Achievement 3 by @reeda7 Task : Content Etiquette

Greetings to everyone, hope you are all well. I have been able to successfully complete my achievement 1 and achievement 2 tasks. I am here to complete another task yet again which is Achievement 3: Content Etiquette

Steemit is a social platform that rewards content creaters. These contents can be poems, stories, piece of art, photography and so many others. But these contents must be original and not plagiarised.

WHAT THEN IS PLAGIARISM?

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Plagiarism is the representation of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.Source

Based on the definition above, it is clear that plagiarism is an act of theft or fraud. That is simply to say, taking credit for something that is not yours.

That is not to say that you can't use another person's work. Of course you can but that is if you give them credit for it. Which leads us to what we call Citation.

WHAT THEN IS A CITATION?
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A citation is a reference to a source.Source

With the help of a citation, an individual can use another person's work. The work which is being cited also gains more publicity. There are various ways through which different types of works can be cited.

HOW TO CITE WORKS
1.A work which is in a form of text and has been copied/pasted can me written in between quotations(" ") or can be formatted using the markup(>).

2.A paraphrased text can also be cited by giving it a reference. The reference could be the origin and name of the author.

3.When uploading an image or photograph, the link to the image is copied and then cited by:[Source](copied link).

HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

1. Always cite works before uploading them
2. Learn to use plagiarism checkers.
3. Always try to paraphrase contents instead of just copying and pasting.

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

Thank you for your time and thank you to @cryptokannon for the guidelines. Stay safe.