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From: Vojtěch Dostál <vojtech.dostal(a)centrum.cz>
To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 8:26 am
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Results of plagiarism study
I never came up with a magical solution of plagiarism and I would like to hear it, if
there is one. The percentages suggested by Sage Ross's study are realistic; these are
numbers we cope with on Czech Wikipedia too. It seems to me that some students can hear
the "Don't plagiarise" warning three times and still do it; among others,
this is also a matter of generally educating people what authorship and plagiarism means.
All sorts of 'strange' questions are asked by students during the Wikipedia
sessions such as "I know we can't copy from a book, but what about from the
Internet", "Can I copy from the Internet if there is no author?" etc... you
have to answer all of these carefully.
My friend Petr Broz (user:Chmee2) used to have one way of making students remember that
they should not plagiarize: He explained them everything and than he showed them how easy
it is to discover a plagiarism by showing a google search by test and a google search by
searching for similar images. This seemed to leave a long-lasting effect on students :-).
cheers
Vojtech
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Od: LiAnna Davis <ldavis(a)wikimedia.org>
Komu: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Datum: 21.11.2013 00:04
Předmět: [Wikimedia Education] Results of plagiarism study
Hi all! I know plagiarism is something a lot of us face around the world, so I
thought you all might be interested in a blog post Sage Ross put together about a
plagiarism study we did on the English Wikipedia, comparing student contributions to other
editor cohorts:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/20/how-to-make-a-wikipedian-angry/
I'm curious to see if this seems to hold true with your programs as well -- and does
anyone have a great solution they've implemented that's cut down on student
plagiarism?
LiAnna
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LiAnna Davis
Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
http://education.wikimedia.org
(415) 839-6885 x6649
ldavis(a)wikimedia.org
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