ps: Loved the link :-) Anyone who passed on it because they thought they were too busy should go back and check it; it's brief, but does remind one of South Park.
at Quoting "Karl L. Wuensch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Martha Capreol considers her students to have plagiarized if they use > any five words in a row that are identical to the source document, and > Annette Taylor might with four words in a row. Please note that "five words > > in a row" are five words that I copied verbatim from her post, and I might > well have worded it exactly that way even if I read her post yesterday and > commented on it today without looking back to see exactly how she worded it. > > Also note that the phrase "five words in a row" appeared earlier in > Annette's post, but Martha did not enclose them in quotation marks when she > used the same phrase. > > I think we all could find common examples of five word phrases that are > likely to be used by any person writing about a certain topic, and any > reasonable person would not consider the use of such words to constitute > plagiarism. > > Oh my, Microsoft OE has just plagiarized -- in the header of this email > it inserted the five word phrase "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" > without proper attribution of source or quotation marks. I hope it adds > quotation marks before it reaches yours inbox. It has also plagiarized the > subject line in this thread -- I changed the subject line to avoid the > penalty for plagiarism. > > A related issue -- those students' papers for which the majority of the > text is within quotes. I am expecting one of these days to get a paper that > > has only one pair of quotation marks, one mark at the very beginning of the > paper and one at the very end. > > An unrelated issue -- use of the word "impact" -- > http://personal.ecu.edu/wuenschk/humor/impact.txt (WARNING: scatological > reference). > > Cheers, > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Karl L. Wuensch, Department of Psychology, > East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353 > Voice: 252-328-4102 Fax: 252-328-6283 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martha Capreol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:30 AM > Subject: Re: how many words equal plagiarism? > > > I also consider 5 words in a row verbatim plagiarism. I do allow more > leeway for technical phrases or psychological terminology. I also look for > large sections where the words are just rearranged. For minor > transgressions, I give zero in the sections of the assignment impacted > Cheers. > Martha Capreol > Instructor, University of British Columbia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Annette Taylor, Ph. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:35 PM > Subject: how many words equal plagiarism? > > > > Tipsters: > > > > So, some of my students are claiming a very difficult time finding a way > > to > > summarize in their own words, elements of the method and results sections > > for > > article reviews/summaries. So, how many words equal plagiarism? If they > > borrow > > a phrase, is that OK for technical details? How about 4-5 words in a row > > verbatim? Is that too many? > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
