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

[Ray Saintonge]

Durova 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."
>   
Anyone who feels the need to plagiarize in this way probably lacks the 
foresight needed to implement the technique. The need and the foresight 
are mutually exclusive. :-)

Ec