Scott, You are absolutely correct. However, I take it that Mizner ment this as a joke and not a guide line. And then: "Remember when yer reading tha writin that feller that writ tha writin may not be writin tha reading right." Festus Hagen -- Gunsmoke Someone from a mail list sent this and I can't remember who. ----- Original Message ----- From: <yokatta@oxy.edu> To: <LITTLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 4:24 PM Subject: Re: your mail > On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, James Clanin wrote: > > > Found this on the internet. Jim > > > > When you take stuff from one writer it's > > plagiarism; but when you take it from many > > writers, it's research. > > > > Wilson Mizner > > > > > > > > ==== LITTLETON Mailing List ==== > > LITTLETON-L@rootsweb.com > > Ah, but Mizner's got it wrong! When publishing research of any sort, you > must ALWAYS explicitly cite your sources, giving page numbers, dates & > places of publication, volume numbers, etc., and either use quotation > marks or indentation when quoting passages verbatim. It becomes > plagiarism when you don't do this, whether you have one source or many. > > Cheers, > Scott > > C. SCOTT LITTLETON "Any sufficiently evolved > Professor of Anthropology technology is indistinguishable > Occidental College from magic." > Los Angeles, CA 90041 --Arthur C. Clarke > TEL (323) 259-2759 > FAX (323) 341-4969 "I think we're property...." > http://www.oxy.edu/~yokatta/home.htm --Charles Fort > > > > > ==== LITTLETON Mailing List ==== > LITTLETON-L@rootsweb.com > >