The text is now in the help center. Yay!
Seeing as most cases of plagiarism are seen from ESL users, this FAQ section should be made extremely clear, with the most simple language possible. The Alice in Wonderland citation example is cool, but I fear it will hopelessly confuse a user struggling to get to terms with the very basics of the English language.
Suggestion:
How to use material written by others
Never use others' work without attribution
Plagiarism - posting the work of others with no indication that it is not your own - is not welcome in our community, and may result in your answers being down-voted or deleted.
When you find a useful resource that can help answer a question - from another web site or in another answer on {SITE_NAME} - make sure you do the following:
- provide a link to it
- quote the relevant portion only
- name the author.
Example:
According to this biography, Hemingway indeed saw combat when he was a teenager. It says:
After the United States entered the First World War, he joined a volunteer ambulance unit in the Italian army. Serving at the front, he was wounded, was decorated by the Italian Government, and spent considerable time in hospitals ....
[other sources, quotes, explanations, etc. necessary to complete the answer]
Do not duplicate external sources in their entirety; use their words and ideas to support your own. And always give proper credit to the author and site where you found the text, including a direct link to it.
If you have been accused of plagiarism, see herehere how you can fix the situation.
If you suspect a contribution to have been plagiarism, see herehere on how to report it.
