl4fy wrote
I have a cheapAmazon children’s book about dinosaurs for my kid. It is 100% the first paragraph of each Dino’s wiki page plus an illustration. Made in China with weird spacing/kerning
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