User:Ksully9900/sandbox/whatisplagiarism


 * Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information. Why?
 * These are considered poor sources because they are often not back up by fact. With blog posts, anyone can write them claiming anything to be the truth so it is difficult to trust a lot of what they say. Blog posts and press releases can also be biased and biased information can often lead to false and opinionated information.
 * What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company?
 * You wouldn't want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company because that company can be biased about themselves. They can say they have the happiest workers and the best products but that doesn't mean it the truth because it doesn't come from an unbiased source.
 * What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
 * They are both not allowed on Wikipedia but they are different. Plagiarism is copying directly from a source word for word or very closely to the same thing the other person wrote. This is considered plagiarism even if the person credits the author. Copyright is different because there are things like song lyrics that are copyrighted so they are owned by someone else so if you copy those, you are in even more trouble than if you only plagiarized a writing because it is illegal.
 * What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?
 * Using your own words is the best way to avoid plagiarism. It is best to read the text then using your new knowledge about the subject, use your own wording to describe the thing that you want to put into your article. If you are unable to reword exactly what you want you can use a quote as well.
 * Wikipedia privileges sources that have gone through a traditional editing and publication process above other types of sources, such as oral records. Why might this be so, and what problems might it lead to in terms of knowledge equity?
 * They might privilege these sources because they are first hand documents and that makes them a good official record of what they want to be talking about. This may be an issue because the sources won't be as diverse if they aren't pulling from all different kinds of sources that may not be the traditional editing and publication that they lean towards.
 * If Wikipedia relied more heavily on other types of sources, such as oral records, how would that change the encyclopedia?
 * Only having one type of source skews the information being put into the website. It is important to cite sources from all different types of works so that you can get information from different people and ideas.
 * How does Wikipedia's definition of plagiarism compare to what you've encountered as a student in higher education?
 * I think Wikipedia's definition is pretty similar to what I have encountered in education. Both places are severely strict about plagiarism and they will not tolerate it. In wikipedia people are constantly looking to make sure things are not plagiarized and I think that is similar with how teachers read essays as well because they want the student's own original work.