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Nelek18-Dec-17 0:24

18-Dec-17 0:24

Then you should come more often... there do are iterative conversations / questioning / 2nd chances for newbies.

We are not that "nazis" (at least not all of us)

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15-Dec-17 1:20

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15-Dec-17 2:14

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What do you think on this one?

Nelek15-Dec-17 0:42

Nelek

15-Dec-17 0:42

Not sure about This one[^]

As the comment in the board says...

Quote:

Also, your work is unoriginal because is looks suspiciously like this:
http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/trie-insert-and-search/)
Almost verbatim.
If your going to post homework to a professional coding site. At least put more effort into it.

I can't say is 100% copy and paste, but they do are very similar... some variable names changed, comments gone and a couple of differences more.

I am not sure if we should take it as plagiarism and report the user too, but I would at least report the tip/trick as poor quality (it is not adding anything new and not explaining anything, just min. description)

Your thoughts?

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Re: What do you think on this one?

OriginalGriff15-Dec-17 0:55

OriginalGriff

15-Dec-17 0:55

I'd agree - the code is very similar (it's been translated from C++ to C,so char* instead of string and so forth is all) it';s presented in the same order, the names are the same, ...

I'd be pretty happy to call "plagiarised" on that.

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Re: What do you think on this one?

Jochen Arndt15-Dec-17 1:41

Jochen Arndt

15-Dec-17 1:41

It is not translated because the source also provides C code. It is the same code with only one struct member and two functions renamed, and all comments removed.

Clear case of plagiarism.

Re: What do you think on this one?

OriginalGriff15-Dec-17 1:51

OriginalGriff

15-Dec-17 1:51

Well, there are char* in the version here that are string in the original, but ...

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Re: What do you think on this one?

Jochen Arndt15-Dec-17 2:24

Jochen Arndt

15-Dec-17 2:24

In the original there are selectors on top of the code to show implementations for C++, C, Java, and Python (C++ is shown as default when opening the page).

Re: What do you think on this one?

OriginalGriff15-Dec-17 2:32

OriginalGriff

15-Dec-17 2:32

Ah! I didn't spot that!

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Re: What do you think on this one?

Nelek15-Dec-17 4:19

Nelek

15-Dec-17 4:19

He has another in the line of "college homework" published here[^]

Didn't find a match out of CP but definitively is not what I would consider an article.

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14-Dec-17 23:50

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OriginalGriff14-Dec-17 4:35

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14-Dec-17 4:35

First post, and it - after eight years - is just three links to his blog: sidharthtiwari9 - Professional Profile[^] Sigh | :sigh:

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Richard Deeming14-Dec-17 6:15

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14-Dec-17 6:15

Spammer terminated.

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Richard Deeming14-Dec-17 2:42

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14-Dec-17 2:42

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For once a spammer with patience! Waited two months between joining and posting a message with a link to a "AngularJS training Hyderabad" site.

I suspect we also have a sock-puppet hiding somewhere, since the message has been up-voted.

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Re: Spam in Web Development (kosmik5)

JustWatchLittle 14-Dec-17 3:40

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14-Dec-17 3:40

Quote:
I suspect we also have a sock-puppet hiding somewhere, since the message has been up-voted.

Or he up voted his message by himself. Possible since several months D'Oh! | :doh:

Re: Spam in Web Development (kosmik5)

Richard Deeming14-Dec-17 6:14

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14-Dec-17 6:14

So it is. I hadn't spotted that. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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