Plagiarism from Wikipedia
Contributors to the online encyclopediaWikipedia,often referred to asWikipedians,license their submitted content under aCreative Commons license,which permits re-use as long as attribution is given. However, there have been a number of occasions when persons have failed to give the necessary attribution and attempted to pass off material from Wikipedia as their own work. Suchplagiarismis a violation of the Creative Commons license and, when discovered, can be a reason for embarrassment, professional sanctions, or legal issues.
In educational settings, students sometimes copy Wikipedia to fulfill class assignments.[1]A 2011 study byTurnitinfound that Wikipedia was the most copied website by bothsecondaryandhigher educationstudents.[2]
Notable instances
[edit]Many notable individuals and institutions have been credibly said to have committed plagiarism from Wikipedia.
- David Agus[3]
- Chris Anderson[4]
- Jill Bialosky[5]
- Monica Crowley[6][7]
- Elsevierretracted a 2020 book for plagiarizing many large passages from Wikipedia[8]
- Five Star Movement(Italian political party)[9]
- Jane Goodall[10]
- Michel Houellebecq[11]
- International Baccalaureate Organisation(IBO) was accused of copying confidential examiner marking guides from Wikipedia[12]
- Internet Research Agency[13]
- Benny Johnson[14]
- Siniša Mali,Serbian Finance Minister, who was found by theUniversity of Belgradeto have plagiarized hisPh.D. thesis[15]
- John McCain[16]
- Yana Milev[17]
- Okayama Prefectural Assembly[18]
- Oxford University Press[19]
- Neri Oxman[20]
- Rand Paul[21]
- The Pentagon[22]
- Rachel Reeves[23]
- Santa Clara Countygrant writer[24]
- Peter Schweizer,in his 2018 bookSecret Empires[25]
- Government of the United Kingdom,in its 2022"Levelling Up" white paper[26]
- Gerónimo Vargas Aignasse[27][28][29]
- Fabiola Yáñez[30]
- Alejandro Zaera-Polo[31]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Should students be allowed to use Wikipedia as a source?".South China Morning Post.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-08-13.Retrieved2018-08-13.
- ^"Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers Tops for Academic Copying - Plagiarism Today".Plagiarism Today.2011-11-03.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-08-13.Retrieved2018-08-13.
- ^"A famed oncologist's bestselling new health book about 'animal secrets' got yanked off the shelves after the LA Times discovered he copied from Wikipedia".Yahoo News.6 March 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 27 November 2023.Retrieved6 January2024.
- ^Rich, Motoko (June 24, 2009),"Chris Anderson apologizes for plagiarizing Wikipedia",The New York Times,archivedfrom the original on February 8, 2018,retrievedFebruary 8,2018
- ^Zax, Talya (October 4, 2017),"Poet Jill Bialosky Faces Plagiarism Accusations Over New Memoir",The Forward,archivedfrom the original on February 8, 2018,retrievedFebruary 8,2018
- ^"Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book",CNNMoney,2018-02-07,archivedfrom the original on 2020-06-21,retrieved2018-02-07
- ^"Why plagiarism took down Monica Crowley, Trump's pick for a top national security post",The Washington Post,2017-01-16,archivedfrom the original on 2018-02-08,retrieved2018-02-07
- ^"Elsevier retracts entire book that plagiarized heavily from Wikipedia".Retraction Watch.2021-05-28.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-09-24.Retrieved2022-09-24.
- ^"Italy's Five Star Movement accused of plagiarizing Wikipedia and rivals' political speeches in election programme",The Local Italy,February 8, 2018,archivedfrom the original on August 13, 2018,retrievedAugust 13,2018
- ^Flood, Alison (2013-03-25),"Jane Goodall book held back after accusations of plagiarism",The Guardian,archivedfrom the original on 2018-02-09,retrieved2018-02-07
- ^Lichfield, John (2010-09-08),"I stole from Wikipedia but it's not plagiarism, says Houellebecq",The Independent,archivedfrom the original on 2010-09-11,retrieved2018-02-07
- ^Stewart, William (October 8, 2010), "IB lifted exam marking guides from Wikipedia",The Times Educational Supplement,p. 1,
An IB examiner who spoke to The TES said they were "shocked" to discover there were "serious examples of academic dishonesty", throughout the document with guides for 14 of the 24 questions containing large sections copied wholesale from unattributed websites, including Wikipedia. The TES has learned that the mark scheme is one of at least three being urgently investigated by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) over plagiarism allegations as part of a "wide review" into the issue.
- ^Alba, Davey(March 29, 2020)."How Russia's Troll Farm Is Changing Tactics Before the Fall Election".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on January 2, 2022.RetrievedMarch 30,2020.
The Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency, which interfered in the 2016 election, is using different methods to hide itself better...Now Russian operators are trying to avoid detection by copying and pasting chunks of texts from other sources directly into their posts. When Facebook took down 50 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency in October [2019], many of the posts featured text copied from Wikipedia.
- ^Coscarelli, Joe (July 29, 2014),"Plagiarizing Wikipedia Is Still Plagiarism, at BuzzFeed or the New York Times",New Yorkmagazine,archivedfrom the original on February 8, 2018,retrievedFebruary 8,2018
- ^"Serbia finance minister plagiarised thesis - university",Times of Malta,November 21, 2019,archivedfrom the original on November 22, 2019,retrievedJanuary 22,2020
- ^"Did McCain Plagiarize His Georgia Speech From Wikipedia?",The Huffington Post,September 11, 2008,archivedfrom the original on March 3, 2016,retrievedJanuary 14,2018
- ^Weber, Stefan (2022-11-21)."Plagiatsfall an der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien".DOZ. DR. STEFAN WEBER(in German).Archivedfrom the original on 2022-11-22.Retrieved2022-11-23.
- ^"Okayama Pref. lawmakers copied Wikipedia entries in official reports on US trip",Mainichi Shimbun,January 31, 2018, archived fromthe originalon 2018-03-13
- ^The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay,The Atlantic,August 11, 2015,archivedfrom the original on June 1, 2016,retrievedDecember 25,2019
- ^Long, Katherine; Newsham, Jack; Parakul, Narimes (5 January 2024)."Academic celebrity Neri Oxman plagiarized from Wikipedia, scholars, a textbook, and other sources without any attribution".Business Insider.Archivedfrom the original on 2024-01-06.Retrieved2024-01-06.
- ^Peters, Jeremy W. (2013-10-31),"Senator Rand Paul Is Accused of Plagiarizing His Lines From Wikipedia",The New York Times,archivedfrom the original on 2023-02-19,retrieved2018-02-07
- ^Wong, Kristina (2016-11-17),"Intel chairman: Pentagon plagiarized Wikipedia in report to Congress",The Hill,archivedfrom the original on 2018-02-08,retrieved2018-02-07
- ^Keynes, Soumya; Parker, George (26 October 2023)."New book from shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves lifts from Wikipedia".Financial Times.Archivedfrom the original on 6 January 2024.Retrieved26 October2023.
- ^Amanda Bartlett (June 5, 2022)."Bay Area woman paid to write county history book reportedly plagiarized from Wikipedia, SF news outlets".San Francisco Chronicle.Archivedfrom the original on May 10, 2023.RetrievedJanuary 6,2024.
After the 580-page manuscript was finally submitted by Jean McCorquodale last January, the Mercury News found that many excerpts were allegedly copied word-for-word from the websites she was drawing her research from, including a section from the Wikipedia page for politician Jonathan D. Stevenson, a paragraph from a History Channel article about the Spanish-American War's Treaty of Paris and segments from another page on the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation website.
- ^Markay, Lachlan."Book Alleging Biden Corruption in Ukraine Lifted Passages From Wikipedia".The Daily Beast.Archived fromthe originalon October 3, 2019.
The Daily Beast found more than a dozen instances in which Secret Empires, the bestselling book by investigative journalist Peter Schweizer, copied nearly complete sentences or sizable portions of them verbatim or near-verbatim from other sources. In a number of instances, those sources were uncited Wikipedia pages created before the book's publication in early 2018.
- ^"Parts of Michael Gove's levelling-up plan copied from Wikipedia".The Independent.2022-02-04.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-12-13.Retrieved2022-02-04.
- ^Masnick, Mike (May 14, 2010),Argentinian Politician's Proposal For New Anti-Plagiarism Law Plagiarizes Wikipedia,Techdirt,archivedfrom the original on February 8, 2018,retrievedFebruary 8,2018
- ^"Un diputado K presentó un proyecto de ley contra el plagio, plagiado"[A deputy who presented a bill against plagiarism, plagiarized].Clarín.May 14, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon May 19, 2010.RetrievedFebruary 8,2018.
- ^"Gerónimo Vargas Aignasse - Presentó un proyecto contra el plagio y plagió a Wikipedia"[Gerónimo Vargas Aignasse-presented a project against plagiarism and plagiarized Wikipedia].Todo Noticias.May 16, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon May 21, 2010.
- ^"La Primera dama de Argentina plagia presuntamente 20 páginas de Wikipedia para su tesis".abc(in Spanish). 2021-05-31.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-06-01.Retrieved2021-09-22.
- ^Fairs, Marcus (20 March 2015),"Princeton accuses former architecture dean of making" inaccurate "plagiarism statement",Dezeen,archivedfrom the original on 8 February 2018,retrieved14 January2018
