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Unintentional plagiarism
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KingsDen
on 25/07/2021, 12:30:07 UTC
⭐ Merited by CryptopreneurBrainboss (3) ,Ratimov (2) ,Lucius (1)
It is no longer news that Plagiarism is a serious offence not only in this noble forum, but also in the extensive academic fields. Newbies take note, its penalty in this forum is permanent ban. It doesn't actually matter when you are caught. You might commit plagiarism as a newbie and later caught when you are a senior member+, you will also face the consequences - according to rule 33 of the forum.

Without digressing, two cases of plagiarism has been identified;
1. Intentional Plagiarism(Purposeful appropriation of others work)
2. Unintentional Plagiarism.

I want to dwell on unintentional plagiarism;
Plagiarism may be said to be unintentional if the plagarist misuses the appropriate method of citation(citing an unexisting or different url from the source). In parentheses is as related to this forum. Or when the plagarist does not know that what he/she copied needs to be cited. Or when the plagarist intention is not to cheat.
I want to understand the basics of the unintentional plagiarism as regards to this forum. Is it that if found guilty of unintentional plagiarism, you will only get temporary ban.

Personally, I don't believe in anything called unintentional plagiarism. Since professionally it faces same penalty with intentional plagiarism. Unless the intention in the context is the intention to make money. Maybe, if your intention of plagiarising is not to make money, it should be called unintentional plagiarism.
Also, is there a possibility that someone will copy some chunks of knowledge that is not a general knowledge and forgets to cite it?

Having rejected unintentional plagiarism, I think it should rather be called plagiarism due to ignorance. Maybe, you are unaware of the conventions of citation. Then, you are unwilling to find the appropriate way to cite(plagiarism due to laziness). These are understandable to me, but unintentional plagiarism I do not understand.
Thanks all!