Achievement 3 by @jacci ; task : content etiquette

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Plagiarism

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 All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition.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

All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition.

How to avoid plagiarism:

• Keep track of the sources you consult in your research.

• Paraphrase or quote from your sources (and add your own ideas).

• Credit the original author in an in-text citation and reference list.

• Use a plagiarism checker before you submit.
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Here are some examples of Plagiarism:

• Turning in someone else's work as your own.

• Copying large pieces of text from a source without citing that source.

• Taking passages from multiple sources, piecing them together, and turning in the work as your own.

• Copying from a source but changing a few words and phrases to disguise plagiarism.

• Paraphrasing from a number of different sources without citing those sources.

• Turning in work that you did for another class without getting your professor's permission first.

• Buying an essay or paper and turning it in as your own work.
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By this information , i now have the knowledge of what plagiarism is and have known it is an offence to the steemit ecosystem.

Thanks to @cryptokannon @kiwiscanfly
and @focusnow for your support