Timeline for Plagiarism and credible sources
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| Aug 30, 2020 at 14:57 | vote | accept | Brainchild Ho | ||
| Aug 30, 2020 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1299995289361752064 | ||
| Aug 30, 2020 at 3:03 | comment | added | Kaz | In some academic situations, it is not acceptable to use someone's work even if the source is credited. For instance, in an examination, you cannot copy the neighboring student's answer even if you add a footnote saying 1. From my neighbor's exam paper; used with permission. | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 3:01 | comment | added | Kaz | Giving "credit" has nothing with the sources being "credible". You seem to be confusing the two concepts due to the words having the same root. Plagiarism is plagiarism whether the source that is ripped off is credible or not. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 22:33 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Aug 29, 2020 at 18:36 | comment | added | Dave L Renfro | What is the way to deal with it? --- I don't know what field you're in, but it's fairly common to see "personal communication" or some such in bibliographies of mathematics papers. In the introductory/motivational part of the paper you could say something along the lines of A (your informal source) observed B, which suggests that method C could be a useful way of approaching D, and this paper is the result of carrying this out. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 15:39 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 15:34 | comment | added | Buffy | "Credible source" is just a judgement call. Cite it. You cause no harm in citing, but possibly do in avoiding it. Harm to your own reputation. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 14:48 | comment | added | Andreas Blass | When using someone else's idea, you should cite it, whether or not it's "credible" or "academic". I disagree with your assertion that a non-credible source usually cannot be cited. In fact, if I write a paper explaining why someone else's paper is nonsense, then I have to cite that other paper even while explicitly saying it's nonsense. | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 14:40 | history | edited | Brainchild Ho | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 29, 2020 at 14:36 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 29, 2020 at 14:32 | history | asked | Brainchild Ho | CC BY-SA 4.0 |