Quote from: eternalgloom on May 22, 2019, 10:26:56 AM

Quote from: Lauda on May 21, 2019, 05:14:01 PM

Quote from: eternalgloom on May 21, 2019, 05:10:24 PM

How is plagiarism an acceptable mistake? Do you even know what plagiarism means?

From the Oxford Dictionary:

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The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

Source: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plagiarism

In what world is it ever acceptable to pass someone else's work off as your own? That's what we're talking about, right?

In this world, right here. Read again:

Quote from: Lauda on May 21, 2019, 04:58:48 PM

Absolute e-warior bullshit. Nobody in the real world strongly cares about that unless we're talking about published/for-profit work.

Acceptable or not, fact is that it can, has, and will happen as a mistake. Claiming otherwise is DISHONEST. This is not even up for debate as it's a factual statement. Hence, end of story.

Well, that is not what I'm saying though, I'm specifically focusing on the deliberate act of passing off someone's work as your own. By definition, something like that cannot happen by accident.

Right. So go back to the example that I showed. Was my mistake delibarate? If yes, why? If not, why not? How can you, as an outsider tell?