| Dear Maddy and Jim: Is there an increase in plagiarism? I know of only one
| case involving a medievalist, and the unhappy person some time ago
| resigned his teaching post. Not that his work, culled from unexceptional
| sources, is not still occasionally cited. But is plagiarism really a
| general problem in scholarship? John
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John:
Talk about reading things according to your own experience. I
hadn't even considered this as the subject matter. I was thinking of
student plagiarism, which I do think is on the increase (I will omit
any anecdotal evidence, to protect the innocence and the damned).
Sorry, Maddy, if I missed the boat entirely...hmm is that a quote
from somebody, and should I reference it?? ;-) .
Cheers
Jim
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Dr James R Ginther
Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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