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DutchesSsS:
The fact is that you don't just copy and paste an author's work word for word and then add a reference at the end of your article...You must quote the author in your text...

Thats its been done na... Even the almighty wikipedia does so... So whats the big deal...

Martins301:
Imagine you are asked to write an article about SEX for your newspaper. You then go to wikipedia and copy everything you see there into MS Word and arrange it properly. At the end you put Wikipedia underneath it as reference. Submit it to your boss and you will get fired the next day I assure you.

Copying a whole and giving the refence is wrong because you claimed its yours. But I bet you that your boss wont fire you cos of plagiarism, but cos you are lazy to generate your own work. But there is nothing wrong in picking the definition of sex frm wikipedia and putting the reference while the other work comes from you.

Neyoor:
To show that you really know your onions. discuss here the correct way of copying another person's work without being penalized.

will i pm him before... He shld upload the materials here lets see... Am not a contestant, but I really dont like what he did...

Neyoor:
The fact still remain thesame that plagiarism is allowed to some extent. It's only frivolities, stupidity and idiocy that cannot be plagiarised, but be it any positive attitude or work, people won't hesitate to copy it. Acknowledging the owner of the work makes you to be on the safer side. Every words we use this days are plagiarised, if not used by anyone before, it is copied from the dictionary.

References are made just to expose where you've copied from and whose work you've dubbed, there is no penalty for references but there is penalty for dubbing without reference. You can't see any standard essay without proper references. Check out winning entries of several essay competitions, you will see the references bodly written at the end of each essay. Will there be any need for references if plagiarism is not involved?

This my point... If copying and making reference is still plagiarism, then most topics on NL are plagiarised as they are lifetd from another website. Am pretty sure that virtually 95percent of Nigerian graduates made reference to other materials during their project... So what then is true plagiarism @martins...

Martins301:
You see evil and you refuse to speak about it. . . . . .how Nigeria go take progress with people like you patroling the streets? Please dont quote me on this matter again.

Guy cool down... This is not about seeing evil and keeping quiet... You did it the wrong way. First of all, you are a contestant. Secondly there are judges assigned to do that (in wch if am one, i would have disqualified you). I could remember MissMieya openly saying that they have a software that they will use to check for that, but you still went ahead to post your fellow contestant work. What happened to PM(ing) the judges about it. You case is like the Nigerians that gives mob treatment, instead reporting to the appropraite authority.
Or do you think its right for someone to just walk up to a criminal and kill without alerting the police. When the police come, even though the person killed a criminal, he will be arrested and labeled a criminal also. You did the right, but a s a contestant you have no write to do it as other contestant will see it as a way for you to increase your chance of winning.

Martins301:
Copying a another authors work word for word and adding a reference is a worse form of plagiarism. . .

So which is the correct way of copying another person's work...

Ellidude:
That's for the judges to decide.

am not talking about the contest... I mean in real life, if I write an article, lifted some things frm another author then quote him in my work... Is it plagiarism also...?

Am loving this thread... Very informative... lol @Fire shouting...

Ellidude:
Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the
representation of them as one's own original work. By WIKIPEDIA

So if one come put reference in the work just like you did by adding wikipedia. Is it acceptable...

Martins301:
If you need a lesson on the art of writing, referencing and plagiarism then contact me and I will give you a free lesson that you will forever appreciate. Some people will copy someone else's work and attach the reference and still feel they have not plagiarised. I wonder who has been teaching them.

For the records of knowlegde... Help me explain more on plagiarism... No hard feeling...

Martins301:
Am reducing the risk of wrong judgement. I hate cheating and those who cheat. Am sure you do too.

I still stand to say... As a contestant, who have read the rules of the contest, you have no right to do what you just did knowing fully well that the judges are on it. What you did is like telling the judges that they are not up to the task. Or from another angle, you are employing a way to increase your chance of winning. Thats really unfair to others and the judges need to look into your actions... For the records, I have no entry there so dont think am hating on you. But your action is really unethical.

Martins301:
We are all stake holders in this contest. If anyone is wise enough to cheat then that person should be bold enough to accept his/her being exposed. I haven't done any harm since their names are hidden.

I didnt see how you became a stakeholder and I didnt see when the judges appointed you to do what you are doing. It will only be write for you to do that if the judges failed to see that "cheat" when the result is announced. As it stands now, its as if you are teaching the judges their job. Meaning they are not good enough...

Martins301:
I should be punished for exposing those who have cheated in the contest? Do I know them? Is their name written on the works?

There is a judge whose duty is to do what you are doing... And the judge didnt appoint you to do that. It will be a different ball game if you didnt have an entry... But now you have, you arent supposed to do that as others will see it as just tryn to tarnish their effort... What you are doing is right, but you are the wrong person to do it...

DutchesSsS:
Excluding yours, which would you consider as Top 3.

Wait... Did Martins submited an entry...? If he did, then this copyright check that he is doing is really uncalled for... Even though what he is doing is right, but he is the wrong person to do it since he is a fellow contestant. I have not seen any competition where a fellow contestant helps to bring about the downfall of his colleague... The judges shld take note, martins is doing what he is not supposed to do and that shld warrant a penalty... Ro be fair to all contestant...

At martins... Good job... But I was thinking, since this is an essay that have to do with the Nigeria current situation, contestant can as well make research from other related topics and acknowlegde the author... Isnt that allowed...

Ubenedictus:
wow!

I almost think we are brothers!

I woke up this morning and two phrase kept repeating in my head,

the first was a psalm, the passage that says "I am a worm I am not a man"
the second is d episcopal moto of pope francis, "he look upon him with eyes of mercy".

It is interesting that d first thing i see on my "mentions" pages is an almost exact repetition.

I don't really believe in coincidence, there is something i nid to think about.

hmmm...
*in kamsy's voice*
Italo and Uben are in same seminary school parish house

Ubenedictus:
one day ur zing go disappear na dat day i go execute my plan 4 u.

lol...
Dont think there will be a disappearance/separation of my zing as long as this setting is concerend...
So you plan might as well waith till the next comet hits the earth... :-D

He shld even start by complaining that PDP shldnt field a catholic... Cos the past gov was one and now this candidate... SMH for christians...

Nigeria is one country that need to be removed from this earth... No one thinks about competence but just religion and tribalism... If this is true, how can this bishop say such a thing. Who cares if both candidate are ogboni peeps... So if his agenda comes to light, what then happens to other prostestant churches... They can as well claim to be marginalized...

Religion... Man greatest problem...

youngwolf:
*somebody should come and sweep and mop this place o...clean the cobwebs too. Una jus abandon this place like dat. Its not fair.

*anyways merry christmas n happy new year in advance guys. 2015 is our year IJN.

*if u have any new info pls come n share with us too

I can provide you with broom and mop... Maybe someone can fetch water... Merry Christmas to you too...

Ubenedictus:
na ur zing dey give u power abi?

lol... My zing always got my back...

Mrnin every1...

/\ /\ Nice write up @uben...
Sounds more like words of a pri.... *choking*
Where is my zing to help me complete the statement...

Greetings to everyone... Being a long time...
My zing still missing in action...

Was just thinking, new year is fast approaching. Can we have a sort of novena/prayer that will propbably run through the 1st week/days of january...
Cc: SalC

Was called Peter Crouch... Cos of my height... Though I wasnt the tallest in my set...
The tallest then was called Longinus...

Money is good... Even as them done dey a little bit advanced in age, they still look like those in their 20's... Looking at their profile... One thing comes to mind... If you really study hard, nothing will stop you from being great...

does it mean dat any essay that didnt mk it to dis thread have been disqualified.

Its simply, make both of them comfortable (if you can) then ensure you have a lengthy and probable romantic discussion with her friend... Next time, jealousy no go let her try dat again.