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I had an run-in with a plagiarism checker in undergrad (USA, 2008). A professor ran a research paper I had submitted through a plagiarism checker and it came ba
by anamexis 6y ago
I had an run-in with a plagiarism checker in undergrad (USA, 2008). A professor ran a research paper I had submitted through a plagiarism checker and it came back a 100% match. (I had researched and written the paper myself.) It led to a very awkward meeting which started with him saying "I think we both know why you're here" and me having no idea why I was there.
Luckily it ended with him resubmitting the paper to the checker and it coming back clean. (I got an A.)
- TwoBit 6y agoWhat was the cause of the false positive?
- anamexis 6y agoI can only theorize. Perhaps due to some error, the web upload submitted a 0 byte file which perfectly matched another 0 byte file.
- mannykannot 6y agoThe professor submitted one of his own papers by mistake?
- murderfs 6y ago> It led to a very awkward meeting which started with him saying "I think we both know why you're here" and me having no idea why I was there. I had this happen once, except it was because someone else in one of his other classes had the same name as me.