It is possible to discuss plagiarism without naming individuals.
Durova referred to a proposed guideline, and that is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism
Closely related is the concept of close paraphrasing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing
From July 2005 to June 2008, Wikipedia:Plagiarism was a redirect (the
destination has varied). Since June 2008, is has been a proposed guideline, with people either of the opinion that it is not needed at all because the relevant stuff is covered elsewhere (with at least one attempt to turn the page back into a redirect), or people agreeing that something separate is needed to address the complexities of such matters.
Carcharoth
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Durova nadezhda.durova@gmail.com wrote:
That becomes a bit difficult without naming individuals who may not subscribe to this list. There have been problems, though, particularly at DYK. Not everyone understands what plagiarism is, or agrees that avoiding it is important.
-Durova
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM, wjhonson@aol.com wrote:
It's possible your mention was conditioned by some specific example, but maybe Durova you could address a bit more directly what you mean by saying that we need a plagiariam policy. Wouldn't that policy be something like "Don't do that?"
How are you seeing the situation in a more complex way?
Will Johnson
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