Copying verbatim from Wikipedia is plagiarism unless credit is given to Wiki

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7/4/2014 at 2:33 AM

When a person uses Copy & Paste to "borrow" an entire very involved Wikipedia Article for a Project Description they have created, they might want to include (at the beginning of the project description) a statement such as, From the Wikipedia article on Ecclesiastical Heraldry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_heraldry

7/4/2014 at 2:34 AM

http://www.geni.com/projects/Ecclesiastical-Heraldry/18368

Also, since WikiUsers have already done all the real work, the person who is "borrowing" the Full Text might want to at least do some simple editing out of respect for all the hard work done by others.

7/4/2014 at 3:10 AM

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7/7/2014 at 12:20 PM

7/8/2014 at 7:21 AM

Pamela,
I'm an editor (among many other things) and I noticed that you have not yet been able to find time to edit the remaining text.
If you are busy with other things I'm sure I can find the time to complete this task for you so that your project can benefit from a clean and clear description.

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7/9/2014 at 10:42 AM

Please fell free! I frequently don't have time to get right back on geni, and I always leave project research open for editing.
Thanks!

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Copying verbatim from Wikipedia is plagiarism unless credit is given to Wiki

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