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My metric for plagiarism is pretty strict: is the article fundamentally different because the author read your article? Thus, whether it was copied word-for-wor

My metric for plagiarism is pretty strict: is the article fundamentally different because the author read your article? Thus, whether it was copied word-for-word is irrelevant. They could change every word, they could even change ideas and concepts - if they drew inspiration from your article and didn't cite it, they've committed plagiarism. Now, with that said, while it's definitely possible that this happened, can you even prove that the author read your article? If you can't prove that they were influenced - and it certainly isn't obvious from what they wrote - then there's little to nothing you can do about it, because no one else can be certain that any plagiarism did occur. In fact, neither can you, so be careful because you're leveling a pretty serious accusation with no proof.

siruva07 16y ago
I sent my article to TC (via tips on website, or else I would screenshot) the same day that SAI syndicated my post. And, on Sept 3 one of the co-founders even referenced my article again...so the founders were actively talking about it. http://twitter.com/scottpony/status/22894399146 http://twitter.com/scottpony/status/22894399146
stonemetal 16y ago
So then your post is plagiarism since you don't site your English teachers? Your post is fundamentally different because they taught you English. Of course it isn't, "close imitation" is the key. Then where does close become too close? She probably did copy the examples, I doubt two independent people would come up with the exact same list of examples unless both plagiarized from a third source.
- siruva07 16y ago
  In my analysis, I did a google search for "colleges by student population" and got this as the top link: http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/largest-us-universities-by-student-population/ http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/largest-us-universities-by-s.... The list was created from 2006 data. One thing to notice, I skipped over Texas A&M and University of South Florida and picked up Penn State (because I'm from Jersey, and half of my high school went there). The TC article article also omits these two schools, and adds in UCLA and USC. (The author is a USC grad herself.) Even if she did find the same list, why also skip over A&M and USF? a more accurate list would have come from more recent data: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_colleges_by_enrollment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_colleges_... Yes, it's possible, but I think pretty unlikely she'd independently decide to drop the same two schools that I did, assuming she found the same source.

siruva07 16y ago

I sent my article to TC (via tips on website, or else I would screenshot) the same day that SAI syndicated my post. And, on Sept 3 one of the co-founders even referenced my article again...so the founders were actively talking about it. http://twitter.com/scottpony/status/22894399146 http://twitter.com/scottpony/status/22894399146

stonemetal 16y ago

So then your post is plagiarism since you don't site your English teachers? Your post is fundamentally different because they taught you English. Of course it isn't, "close imitation" is the key. Then where does close become too close? She probably did copy the examples, I doubt two independent people would come up with the exact same list of examples unless both plagiarized from a third source.

siruva07 16y ago
In my analysis, I did a google search for "colleges by student population" and got this as the top link: http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/largest-us-universities-by-student-population/ http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/largest-us-universities-by-s.... The list was created from 2006 data. One thing to notice, I skipped over Texas A&M and University of South Florida and picked up Penn State (because I'm from Jersey, and half of my high school went there). The TC article article also omits these two schools, and adds in UCLA and USC. (The author is a USC grad herself.) Even if she did find the same list, why also skip over A&M and USF? a more accurate list would have come from more recent data: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_colleges_by_enrollment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_colleges_... Yes, it's possible, but I think pretty unlikely she'd independently decide to drop the same two schools that I did, assuming she found the same source.