Achievement 3 by @giftjoshua Task : Content Etiquette

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Hello great steemians

It is a actually very interesting to learn about content etiquette.
There are lot of things to learn everyday and learning about new things stops the day we stop living. Before I signed up in this platform, I was told that in steemit, it is wrong to use someone's body of work without referencing the owner or the source and that it is wrong to copy and paste someone's article or publication.

So in this achievement program, the plagiarism topic has been explained and I now have a good knowledge of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

Let us get on with it

What is plagiarism

According to University of Oxford, "plagiarism is presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence." Source

In simple terms, Plagiarism is using what you didn't create as if you created it. And this can copying and pasting sentences or paragraphs from a publication without citations and also using someone's full body of work as it is entirely yours.

A person who involved in this act is called a plagiarist.

You can read more on plagiarism here

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM

We have different types of plagiarism, they are Direct plagiarism, mosiac plagiarism, Self-plagiarism and Accidental plagiarism of which Direct and Mosiac plagiarism are most common.

Direct Plagiarism:

This is copying or adopting a part of someone's work without citing the source and also adding quotation mark to indicate that is was adopted from someone else's work

Mosaic Plagiarism:

This form of plagiarism is most of the time not unintentional. This happens when the plagiarist have cited the source but fails to add quotation marks correctly to the adopted part.

Self-Plagiarism:

This is one of the most common type of plagiarism. This happens when an author repost a part or a full article of what he had already posted. This type of plagiarism kind of annoys the readers or consumers because humans get tired of seeing the same thing over and over.

Accidental Plagiarism:

This happens when a plagiarist misquotes a part of the article adopted, cites the wrong source or does not cite the source properly.

How to Avoid Plagiarism

Below are few ways to stop plagiarism

1. Always Include quotation marks in texts or copied from other author

2. Make sure you cite your source of your information

3. Be creative and present your work with your own idea

4. Use a plagiarism checker to be sure you haven't committed plagiarism.

Conclusion

Plagiarism is theft and if caught, depending on the weight, may be treated like a criminal case. So In order to avoid such a problem, one need to be acquainted with what plagiarism means and ways to avoid it.

It's a thing of pride to be original and in cases where we obtained information from other sources, we must try to make reference to these sources. This adds to authenticity of our work and adds dignity to our works as well


REMARK
"I have read and understood the Steemit Etiquette on Steemit Community and will do my best to embrace them"

Here is a link to my achievement1 post