Wait. What?
I was working on my master’s in 1980. My University was strict about plagiarism. They expected student TO NOT DO IT.
Apparently in 2009 Neri didn’t understand what plagiarism meant and needed specific examples. DO NOT STEAL OTHER’S WORK was apparently too vague. 🙄
In my college days, we also had strict rules against plagiarism. You were encouraged to put in your own words what you read of others. Dictionary definitions were allowed as long as you footnoted and cited where they came from. Any quote from any reference work, had to be quote marked and footnoted with a complete bibliography. In science papers the notes were always much longer than the actual paper.
btw
In 2009, as in all years, every single word of Wikipedia was copyrighted. The license is at the bottom of each and every page.
@corlin @feloneouscat When I was in HS and just after, it was common for software to check your papers for plagiarism. In 2009 that software was surprisingly powerful, and I know Austin Community College would flag your paper if you had a sentence directly lifted off Wikipedia. It also had something under the hood to see if you lifted sentences from other papers and subbed out synonyms.
"Although everyone knows stealing is wrong, the law doesn't mention that particular store, so how could you arrest me for stealing from there?" is the weirdest argument I've ever heard.
It also hints at the sheer number of students who plagiarized from Wikipedia for it to have its own mention lol
Yeah, the law never says I CAN’T steal from Wells Fargo! So that means it’s okay. My lawyers used the Wayback machine and ChatGPT and have proof!
@feloneouscat
LOL what the fuck.
USF would've kicked me right from the philosophy department into the closest 7-11.
What a joke.
Shitloads of money to donate apparently makes EVERYTHING hunky-dory.