Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 23:10:09 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Plagiarism (Was: FreeBSD spokesman) Message-ID: <20010706231009.B27966@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706150541.00e06e30@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 03:06:56PM -0600 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010706093248.04533cf0@localhost> <NOEJJDACGOHCKNCOGFOMEEHNCFAA.davids@webmaster.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010706150541.00e06e30@localhost>
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Brett Glass said on Jul 6, 2001 at 15:06:56: > At 03:03 PM 7/6/2001, David Schwartz wrote: > > > Brett, do me a favor. Go ask ten people whose opinions you respect the > >following question: > > > > An author wishes to show how some supporters of a particular position > >defend it. So he writes: "Typical ways this position is argued for and > >defended are as follows in the examples below" and he lists three brief > >(paragraph length) excerpts showing ways the position is defended. He > >clearly indicates that he does not agree with these excerpts and that they > >are quotations from others. He does not attribute the quotations. Would you > >consider this plagiarism? > > It absolutely is. This wouldn't even get past a competent High School English > teacher! See any of the references I cited. You can't read, can you? He didn't ask your opinion: he asked you to seek the view of ten people whose opinions you respect. Maybe there aren't any? R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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