Themed Posts and Plagiarism Report | 20% to @steemit-pak

In Steemit Pakistan, we follow three themes and Diary games as post topics over the week. The schedule is as follows:

Day	Theme	Tag
Monday	Crypto	#monday-crypto
Tuesday	Review	#tuesday-review
Wednesday	Educate	#wed-education
Thurs- Sunday	Diaries	#thediarygame

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This week, we got 1 entry for crypto, 13 entries for reviews and 7 entries for education. Following are the best themed entries.

• Movie Review - Squid Game- || 20% to @steemit-pak

^{Feedback: A very well written review. Highlighted all the main points which a good review must have.}

• EDUCATIONAL THEME - BASIC STITCHES OF HAND EMBROIDERY - [20% to steemit-pak]

^{Feeback: A very practical education/tutorial which can benefit others. Explained in detail.}

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I have chosen these two posts to show you that we want such posts in our themed days. Please have a look at these and learn from them. Following are some important links that you must check before making themed posts.

^{- Monday Crypto Guidelines - #Monday-crypto - Lets Test Out SteemitCryptoAcademy Users.}

^{- Review Writing Guidelines - #tuesday-review}

^{- WEDNESDAY EDUCATIONAL THEME - GUIDANCE POST}

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Plagiarized Posts

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Despite warnings, we still get new plagiarists every other day. Most of them are present on themed days. Have a look:

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Post	Severity
Link	Minor
Link	Medium
Link	Major
Link	Major

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What we do with Plagiarists?

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• Give polite warning on 1st attempt.
• Label them as plagiarists and ban them from any kind of support for 1 week on 2nd attempt.
• Downvote the posts and block them from the community on repeated attempts.

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It's a humble request to all members to stay away from plagiarism. I have said this before that Earning money is hard and earning it in the rightful manner is even harder. Stealing others' content is a downright lack of ethics and moral values. One can truly understand it when his own content created with a lot of hard work is stolen.

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Some frequently asked questions...

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1- I have only written a definition, how can it come under plagiarism?

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Definition or not, when you try to present someone else's content in a way that it looks like your own then it comes under plagiarism. You can avoid it by quoting it and giving the reference link from where you took the content.
For Example:

Wrong way:

Gravity, also called gravitation, in mechanics, the universal force of attraction acting between all matter.

Right way:

Gravity, also called gravitation, in mechanics, the universal force of attraction acting between all matter. ^Britannica

Here's the markdown of writing in the right way:

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2- I changed the whole wording of the content. It's not exactly the same anymore. So why am I accused of plagiarism?

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I will again say, presenting someone else's content as your own is plagiarism. It doesn't have to match word by word. Paraphrasing , rewording, stealing the idea all comes under plagiarism.

Now I know you are not a scientist, so if you are talking about gravity then it is based on previous experiments carried out by scientists. The ideas belong to them. So you are just supposed to give the references from where you are taking the information even if you write it all in your own words.

Citation is the key.

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3- I gave the reference of the image. Why I am still accused?

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One purpose of reference is that it enables the readers to dig further into the topic if they are interested to know more details.
Secondly, we are supposed to use only copyright free images, multiple times stated by the Steemit team. The reference link is supposed to lead to the license details of the image where it is clearly stated that said image is free for commercial use.

But I have seen that 80% of people give references like Pinterest, blogging sites or other sites where images are not free or there are no license details given. So it put your images under scrutiny, there's no way to know the copyright claims. So it is most likely your post will be accused of plagiarism or simply not supported.

I have so many times shown the right way of getting copyright free images. Please see these short videos that I made:

How to find free images on Google?