Achievement 3 by @kishmedic.music Task : Content Etiquette

Eight years ago in junior high school, Plagiarism was one of the topics our Information and Communications Technology teacher discussed with us. He made us understand that, plagiarism is the act of presenting someone's work or idea as yours.

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Plagiarizing is recognized as a crime and is therefore punishable by law. Upon my research, I found out that, "Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence." ^Source

There are several types of plagiarism. The four main types are direct, mosaic, self and accidental plagiarism, of which direct and mosaic plagiarism are very common.^Source

Below are brief explanations of the different types of plagiarism;

Direct Plagiarism involves adopting parts from the writing of another writer without proper mention of the source. Often the person copying the text doesn't change even a single word. The plagiarist can also change parts of sentences or replace certain words with his or her own. ^Source

Mosaic Plagiarism is said to be unintentional. "In this case, the plagiarist may have mentioned the source of the content he has referred to. But, if he or she doesn't acknowledge the quoted part or put them under the quotation marks correctly, then the writer commits the crime of plagiarism." ^Source

"Self-plagiarism is one of the common types of plagiarism, where high school students copy and paste part of their previously submitted academic paper. If the student submits the same paper for two different class projects without asking the concerned teacher, then that is considered as self-plagiarism." ^Source

Accidental Plagiarism is "When the plagiarist misquotes the phrases or parts of the text he/she has taken from the source material or does not cite the source even or adequately or cites a wrong source, they that is considered as plagiarism." ^Source

Also, the steemit etiquette guide speaks against plagiarism in custom number 4.

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

Thank you steem world, Until my next post, it's bye for now.