[Wikinews-l] We've been forked! [fwd from foundation-l]

[pi zero]

An interesting case study in plagiarism detection is an article I reviewed a
few hours ago.  It contained what looks, for all the world, like a
deliberate attempt to slip plagiarism past the review process.  How did I
detect it?  Peculiarities of the article triggered my instincts to look more
closely, causing me to search for key words and phrases on the web, and find
copyvio/plagiarism of an article not listed as a source.

After the stern lecture I gave Tempo, not so long ago, about lies damn lies
and statistics, I'm not likely to put too much stock in googlefight --- but
I concede it'll be interesting to see what happens, especially since even if
*I* don't put much stock in it, I'm pretty sure Tempo does.

Pi zero
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