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samantha
samantha | March 2008

ummm...what happened to my article?

i was wondering does anyone know what happened to my article? it seems to have gone missing.

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Arna
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Arna
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

The terms and conditions are that an article has to be written in your own words and that you need to put the referencing for any sites used in as well.  Unfortunately, just changing a word here and there doesn't count as it is still plagerism.  Minti has to be very careful about copyright laws and that is why your article was reported and deleted.  Next time you write an article, make notes, do the research but keep it completely your own work and add the references.  You aren't the only one to lose articles over it and won't be the last either.  It is upto all of us members to be vigilant and report something we feel is not quite right, no matter how likeable a member is.  It wasn't a reflection on you, but had to be done so that Minti didn't risk a law suit.




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      Arna
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Arna
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

I've also added as many of the articles on the matter to the related content section below your question.  Hope they help you.



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           ClayCook
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | ClayCook
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

arna - that's awesome - thanks for this



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Libby24
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Libby24
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

someone said it was copied and pasted from a site so it got deleted. :(




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      samantha
2.38 (Poor) | March 2008 | samantha
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?
i thought that you could do that as long as you changed some of the wording. i really liked it so i put it in my blog, then a friend told me to put in in an article so more people could read it. whoever it was that got it deleted is a sour grape, boo to you!!you need to get a life (not you liz hehe)


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           dannii17
4.11 (Good) | March 2008 | dannii17
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

Hi, i dont think the person needs to get a life..It wouldnt be fair if ppl could just copy and paste articles and take the credit for work thats not theres..If people wanted things of the net they would go onto google,you need to write the articles coming from you not copy it.Also you can use statistics and things of the net but you have to write refrences on the bottom of your article where you got the info from. Maybe try on minti search about writing articles,it will have more info there.Hope this helps.

Monday xxo



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           Libby24
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Libby24
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

they are having a huge crack down on it atm. you are only allowed 10% of copied stuff. all has to be in your oun words. my sugestion is to just rewrite it




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                samantha
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | samantha
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

oh i see, thankyou for telling me thati didn't know that



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           samantha
3.87 (Good) | March 2008 | samantha
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?
hehe sorry bout the sour grape thing and the boo to you, its ok i will get over it (wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh in silence)


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                kathryn-solaris
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | kathryn-solaris
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

it was admin that reported it to protect the site from copyright breaches (could result in both you and minti copping nasty fines and horrid court cases.... they are looking out for the members too ::)...) it is a good piece of advice taking the basic concepts and writing it again would be cool! ::)



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                     samantha
4.00 (Good) | March 2008 | samantha
Re: ummm...what happened to my article?

ok cool, i never thought of it like that before. thankyou



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