The very simple and easy to understand definition of the Plagiarism is “using another person’s ideas or creative work without giving credit to that person. (source)”

I know that you know already what Plagiarism means. But I need to talk about it on this post to clarify that by merely quoting someone’s ideas without giving them credit by mentioning them or by establishing links to the source is already considered plagiarism.

That’s what actually the man, whom I exchanged email discussing certain truth recorded in the Bible, did at his emails to me. In his responses on my articles or emails, he showed me ideas which I thought were his own. However, just recently, I discovered that what had been sent to me were merely the products of the copy-and-paste activity without mentioning the source or the article where the snippets were copied.

Now, when I accused him of plagiarism, he tried to explain to me that what he did was just normal and was similar to what I did on the verses of the Bible. His explanation of course is a clear proof that he really don’t understand what plagiarism is.

If you’ll examine my articles, especially those related to religion, you’ll notice that whenever I quote a verse from the Bible, I always include the name of the book, chapter number, verse number and the translation or version of the Bible. And when I use an idea which is actually taken from the Bible but I didn’t include the info that I enumerated earlier, I always mention “the Bible say” or “Apostle Peter said”, or “Apostle Paul said”, or “Christ said”, etc. to inform the readers that that certain idea was not mine. But of course that’s not the proper way of giving credit to the source which is the Bible. The proper way is by mentioning the name of the Book, chapter number and verse number. You’ll only mention the translation or version of the Bible if you copy the verse words-by-words.

Below are similar definitions of the term Plagiarism but are stated in different ways. Sources of the definitions are given credit by a link to the source:

• The act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages therefrom, and passing the material off as one’s own creation. (source)
• Claiming another person’s written material as one’s own. Plagiarism can take the form of direct, word-for-word copying or the theft of the substance or idea of the work. (source)
• Plagiarism is the act of copying or borrowing the work or ideas of another author without acknowledgement. Students who are writing essays, reports, dissertations or theses must list their sources, such as books and journal articles, in a list of references appended to their work. (source)
• Plagiarism involves using the work of another person and presenting it as one’s own. Any of the following acts constitutes plagiarism unless the source of each quotation or piece of borrowed material is clearly acknowledged: Copying out part(s) of any document or audio-visual material (including computer based material); Using or extracting another person’s concepts, experimental results, or conclusions; Summarising another person’s work; In an assignment where there was collaborative preparatory work, submitting substantially the same final version of any material as another student. (source)
• The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work. (source)
• the adoption of pieces of text, ideas, designs and theories from others without mentioning the source (source)
• submitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one’s own work without attributing those same portions to their correct source. (source)
• Implies academic dishonesty by not acknowledging the sources consulted and ideas used in writing a piece of work.(source)
• The act of copying any portion of another’s work and representing it as your own, regardless of whether or not the work is copyrighted or in the public domain. It is unethical to do so, and if a copyrighted work is involved it can also be an infringement of property rights. (source)
• Plagiarism is the practice of claiming or implying original authorship of (or incorporating material from) someone else’s written or creative work, in whole or in part, into one’s own without adequate acknowledgement. (source)
  

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