What is wrong is wrong

Okay, I guess I should have done this earlier but every day the workload on me keeps increasing. Schoolwork and project work- blame it on hard luck, I got the strictest Professor as my supervisor and getting a drawing that fit his taste is a giant job. It’s one thing to get a drawing he likes, it’s another to be able to quantify such drawing is another thing.

Yesterday, a piece of great news came in. My supervisor who is hardly on seat asked a junior lecturer to take over-and when he wanted to choose someone as my new supervisor, he chose my course adviser, who is a great friend of everyone. My joy knew no bounds when I got this news. Finally, I can go into the holiday with the assurance that my drawing will be approved and taking off proper can start.

Away from that,

The Naija Wazobia community was created months back when the open for all community was temporarily removed. So many people were on the lookout for a community to post their contents and it was discussed on the forum. "Why don’t we have a channel for Nigerians ?" @George_Dee asked. We decided to open a community for Nigerians only, but while creating the community, I realize it should be opened to all. Though the name might be after the 3 major tribes in Nigeria, it’s for anyone and everyone who wishes to drop an article in a community where people can visit and read it.

I am a moderator on two other communities and all these communities have a strict policy against plagiarism.

After the “Plag gate” we had months back when the issue of plagiarism was trending like wildfire. Various articles were written to explain this to everyone but it seems some of us didn’t get the full script. It’s partially my fault because I no longer have time for those I invite to the site.

Plagiarism is a great offence on different writing platforms and in institutions, It is very unfortunate that people are indulging themselves in this problem. It's very important to take advantage of every second and every opportunity. As you know, you only have one chance on this platform, so make good use of it.

It is a sin that many writers sometimes commit unknowingly. Plagiarism is not just limited to literary works, but also extends its arms to other fields like photography, illustration, music and fashion. Plagiarism has become an inconvenient act on different websites as it discourages genuine writers from doing their works. It has become an offence that most of genuine writers do not take lightly. The manipulation of someone's ideas and presentation as your own is not just theft but also ignorance.

Auto-approval doesn’t give you the right to plagiarize

Before you can be given auto-approval in a community, you must have dropped 2-3 articles there or the moderator of the community has read previous articles from you and trust you not to get involved in plagiarism. It means they’ve placed their trust in you and you owe them the duty of not betraying the trust placed in you.

I plagiarize innocently

The fact that the community is open to content from every aspect doesn’t mean anything can be dumped there. Yesterday one of my friends sent a message about his content being rejected from a certain community and he wasn’t happy with it. I checked the moderator list and was assured that these people won’t reject an article without a concrete reason.

There's a big difference between doing it innocently or intentionally. Even innocently has no excuse. Ignorance of the law is never an excuse.

I went through the article and was shocked by what I saw. First, I need to say I'm a Christian and also love to read content preaching the gospel but there are some things you need not write. Quoting 20 bible verses in a 3 minutes article is nothing short of laziness. If things are that easy, everyone will be dropping 5 articles every day.

You can quote a few texts from the bible or textbook but when you are doing that make sure you reference it.

So, here is me saying sorry, I’m not sorry for the rejected articles on the community. One of these days, I will go through some of those accepted and run some checks. Also, the community has various moderators so don’t feel it’s a personal attack from anyone. It could be me or any of them that reviews an entry.

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