General Complaints Thread... - Page 34

Originally posted by: BheegiBasanti

@SuhanaSafar: Why does doing something like this just merit a temporary ban? Plagiarism is a serious offense! There have been many examples of such members coming back with a new ID and doing the exact same thing. Yes...I do know people can adopt technology to block/mask their IPs etc. but I still feel IF should adopt a strict code for plagiarism. No pussy footing around with temporary blocks etc...the member's IP should be permanently banned.

Thanks for reporting it Nidha, have done the needful.

@Beegi - Banning someone is not the solution for plagiarism , members need to be aware of their acts and consequences, and morever, like you said, we got so many new technique to change our IPs, new IDs etc so we cant stop someone from coming back. And Angel.Jot have already clearified too what Suhana meant.

@-Magicia- The mods cant disclose openly to public why someone got banned. Yes, they may had breach the rules but its also about the confidentiality between the mods and member. No one deserve public humiliation or whatsoever unless the member herself/himself disclose it to the public on their own will.

I understand the frustration that you guys may be going through due to this circumstance, and the Dev Team members are in the process of implementing new strict rules to prevent such from happening again. We promise to come up with it at the earliest possible.

Originally posted by: Tia_0810

Just wanted to make sure one thing

Using quotes or saying is plagrism here as well or not ?

Taliah😳

Originally posted by: .Lena.

It is considered plagiarism if you copy someone else's work for your own profit without crediting the person.

If you are using limited quotes (for example a page from a novel or a quote by a philosopher) and indicating whose work it is. It should be fine.

But you cannot cite an entire novel or cite an entire piece of work. Especially a published work. That means you are gaining views for your own benefit, but with someone else's work. You are further preventing the original writer from gaining profit (especially a published writer who is trying to sell his books. It's like illegally downloading music and selling it for your own profit.

Originally posted by: SuhanaSafar

^ Taliah, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. If you quote a short passage from a different piece of work and give credit, that should be okay. However, you can't just copy an entire chapter from someone else and put it in quotes. Please let me know if I have not answered your question.

Originally posted by: sen_madhuban

kind of scary...risk of getting ur creation plagiarsed as well as unintentionally plagiarsisng sumbodyz work...

i suggest writers 2 use dis free site...

The Plagiarism checker...Dustball...
http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/

Just copy paste your creation & find if it looks similar 2 sum1 else's or if sum1 else has copied it...

its mostly accurate...as its used by our university 2 check research papers...

but of course idea copying...can be checked by human eyes only...