[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia isn't just a good idea - it's compulsory

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Durova wrote:
> The scary thing is that would probably work.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Al Tally <majorly.wiki at googlemail.com>wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Durova's evil guide to plagiarism:
>>>
>>> "Don't copy from the live version of the article.  Copy a historic
>> version
>>> from a year ago.  Your teacher doesn't understand how Wikipedia page
>>> histories work and won't find the text on a Google search.  The older
>>> version will appear more primitive and more believably yours.  You'll get
>> a
>>> safe B instead of a fingernail-biting A or an F for plagiarism.  So go
>> stay
>>> out late at that party, relax, and cheat smarter not harder."
>>>
>>> (cackles, flees)
>>>
>> That works great, until you get the teacher that does understand how it
>> works. And of course, text has been lifted from Wikipedia and is all over
>> the internet, but it is static.
>>
> 

I suspect the "U MOM sucks cock lol" line in the middle of your 
otherwise fluent essay on the Reunification of Italy might be a bit of a 
give away.