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También hemos creado una versión en español del post para todos los Hiveans de habla española . @lourdeshd6 fue tan amable de ayudar con la traducción. Muchas gracias por esto mi preciosa🤗 👉[Versión en Español](https://peakd.com/hive-101265/@adalger/como-evitar-el-plagio-una-guia-sencilla-para-hive)👈

I recently browsed through a huge amount of posts here in Hive to get an overview of how many Hiveans are actually plagiarizing in their posts .. I figured out that many of them are actually not using quotations at all. They are copying text from the internet partially, if not even completely ! .. But I also figured out that a **VAST MAJORITY OF HIVEANS HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND HOW TO APPLY QUOTATION** .. During the last months I tried to educate so many Hiveans about this topic, that I decided to make a **EXPLANATORY POST** for everyone who is interested. I will cover the following topics:

Outline of the Post

* Definition of Plagiarism * How To Use Quotations * Paraphrasing * The Terminal

Definition Of Plagiarism

First of all let me give you a **DEFINITION OF** the terms **PLAGIARISM**, so that you know what this is actually all about 😉 .. After that I will talk about direct and indirect **QUOTATION**, as well as **PARAPHRASING**, so that you have a proper strategy at hand how **TO AVOID PLAGIARISM** .. Paraphrasing is actually the most elegant way for most of you I believe, as this strategy fits really nice into individual writing styles and is also the easiest one to apply 😉

PLAGIARISM

* Plagiarism is the **representation of another author's** language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions **as one's own** original work.
So far so good .. I believe that most of you thought that this definition of plagiarism were my own words that I quickly wrote down 😁 ... but ... if you would take a closer look now and open this [LINK IN WIKIPEDIA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism), which is the Wikipedia article about plagiarism you see that it is **IDENTICAL WITH WHAT I JUST WROTE** 😱
![Plagiarizm.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/adalger/Eonrj6nsrpN32wPVtv861rVNy6fD6xA3Br5jKdzpgWAy5cADa4Ghnt5GjMXLXC1kux8.jpg) _{Wikipedia article about plagiarism, [Source of the Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism)}
**I WAS PLAGIARIZING THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE** on purpose. I read the article and just **copy&pasted** it to show you how quickly this can happen 🙄 .. Do you see that in this first three sentences there are 14 numbers written in **SQUARE BRACKETS** ? These **INDICATE THE SOURCE** from where the author of the Wikipedia article gained his knowledge for what he is writing together .. So in just three sentences he quoted a total of 14 publications that are the work from other authors .. If he would have not done it, he would have been plagiarizing too ^^.. In this case shown above you can find the indicated 14 sources directly in the written text, as well as the complete source stated underneath the article 😁 So please keep the following in mind: Whenever you do research (in the internet, or in some books at home, or elsewhere) and you find some information that you want to use, then you also **HAVE TO USE QUOTATIONS, OR YOU ARE ACTUALLY PLAGIARIZING** .. This **ALSO** applies to **PICTURES** !

How To Use Quotations

You now know that **TO AVOID PLAGIARISM**, you can **USE QUOTATIONS !** .. First of all, you should know that there are **TWO TYPES** of quotations, namely **DIRECT & INDIRECT** quotations. In this chapter I will explain to you how this is actually done. Therefor I will use **TWO DIFFERENT EXAMPLES**. The first one will be a **QUOTE FROM ALBERT EINSTEIN ABOUT BEES** and the second one will be about a **WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ABOUT BEES**. I choose Wikipedia as I figured out that in about 90% of all cases this was the sources of accidentally plagiarism 😁

1st Example - Quote from Albert Einstein

![Albert.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/adalger/23xViRwaMYiQVmHQehpNi9twyfn6pk9FEwCsmwWBnEHkHsa4ojvyD61PZXRZjMcmyjrrQ.jpg) _{Quote from Albert Einstein from 1965, [Source of the Picture](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/573357-if-the-bee-disappeared-off-the-surface-of-the-globe)}
* DIRECT QUOTATION
... I recently read a quote from Albert Einstein that I find quite interesting. In 1965 he stated the following: _“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”_ -- **Albert Einstein**, 1965, [Source](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/573357-if-the-bee-disappeared-off-the-surface-of-the-globe) I find this a bit frightening as I personally experienced that the bee population was shrinking drastically here at the place where I am living ...
* INDIRECT QUOTATION
... I recently read a quote from Albert Einstein where he mentioned, that if the bees disappear from the surface of the globe, we humans would have only four years left to live. He stated that without bees there would be no pollination and as a consequence no plants, then no animals and finally also no humans anymore. [[Source](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/573357-if-the-bee-disappeared-off-the-surface-of-the-globe)] This is actually a bit frightening for me as I experienced that the bee population was shrinking drastically here at the place where I am living ...

2nd Example - Wikipedia Article about the Bee

![Bee.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/adalger/23wN1pSz19vRq6K631JTK9rE4wWWfKD18ZpQNEjYaiZbdudp2o14LnVyWTBK94DfGAiPE.jpg) _{Wikipedia article about bees, [Source of the Picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee)}
* DIRECT QUOTATION
... as my interest was aroused after reading that quote, I did some research in the internet on bees in general. The Wikipedia entry about bees states the following: _“Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. ... There are over 16,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families.”_ -- **Wikipedia article about bees**, [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee) So there is actually a huge diversity of bee species out there ...
* INDIRECT QUOTATION
... as my interest was aroused after reading that quote, I did some research in the internet on bees in general. The Wikipedia entry about bees mentions that bees are closely related to wasps and ants. The article also mentions that they take on the role of pollination. There are actually over 16.000 known species of bees. Thereby the western honey bee is the best-known species of all, as she is famous for producing honey. [[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee)] So there is actually a huge diversity of bee species out there ...

WHAT DID WE LEARN

* In the example of **DIRECT** quotation I had to **USE QUOTATION MARKS** at the beginning and at the end of the quote from Albert Einstein, as well as in the Wikipedia article about the bee .. I also used the **EXACT SAME WORDS AS THE AUTHOR**. In the 2nd example I used three dots, (...), to skip parts of the quote that I was not interested to repeat. * The example for **INDIRECT** quotation is a bit it different. Here **NO QUOTATION MARKS** are necessary and the text features **NOT THE EXACT SAME WORDS AS THE AUTHOR** * But **IN BOTH CASES** it is necessary to **NAME THE SOURCE**. It is also not a bad idea to use phrases like **STATED** or **MENTIONED** to make it more clear.

Paraphrasing

One strategy that you can also use, and which is quite elegant, is **PARAPHRASING**. Hereby you **WRITE THE WHOLE TEXT IN YOUR OWN WORDS**. A big advantage of this strategy is that there is **NO NEED FOR DIRECT OR INDIRECT QUOTING** 🤗 .. In this case it is **ENOUGH** to **LIST ALL YOUR SOURCES AT THE END OF YOUR POST** 😊

ADVANTAGES over DIRECT QUOTATION

* Of course you can put mainly direct quotations, but **IF YOUR USE IT TO MUCH** then your work will look mainly like a collection of **Copy&Paste** passages. This indicates that you are **NOT WILLING TO PUT ANY EFFORT** in the preparation of your posts. This will also **LOWER YOUR REPUTATION** as you are showing everyone that you don't seem to care to much about quality. * **DIRECT QUOTATION MAY BE VERY SUITING** in some cases, such as the Albert Einstein quote mentioned above, **but** I would suggest to you that you never extend this too much. If you do this, then better never do this more than for **MAX 10% OF YOUR TEXT**. In addition it looks far better if your direct quotes are **NO LONGER THAN 3 SENTENCES** long per quote.

ADVANTAGES over INDIRECT QUOTATION

* **INDIRECT QUOTATION** is already something that make your publications appear far **MORE APPEALING THAN DIRECT QUOTATION**. But paraphrasing has the advantages that you do not have to arrange your whole text according to the quoted text. Here you are completely **FREE TO USE YOUR OWN WRITING STYLE** and are **NOT DEPENDENT ON THE SOURCES** * You can just **SIMPLY COLLECT** all the sources that you were using throughout your whole text and only have to **STATE THEM AT THE END** of your post 😉

EXAMPLE OF PARAPHRASING IN CASE OF THE BEES POST

* First collect the information that you want to use: --- 1) _Pollinators_, 2) _16.000 known species_ , 3) _closely related to wasps_, 4) _western honey bee producing honey_. * Then just write down the text that YOU like:

_When I was young I loved to go out into the forest, loved to run over the flower covered meadows or just to simply sit at the close-by rivers. I still remember exactly that there were bees just everywhere I looked. Even on my marmalade bread, which I found super annoying back in the days_ 😤 _.. But nowadays I rarely encounter them, also there are soooo many different species of them, approximately **16.000 DIFFERENT** ones. I really wonder where they all went to. Actually I find this a bit frightening as they are known to be the main **POLLINATORS** on earth. To be honest, I would not mind if the **WASP** disappears_ 🤣_, a close relative of the bee and probably the bad-guy in this family, but not the **honey bee** !!!_ 😥 _.. This super friendly guy is not only important to keep pollination alive, but is also famous for producing all the tasty **HONEY** that I love to make my mead from_ 🥃 _.. If they really disappear, I fear for severe consequences for life on earth, but most important .. would I have to start drinking common wine ?_ 😱
* At the end of the post just mention the sources that you used. * In addition, don't forget the source of the pictures that you were using in the post, even if they are your own, for example:
_The pictures in this post were taken by myself, ©@adalger, with a Huawei P30 Mobile Phone. In the cases when they were taken from other sources I stated the source in the sub-caption of the pictures. For information gathering I used an article about bees on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee) and a [Quote from Albert Einstein](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/573357-if-the-bee-disappeared-off-the-surface-of-the-globe)._

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_{_The source of the pictures that I used in this post are stated in the sub-captions of the corresponding pictures. For information gathering I used an article about bees on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee) and a [Quote from Einstein](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/573357-if-the-bee-disappeared-off-the-surface-of-the-globe)._}

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