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Re: Merit Source - Plagiarist
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suchmoon
on 09/12/2020, 04:49:06 UTC
So I think the best solution is, to include the sentence "I am not the source, this information came from the following articles:" at the end, before the list of links. Even though it is generally accepted that including links to articles you derived information from is a form of attribution (and attribution absolves you from claims of plagiarism), it looks like some people overlook this, and want to see a more prominent form of attribution.

There are many ways to make it clear what the source is:

Quote from: some dude, definitely not me
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Some dude said: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- some dude

However this:

I think that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.




























































Some of the above text may have been copied from some dude.

... is misleading even though it's not a bannable offence. Why do this when you can do it properly without making anyone guess what is copypasta and what isn't? I can understand newbies fumbling with quotes but more experienced posters should know better.