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.
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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