Timeline for Is verbatim copying several paragraphs of text with citation considered plagiarism?
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| Jan 26, 2023 at 20:54 | comment | added | Paul de Vrieze | @SimonKuang you don't need to include that much background information in academic papers. If you are writing a textbook, you should explain it independently. | |
| Apr 10, 2018 at 4:20 | answer | added | Stephen Evangelista | timeline score: -1 | |
| Mar 18, 2016 at 4:07 | history | edited | Jeromy Anglim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 6, 2014 at 22:56 | comment | added | Simon Kuang | @JeffE Is it distasteful? illegal? | |
| May 6, 2014 at 4:47 | comment | added | Suresh | I don't think that's a reasonable argument for copying large swathes of material. | |
| May 6, 2014 at 1:24 | comment | added | Simon Kuang | @Suresh As a way to save time when giving background information. | |
| May 5, 2014 at 20:14 | answer | added | sevensevens | timeline score: 2 | |
| S May 5, 2014 at 18:28 | history | suggested | user479 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Edited title to be a proper question
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| May 5, 2014 at 18:09 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| May 5, 2014 at 13:30 | answer | added | DQdlM | timeline score: 10 | |
| May 5, 2014 at 11:13 | comment | added | JeffE | Don't. Just don't. | |
| May 5, 2014 at 7:08 | comment | added | Suresh | As others have pointed out, it's not clear why you need to copy several paragraphs from a paper into your work. Is it background motivation, or a proof, or a long argument chain, or.... ? | |
| May 5, 2014 at 6:59 | answer | added | Flyto | timeline score: 30 | |
| May 5, 2014 at 6:42 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAcademia/status/463207074282098688 | ||
| May 5, 2014 at 3:52 | comment | added | user479 | It may be appropriate to use a block quote, surrounding the text with quotes inside an indented block, then also citing the reference. | |
| May 5, 2014 at 3:32 | answer | added | user10433 | timeline score: 48 | |
| May 5, 2014 at 3:29 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 5, 2014 at 3:13 | history | asked | Simon Kuang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |