English subtitles for clip: File:Plagiarism tutorial.ogv

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It probably goes without saying

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that plagiarism and copyright violation

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are not allowed on Wikipedia.

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You can't just copy from a book or website

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to build a Wikipedia article.

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But since Wikipedia is a

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collaborative project

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where one person's work builds

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on another's, and the pieces

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of an article come from

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many different places,

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it's worth looking at Wikipedia's

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rules about plagiarism and copyright violation,

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and the problems they can cause,

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in a little more detail.

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If you're improving an article

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that others started, you may come acoss

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some of these types of plagiarism:

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First, unattributed plagiarism.

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This is when text is copied into Wikipedia from another source,

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but there's no indication of where it came from.

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Then, plagiarism of cited sources.

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If a footnote is added,

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to show where information came from,

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but it still keeps the exact wording of the source,

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that's another common form of plagiarism.

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And then there's close paraphrasing.

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This is when an editor takes sources material,

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whether they cite it or not,

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and they rewrite it somewhat,

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but the basic structure and meaning of the source text is still there.

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With close paraphrasing, there may be

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several small phrases that match between the two texts.

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It's even possible to change every single word in a sentence,

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and still end up plagiarizing through a close paraphrase,

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if the meaning and structure of the source is kept.

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For this reason, it's not a good idea

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to write for Wikipedia by copying a source

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and then rewriting it bit by bit.

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Instead, you should put the information

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into your own words from scratch,

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or use a quotation.

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Copyright violation is a different,

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but related issue on Wikipedia.

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Many cases of plagiarism are also copyright violations,

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but, for example, if an editor adds

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the lyrics to a pop song into the article about that song,

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this may violate copyright, even though it is not plagiarism.

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And if an article about a court case includes

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passages from the ruling without indicating it,

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this is plagiarism even if the copied text is in the public domain

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and not subject to copyright restrictions.

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None of this is allowed on Wikipedia.

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If you come across plagiarism in a Wikipedia article,

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what should you do?

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Remove it.

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You may want to replace the plagiarism content

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with your own words,

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or you may want to simply cut it out.

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But if you find some, please don't just leave it,

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especially if you're going to be

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building on the article yourself.

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Removing content that doesn't belong

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is actually a great way to improve Wikipedia.

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The Wikipedia community has a broad spectrum

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of methods for finding and removing plagiarism.

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The most important is just people reading articles

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and checking sources,

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and noticing when the style of a passage just

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doesn't quite fit.

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There are also "bots" that automatically check

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recent content for copyright violations.

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And many users keep a particularly close eye

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on student projects in their areas of interest.

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Since Wikipedia article histories are public,

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plagiarism can be traced back

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to the user who added it,

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even months or years later.

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So please, take extra care that you aren't

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introducing plagiarism to Wikipedia.

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Happy editing!