Easy Eddie

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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Showing the Snopes url at the bottom of along post is not sufficient.


Yes it is.

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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On 2005-12-08, vincent p norris wrote:
Steve, have you ever heard the word "plagiarism"?

Might be a good idea for you to learn what it is and how to avoid it.

It might be a good idea for you to look up what plagarism means - the
article he posted was properly attributed to its source.

While you are correct, he did present the writing as his own, and did not
give attribution until the very end. At the very least, the article should
have been enclosed in quotes. When I read it
I thought the link to snopes.com was simply to provide some evidence that
what he wrote had some supporting evidence, rather than being an entire
article lifted verbatim.

vincent p. norris wrote:

Showing the Snopes url at the bottom of along post is not sufficient.

Yes, it is.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

"Tom Conner" wrote in message
k.net...

While you are correct, he did present the writing as his own,


No he didn't.

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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I've seen lots of people bitch because someone didn't provide references
for a
claim, but this is the first time I've seen someone bitch because a poster
did.

Showing the Snopes url at the bottom of along post is not sufficient.
Some readers may not get that far.

The reader should be told at the beginning that what he's about to
read is a quotation. There's more than one way to do that, but it
needs to be done.

Check any standard writer's guide and you'll see for yourselves.

vince norris

You mean like the original post in this thread??????

The one that no one has complained about????

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While you are correct, he did present the writing as his own,

No he didn't.

That is the way it appeared. Tom is exactly right.

You should have, at least, said, "The following is from the Snopes web
site:"

vince norris

vincent p. norris wrote:

That is the way it appeared. Tom is exactly right.


That is the way it appeared to you and Tom. You and Tom are wrong.



You should have, at least, said, "The following is from the Snopes web
site:"


What I did was sufficient.

What I did was sufficient.

It would not be so considered in a freshman English comp course in any
first-rate university in the country.

You can stick with your denial, or you can learn from the experience.
Take your choice.

vince norris

vincent p. norris wrote:

It would not be so considered in a freshman English comp course in any
first-rate university in the country.

I would have when I took the course.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

vincent p. norris wrote:

It would not be so considered in a freshman English comp course in any
first-rate university in the country.

You can stick with your denial, or you can learn from the experience.
Take your choice.

vince norris


You can speak of what is proper and what is not with regard to English
comp when you learn how to properly capitalize.