On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Matt Brown wrote:
Geoff, it's not that we're attacking you or
thinking you're whinging;
it's simply that, although there is no EXPLICIT Wikipedia plagiarism
policy, there are Wikipedia policies that effectively prohibit it;
these being copyright policy and citing sources.
That wasn't the intent of my response, Matt, & I'm sorry that I gave
that impression.
My point in responding to you email (which I picked because I felt it
summarized many points I wanted to address) was that whether or not I
understood what plagiarism means, or whether this concept could be
applied to Wikipedia, there is an actual case I feel it could apply
to, & I think some input there would be helpful.
[snip]
All that said, it would not hurt to have a Wikipedia:Plagiarism policy
that puts all that in one place.
Agreed. Even if it is nothing more than a section at CITE explaining
that citing sources is also encouraged because it prevents plagiarism.
Geoff