Achievement -3 by @olyorji Task: Content Etiquette

Helllloooo fellow Steemians. Am here again with my task on Content Etiquette. After my achievement task 1 and 2, I can gladly say I have learnt a lot here already.

INTRODUCTION
The importance of Content Etiquette and Plagiarism can not be over emphasized in a community like Steemit where intellectual property of people must be protected and as such rules must be set in place to checkmate cases of Plagiarism, and members must adhere to them to avoid being penalized.

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PLAGIARISM
The term simply means presenting someone else’s work or idea as your own, with or without their consent and incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgment.source

There is no harm in sharing or copying contents after all the internet is about sharing contents but it is very important that in doing so the original author or curator is recognized or acknowledged.

VARIOUS TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
• Direct: This is taking a fraction of someone else’s work, ideas, text, post or blog verbatim whether published or unpublished into your work, post or blog without giving them credit or acknowledgement by citing them as source/reference in your own work. Under the law, this is a punishable offense.

• Unintentional: This is quoting or copying someone else’s work with the intention of giving credit to the author but failing to cite the fraction copied or failing to properly put it in quotation marks. This is also a punishable offense.

• A common forms of Plagiarism is the wrongful copying or quoting of a text/phrases or wrongful/improper citing of a source, this is called accidental plagiarism.

• Another form of plagiarism called self plagiarism is when a person publishes, presents or submit the same work or post written by them to more than one presentation or site. Even though this is not punishable under the law, it could affect the person’s reputation or credibility. This form of plagiarism is usually found among students.

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CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM
Consequences of plagiarism includes and are not limited to the following:
• Destruction of reputations: professionals, academics and students often find their reputations and credibility destroyed as a result of plagiarism.

• Legal Charges: Intellectual property laws are strict and as such plagiarism can attract prison sentences because plagiarism is often treated as a criminal offense.

• Indemnity Charges: A plagiarist could be fined a particular sum which serves a monetary restitution to the author.

HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
Some of the ways to avoid plagiarism are:
• Keep track of the sources you consult in your work.
• Paraphrase or quote from your sources and add your own ideas.
• Credit the original author in an in-text citation.
• Use a plagiarism checker before submitting.
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I have read and understood the Steemit Etiquette on Steemit Community and will do my best to embrace them.

Happy reading!!!