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Tagged with specific-answer plagiarism
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Why was my answer deleted without engaging me? [duplicate]
I'm a bit puzzled as to why my answer to a SE questions was deleted without further comment. There is just a laconic "One reason it's not useful is because the majority (if not the whole thing) ...
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Why was my answer deleted for plagiarism, despite mentioning the source?
My answer was deleted by a mod for plagiarism. Why? It mentioned the source clearly ("code from gns-ank").
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Since Matplotlib isn't able to use the metric system natively, if you want ...
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Why was this "copy/paste" answer undeleted?
I flagged the following answer as it was a simple copy/paste of another one and it was logically deleted. Now after a nonsense edit it was undeleted.
Why?
The edit is a kind of joke to me and confirms ...
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Why was an answer that attributed original authors deleted?
This answer (image for <10k users) was deleted even though the writer of the answer copied and pasted original content to avoid the answer being marked as link only.
I thought we are to flag (...
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Is this plagiarism or a simple bad answer?
Let's consider this off-topic question: https://stackoverflow.com/q/56982855/8620333
The user is asking how to create a hover effect similar to a one they saw in a website. They probably don't know ...
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Another user edited his answer to include content from my answer, without giving me credit
I am referring to the following post where the accepted answer was edited, or frankly re-written completely, roughly a year after posting my answer and by duplicating most of its content:
Modify Bash ...
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How to handle exact duplicate answers (timespan > 2 years)
This answer was posted some minutes ago, this answer over two years ago.
The newer answer is (basically) exactly the same, suggesting the exact same code construct.
I found this related question ...
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The author of the question copycats an answer and approves it
I wish there is something we can do about this question, where the author copycatted the original answer and approved it.
He claims he did a change, when actually he edited the title to match his own ...
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Plagiarism policy - how much of an answer can be copied to another answer?
I've recently had a moderator flag declined for what I believe to be a plagiarized answer. Now I'm in doubt of what actually constitutes plagiarism.
Please compare these answers: #1 #2
The second ...
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Why were these plagiarism flags declined?
First off, let me preface this by asking all of you to not go mob downvoting this user's content on the main site.
I flagged two answers from a user as plagiarizing content from other answers, but ...
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