Dear @garybilbao
It has been brought to my attention by one of PH leaders, that this post has been plagiarized.
Could you please let me know if this is 100% your own content?
Cheers, Piotr
Dear @garybilbao
It has been brought to my attention by one of PH leaders, that this post has been plagiarized.
Could you please let me know if this is 100% your own content?
Cheers, Piotr
I must admit that I am surprised by this as I have never been accused of plagiarism. Even so, I recognize that I had this material stored in my computer for many years as part of the material I collect and prepare for my personal project on depression. I did not remember if the material was adapted or my own (although I know it was not 100% original and unpublished on my part), but I was not sure if it was a composition of mine based on previously consulted material or materials.
I repeat, this article has a long time among my files on my computer/cloud, so I was not sure of its authorship.
I apologize to the entire Project Hope community and to Steemit in general. If you check my history both here and on Hive.blog, you can see that everything I publish is my own, either unpublished or published by me in some other network. Something that is certainly not the case here.
Please mute this publication and take appropriate action in this regard.
I am very ashamed of what is happening to me. I am a staunch advocate of anti-plagiarism. In fact, I already have a post published here about it.
This serves as a lesson for me with other articles I have in my backlog.
Hi @garybilbao, this is a problem, I see you have published this same post in HIVE, and we have supported it from Project Hope, which could put us again in the eye of some people who have done their best to get us out of Hive. And it's something that I'm particularly concerned about for the community.
And supporting publications like these that are obvious plagiarism is not well seen anywhere.
It is a bit confusing to say that this research was done as a product of the graduate thesis, because while it is true that we can cite some sources from which we get some information, in this case it is different, it is a literal copy, with a few lines that you have added.
@crypto.piotr does not speak or read Spanish, so I guess he does not see exactly the fidelity in the copy and some paraphrased phrases, however, I do speak it, and luckily I have a good understanding of English too, which allows me to realize other things.
I understand your point very well and the last thing I want is to harm the community. When I join Project Hope and I see their no plagiarism policy, I really liked it, because I repeat, I hate plagiarism; plus they allowed to publish OWN content that has been published elsewhere (we know well that some in Steemit and Hive demand exclusivity and unpublished content).
Still, to explain concretely what happened is very complicated with text. What I can do is to insist on my track record on both platforms. All content is my own creation and when I have used other sources I cite them accordingly. I have never been accused of plagiarism and this has even prompted me to write a post clarifying the situation, since beyond the monetary aspect, what really matters to me is not to lose my credibility and the trust others have in me. I have even thought about how to renounce to the rewards in Hive.
I could look for explanations, and I know I have them, even so, I prefer to admit my guilt without excuses and make myself available to what they decide in PH. I hope you can give me another chance (although I am aware that you will not see me the same from now on), but as I am sure of my integrity and that I am a creator and not a copier of content, I trust that I will gain your trust again and this incident will remain in the album of bad memories.
I remain attentive to your questions, comments and decisions.
Gary Samuel Bilbao Aranguren.
(@ gsbilbao in traditional networks). You can also see my content there.