I have found and transferred to the administrators eight plagiarized reviews in the past twelve days! It's more than the number of honestly written reviews I have been able to edit and publish in the same amount of time (seven)!
It has gotten ridiculous, the number of people who are trying to cheat EF out of a few dollars by copy/pasting other people's work here. It is extremely unethical, and as someone who does write every word of every review that I publish, I think it is downright despicable. I think all of the rest of the honest reviewers would say the same.
Editors - Every time you take a review from the task market, take just a few minutes to highlight two or three sentences of text in a few of the paragraphs, right click on your mouse, and click on "Search google for..." It really doesn't take more than that, and it can save you the time of editing someone's theft of intellectual property - that is what plagiarism is, after all. Theft. If you find that it is plagiarized, transfer it to the administrators.
If you will email Sammi the task number, the name of the review, and the "author's" name, you will be awarded 100 points for transferring the review. It is an insult to all of us if we let these people profit from their thievery.
Another hint that the review is plagiarized: often, the grammar and spelling are much better in the review section than in the summary (which the thief had to write for himself or herself).
I realize these are strong words, but I do feel strongly about this. If you agree with me, make sure you check every single review that you edit!
It has gotten ridiculous, the number of people who are trying to cheat EF out of a few dollars by copy/pasting other people's work here. It is extremely unethical, and as someone who does write every word of every review that I publish, I think it is downright despicable. I think all of the rest of the honest reviewers would say the same.
Editors - Every time you take a review from the task market, take just a few minutes to highlight two or three sentences of text in a few of the paragraphs, right click on your mouse, and click on "Search google for..." It really doesn't take more than that, and it can save you the time of editing someone's theft of intellectual property - that is what plagiarism is, after all. Theft. If you find that it is plagiarized, transfer it to the administrators.
If you will email Sammi the task number, the name of the review, and the "author's" name, you will be awarded 100 points for transferring the review. It is an insult to all of us if we let these people profit from their thievery.
Another hint that the review is plagiarized: often, the grammar and spelling are much better in the review section than in the summary (which the thief had to write for himself or herself).
I realize these are strong words, but I do feel strongly about this. If you agree with me, make sure you check every single review that you edit!
