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Re: Would I mark it as spam?

ZurdoDev6-Nov-14 8:09

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6-Nov-14 8:09

Not SPAM. Just leave a comment stating that OPs too lazy to even copy and paste their own question won't likely get an answer.

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Re: Would I mark it as spam?

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan6-Nov-14 9:08

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6-Nov-14 9:08

Works for me! Smile | :)

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ZurdoDev6-Nov-14 2:46

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6-Nov-14 2:46

Message: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4938077/your-items-formula-will-be-supported-via-potent.aspx[^]

Member: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=11211213[^]

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Jochen Arndt6-Nov-14 2:11

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6-Nov-14 2:11

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Rajesh waran6-Nov-14 2:17

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6-Nov-14 2:17

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Plagiarised article?

OriginalGriff6-Nov-14 0:58

OriginalGriff

6-Nov-14 0:58

This is not my spot, see here: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4903180/My-vote-of.aspx[^]
But yes, I have to agree.
This: Article 9 - Beginner’s Guide to Android Content Providers[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=3325267[^]
Looks plagiarised.
And from the way he downvoted the person who originally brought attention to it without any comment I'd say he knows it.
Just looking at his article history, the sheer number posted in a short time (two, three or four a day! OMG | :OMG:

) kind of says these articles[^] aren't all written by him.
Just looking this year:

10-Mar-14   1
30-Mar-14   1
04-Apr-14   1
07-Apr-14   1
13-Apr-14   1
18-Apr-14   1
25-Apr-14   1
26-Apr-14   1
05-May-14   2
19-May-14   1
01-Jun-14   1
17-Jun-14   1
30-Jul-14   1
31-Jul-14   1
03-Aug-14   1
16-Aug-14   1
25-Aug-14   2
15-Sep-14   3
26-Sep-14   1
06-Oct-14   4
12-Oct-14   1

Looks very fishy to me.

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Re: Plagiarised article?

Jochen Arndt6-Nov-14 1:58

Jochen Arndt

6-Nov-14 1:58

I had only a look at the linked article.

He gave the links to the copied material in the Reference section with additional explanations about the code.

I would let pass the article if the sources are more clearly indicated and required information is present (licenses). For the code blocks this may be comments on top like 'This is from xxx' and 'This is based on xxx' and adding specific license information (the Google sources are under the MIT license which does not correspond to the CPOL for the article). For cited text this may be headers 'xxx guide:' or footers like 'Source: xxx').

I suggest to request the author to add the necessary information and report as plagiarised if he will not do so (he violates at least the MIT license).

Re: Plagiarised article?

priti@cp6-Nov-14 3:51

priti@cp

6-Nov-14 3:51

His most of the articles have been judged as the winning articles in the Android Tutorial Contest but if you look at his other articles also he has a habbit of copying code from anywhere and everywhere like -
Article 5 - Android User Interactivity and Sensors[^]
has code from http://examples.javacodegeeks.com/android/core/location/android-location-based-services-example/[^]
and http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~campbell/cs65/lecture21/lecture21.html[^]

Yes, he has mentioned the links in the reference. But javacodegeeks.com is a commercial website.

P.S. - If copying code and publishing it on CodeProject with reference to the actual website along with some description, is allowed; then I think I should head to MSDN and start posting here.

Re: Plagiarised article?

OriginalGriff6-Nov-14 4:30

OriginalGriff

6-Nov-14 4:30

It isn't - and we all take it seriously.
Hence Sean's comments below - the staff are involved now and will do what what they think is right.

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Re: Plagiarised article?

Thanks78726-Nov-14 2:56

Thanks7872

6-Nov-14 2:56

I am very sad to see link to such Member. Really....

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Re: Plagiarised article?

Sean Ewington6-Nov-14 4:02

Sean Ewington

6-Nov-14 4:02

Very concerning indeed. Please allow us some time to dig into the full extent, speak with the author, and figure out the ramifications.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Re: Plagiarised article?

OriginalGriff6-Nov-14 4:27

OriginalGriff

6-Nov-14 4:27

Please do - it is as you say concerning.
Hence not just a "this is copied, kick him" message.

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Re: Plagiarised article?

OriginalGriff8-Nov-14 22:48

OriginalGriff

8-Nov-14 22:48

Sean, did anything come of this?

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Re: Plagiarised article?

Sean Ewington10-Nov-14 3:24

Sean Ewington

10-Nov-14 3:24

We're still investigating, discussing. Resolution is coming.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Re: Plagiarised article?

OriginalGriff10-Nov-14 3:36

OriginalGriff

10-Nov-14 3:36

That's fine - I had a message from him and I wanted to know what was going on before I replied.
It can wait: I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to say anything that disagreed with The Management Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: Plagiarised article?

Ranjan.D14-Nov-14 23:07

Ranjan.D

14-Nov-14 23:07

I have to completely disagree on what you say about the article content. It is very sad that you are mentioning this without reading my articles.

Quote:
Just looking at his article history, the sheer number posted in a short time (two, three or four a day! OMG | ) kind of says these articles[^] aren't all written by him.

How arrogant you are ? You will face the consequences of dis-respecting CP Authors.

If you are not aware, those articles including Beginners Guide Series HTML5/CSS3, Android etc are selected by CodeProject including judges who have completely reviewed all submissions.

I have to report to CodeProject on this regard in false allegation. All those article references which includes the links to the resources which I had inspired and few open source code samples were reused. Go ahead and review all my submissions than judging my abilities in publishing articles.

Thanks,

modified 15-Nov-14 5:23am.

Misuse of Tags

dr.samuel.john5-Nov-14 22:29

dr.samuel.john

5-Nov-14 22:29

This - www.codeproject.com/Articles/803009/WCF-Service-for-Android-Applications[^]

By - http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9548109[^]

First it has nothing to do with Android, Secondly should have been a Tip (my thoughts) and Most importantly how did this became a 'Best Pick'?

Re: Misuse of Tags

Thanks78725-Nov-14 22:48

Thanks7872

5-Nov-14 22:48

Misuse of Tag is neither Spam nor Abusive. You should remove the member link from your post.

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

Re: Misuse of Tags

priti@cp6-Nov-14 20:13

priti@cp

6-Nov-14 20:13

I came here to report the same. Why is misuse of tags not considered as an Abuse?

This article is now appearing in the Survey for 'Best Mobile Article of October 2014'. So, an article that has nothing to do with Mobile platforms is appearing in the Survey without abusing the system?

@OriginalGriff Sir, I'd like to hear what's your take on this.

Re: Misuse of Tags

Thanks78726-Nov-14 20:24

Thanks7872

6-Nov-14 20:24

Abusive langauge or abusive behaviour comes under 'Abuse' category. We see tons of content wrongly tagged, that is not at all an Abuse.

priti@cp wrote:
This article is now appearing in the Survey for 'Best Mobile Article of October 2014'

So what? You already mentioned that its in no way related to Mobile, than ignore it. Its that simple. If you still have some issues, Report it at http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1641/Article-Writing.aspx[^]. Some one will help you out there.

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

How did this make it as an article?

OriginalGriff5-Nov-14 21:34

OriginalGriff

5-Nov-14 21:34

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=147804&aid=838725[^]
At best, a tip!

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Re: How did this make it as an article?

Jochen Arndt5-Nov-14 21:59

Jochen Arndt

5-Nov-14 21:59

He had changed it to a tip for approvement. But then I wrote him that it should be better a blog and it appeared again in the article queue. We should give him some time to manage this.

Re: How did this make it as an article?

OriginalGriff5-Nov-14 22:06

OriginalGriff

5-Nov-14 22:06

I'm not suggesting we should kick him, but this is already published as an article - and it plainly isn't!.

As a tip, it's fine. As an article, it's an insult to thousands of hard working people! Laugh | :laugh:

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