• Re: Plagiarism and what it takes to be tenured

    From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Dec 12 14:50:56 2023
    On 12/12/23 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/12/harvard-weighs-in-on-whether-claudine-gay-is-keeping-her-job-and-their-actions-are-truly-shameless-n2167454

    I always wondered why academia was blowing things up and way out of proportion as "groundbreaking".

    Carol Swain explains as the victim of plagiarism.

    “I can tell you this: when I got my tenure at Princeton, the standard at the Ivy League was you had to have one major book, and you had to have a path-breaking book."

    https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/12/12/exclusive-carol-swain-weighs-on-charge-harvards-prez-claudine-gay-plagiarized-her-n2167448

    In science one has to move the bar of understanding the nature of things.
    But sociologists etc. have different means. They just get ever more granular.

    Yes, I knew you'd jump on this. Most of the instances highlighted by Mr.
    Rufo involved passages in which Dr. Gay cited scholars by name, but then
    only lightly paraphrased passages from their work.

    That second sentence is from the NYT, of course, but I followed the
    Scottie cut'n'paste RAO standard of citation.

    Google groups RAO search of "granular" doesn't show Scott using the word before.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Dec 12 19:54:04 2023
    On 12/12/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:51:02 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/12/23 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/12/harvard-weighs-in-on-whether-claudine-gay-is-keeping-her-job-and-their-actions-are-truly-shameless-n2167454

    I always wondered why academia was blowing things up and way out of proportion as "groundbreaking".

    Carol Swain explains as the victim of plagiarism.

    “I can tell you this: when I got my tenure at Princeton, the standard at the Ivy League was you had to have one major book, and you had to have a path-breaking book."

    https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/12/12/exclusive-carol-swain-weighs-on-charge-harvards-prez-claudine-gay-plagiarized-her-n2167448

    In science one has to move the bar of understanding the nature of things. >>> But sociologists etc. have different means. They just get ever more granular.
    Yes, I knew you'd jump on this. Most of the instances highlighted by Mr.
    Rufo involved passages in which Dr. Gay cited scholars by name, but then
    only lightly paraphrased passages from their work.

    That second sentence is from the NYT, of course, but I followed the
    Scottie cut'n'paste RAO standard of citation.

    Google groups RAO search of "granular" doesn't show Scott using the word
    before.

    As usual....no matter how blunt the point...you still get poked in the eye.

    Freud is out of style but he might have something to say about your
    phrasing.

    To be clear, differing citation styles is not plagiarism, especially in
    the context of a literature review.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Dec 14 07:46:17 2023
    On 12/13/23 10:13 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:54:07 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/12/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:51:02 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/12/23 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/12/harvard-weighs-in-on-whether-claudine-gay-is-keeping-her-job-and-their-actions-are-truly-shameless-n2167454

    I always wondered why academia was blowing things up and way out of proportion as "groundbreaking".

    Carol Swain explains as the victim of plagiarism.

    “I can tell you this: when I got my tenure at Princeton, the standard at the Ivy League was you had to have one major book, and you had to have a path-breaking book."

    https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/12/12/exclusive-carol-swain-weighs-on-charge-harvards-prez-claudine-gay-plagiarized-her-n2167448

    In science one has to move the bar of understanding the nature of things. >>>>> But sociologists etc. have different means. They just get ever more granular.
    Yes, I knew you'd jump on this. Most of the instances highlighted by Mr. >>>> Rufo involved passages in which Dr. Gay cited scholars by name, but then >>>> only lightly paraphrased passages from their work.

    That second sentence is from the NYT, of course, but I followed the
    Scottie cut'n'paste RAO standard of citation.

    Google groups RAO search of "granular" doesn't show Scott using the word >>>> before.

    As usual....no matter how blunt the point...you still get poked in the eye. >> Freud is out of style but he might have something to say about your
    phrasing.

    To be clear, differing citation styles is not plagiarism, especially in
    the context of a literature review.

    Spoken like a plagiarist or Hunter on his daddy's ever changing involvement in his "business".

    Spoken like a last-word enthusiast out of valid responses.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Dec 14 13:21:00 2023
    On 12/14/23 11:18 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:46:20 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/13/23 10:13 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:54:07 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/12/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:51:02 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>> On 12/12/23 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/12/harvard-weighs-in-on-whether-claudine-gay-is-keeping-her-job-and-their-actions-are-truly-shameless-n2167454

    I always wondered why academia was blowing things up and way out of proportion as "groundbreaking".

    Carol Swain explains as the victim of plagiarism.

    “I can tell you this: when I got my tenure at Princeton, the standard at the Ivy League was you had to have one major book, and you had to have a path-breaking book."

    https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/12/12/exclusive-carol-swain-weighs-on-charge-harvards-prez-claudine-gay-plagiarized-her-n2167448

    In science one has to move the bar of understanding the nature of things.
    But sociologists etc. have different means. They just get ever more granular.
    Yes, I knew you'd jump on this. Most of the instances highlighted by Mr. >>>>>> Rufo involved passages in which Dr. Gay cited scholars by name, but then >>>>>> only lightly paraphrased passages from their work.

    That second sentence is from the NYT, of course, but I followed the >>>>>> Scottie cut'n'paste RAO standard of citation.

    Google groups RAO search of "granular" doesn't show Scott using the word >>>>>> before.

    As usual....no matter how blunt the point...you still get poked in the eye.
    Freud is out of style but he might have something to say about your
    phrasing.

    To be clear, differing citation styles is not plagiarism, especially in >>>> the context of a literature review.

    Spoken like a plagiarist or Hunter on his daddy's ever changing involvement in his "business".
    Spoken like a last-word enthusiast out of valid responses.

    I could quote the researchers who have voiced their complaint that the issue was not "improper" or differing "styles of citations,
    but a complete lack of citations for their work.

    Rufo is a political hit man, not a valid researcher.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Dec 15 18:59:28 2023
    On 12/15/23 10:37 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11:21:04 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/14/23 11:18 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:46:20 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/13/23 10:13 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:54:07 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>> On 12/12/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:51:02 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>> On 12/12/23 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/12/harvard-weighs-in-on-whether-claudine-gay-is-keeping-her-job-and-their-actions-are-truly-shameless-n2167454

    I always wondered why academia was blowing things up and way out of proportion as "groundbreaking".

    Carol Swain explains as the victim of plagiarism.

    “I can tell you this: when I got my tenure at Princeton, the standard at the Ivy League was you had to have one major book, and you had to have a path-breaking book."

    https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/12/12/exclusive-carol-swain-weighs-on-charge-harvards-prez-claudine-gay-plagiarized-her-n2167448

    In science one has to move the bar of understanding the nature of things.
    But sociologists etc. have different means. They just get ever more granular.
    Yes, I knew you'd jump on this. Most of the instances highlighted by Mr.
    Rufo involved passages in which Dr. Gay cited scholars by name, but then
    only lightly paraphrased passages from their work.

    That second sentence is from the NYT, of course, but I followed the >>>>>>>> Scottie cut'n'paste RAO standard of citation.

    Google groups RAO search of "granular" doesn't show Scott using the word
    before.

    As usual....no matter how blunt the point...you still get poked in the eye.
    Freud is out of style but he might have something to say about your >>>>>> phrasing.

    To be clear, differing citation styles is not plagiarism, especially in >>>>>> the context of a literature review.

    Spoken like a plagiarist or Hunter on his daddy's ever changing involvement in his "business".
    Spoken like a last-word enthusiast out of valid responses.

    I could quote the researchers who have voiced their complaint that the issue was not "improper" or differing "styles of citations,
    but a complete lack of citations for their work.
    Rufo is a political hit man, not a valid researcher.

    https://nypost.com/2023/12/13/news/harvard-redefining-plagiarism-by-standing-by-claudine-gay-claims-academic-she-accused-of-copying/

    Carol Swain, a former political science professor at Vanderbilt University, spoke out hours after Harvard said it was standing by the embattled president — even while conceding some of her academic work needed correcting after an investigation into
    the plagiarism claims.

    “I feel like her whole research agenda, her whole career, was based on my work,” Swain told Fox News Digital of allegations Gay lifted some without proper attribution.

    “My blood pressure is rising today because of Harvard’s decision that what she did doesn’t constitute plagiarism, and it doesn’t rise to the level of her removal,” she said.

    “My message to Harvard is: You don’t get to redefine what is plagiarism. Most of us know what plagiarism is,” she said.


    Well.....most of us. Stephen is "flexible".

    The damages to Swain appear to be a single sentence that is a simple
    statement of fact and 'feelings.'

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Dec 15 19:28:27 2023
    On 12/15/23 7:13 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 4:59:31 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/15/23 10:37 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11:21:04 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/14/23 11:18 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:46:20 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>> On 12/13/23 10:13 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:54:07 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>> On 12/12/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:51:02 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 12/12/23 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/12/harvard-weighs-in-on-whether-claudine-gay-is-keeping-her-job-and-their-actions-are-truly-shameless-n2167454

    I always wondered why academia was blowing things up and way out of proportion as "groundbreaking".

    Carol Swain explains as the victim of plagiarism.

    “I can tell you this: when I got my tenure at Princeton, the standard at the Ivy League was you had to have one major book, and you had to have a path-breaking book."

    https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/12/12/exclusive-carol-swain-weighs-on-charge-harvards-prez-claudine-gay-plagiarized-her-n2167448

    In science one has to move the bar of understanding the nature of things.
    But sociologists etc. have different means. They just get ever more granular.
    Yes, I knew you'd jump on this. Most of the instances highlighted by Mr.
    Rufo involved passages in which Dr. Gay cited scholars by name, but then
    only lightly paraphrased passages from their work.

    That second sentence is from the NYT, of course, but I followed the >>>>>>>>>> Scottie cut'n'paste RAO standard of citation.

    Google groups RAO search of "granular" doesn't show Scott using the word
    before.

    As usual....no matter how blunt the point...you still get poked in the eye.
    Freud is out of style but he might have something to say about your >>>>>>>> phrasing.

    To be clear, differing citation styles is not plagiarism, especially in
    the context of a literature review.

    Spoken like a plagiarist or Hunter on his daddy's ever changing involvement in his "business".
    Spoken like a last-word enthusiast out of valid responses.

    I could quote the researchers who have voiced their complaint that the issue was not "improper" or differing "styles of citations,
    but a complete lack of citations for their work.
    Rufo is a political hit man, not a valid researcher.

    https://nypost.com/2023/12/13/news/harvard-redefining-plagiarism-by-standing-by-claudine-gay-claims-academic-she-accused-of-copying/

    Carol Swain, a former political science professor at Vanderbilt University, spoke out hours after Harvard said it was standing by the embattled president — even while conceding some of her academic work needed correcting after an investigation into
    the plagiarism claims.

    “I feel like her whole research agenda, her whole career, was based on my work,” Swain told Fox News Digital of allegations Gay lifted some without proper attribution.

    “My blood pressure is rising today because of Harvard’s decision that what she did doesn’t constitute plagiarism, and it doesn’t rise to the level of her removal,” she said.

    “My message to Harvard is: You don’t get to redefine what is plagiarism. Most of us know what plagiarism is,” she said.


    Well.....most of us. Stephen is "flexible".
    The damages to Swain appear to be a single sentence that is a simple
    statement of fact and 'feelings.'

    You appear to be clueless.....check that....you are clueless.

    I can read.

    https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/12/allegations-plagiarism-gay-dissertation/

    Cites Rufo, so you're circling back.

    But if you must, that's boiler plate descriptions of technical results
    and a reworded passage in a paragraph that prominently cites the
    original authors.

    "But Bobo, King, and Gilliam all said they did not feel Gay plagiarized
    their work...

    When asked about the passage concerning Bobo and Gilliam, King wrote
    that the essence of plagiarism is passing someone else’s work off as original, which he added was not the case here."

    Note how the Crimson writer conveyed the essence of King's view by
    showing him as the source but not quoting him directly in this sentence.

    Thanks for the cite. Rereading, I find that Gay credited Swain after
    all. I also see a better description than mine of "boilerplate" for
    formal academese:

    “It is not surprising when two researchers describe the same statistical procedure or the same government program using similar language,”
    [Jeffrey B.] Liebman wrote. “As the MTO research unfolded, lots of us contributed to developing and refining the language that we used for
    these basic descriptions, and all of us, including President Gay, had
    the right to use and adapt this common language.”

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Dec 16 13:08:05 2023
    On 12/16/23 12:38 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 5:28:33 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/15/23 7:13 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 4:59:31 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/15/23 10:37 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11:21:04 AM UTC-8, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 12/14/23 11:18 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:46:20 AM UTC-8,
    mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/13/23 10:13 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:54:07 PM UTC-8,
    mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/12/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:51:02 PM
    UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/12/23 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:

    https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/12/allegations-plagiarism-gay-dissertation/


    Cites Rufo, so you're circling back.

    But if you must, that's boiler plate descriptions of technical
    results and a reworded passage in a paragraph that prominently
    cites the original authors.

    "But Bobo, King, and Gilliam all said they did not feel Gay
    plagiarized their work...

    When asked about the passage concerning Bobo and Gilliam, King
    wrote that the essence of plagiarism is passing someone else’s work
    off as original, which he added was not the case here."

    Note how the Crimson writer conveyed the essence of King's view by
    showing him as the source but not quoting him directly in this
    sentence.

    Thanks for the cite. Rereading, I find that Gay credited Swain
    after all. I also see a better description than mine of
    "boilerplate" for formal academese:

    “It is not surprising when two researchers describe the same
    statistical procedure or the same government program using similar
    language,” [Jeffrey B.] Liebman wrote. “As the MTO research
    unfolded, lots of us contributed to developing and refining the
    language that we used for these basic descriptions, and all of us,
    including President Gay, had the right to use and adapt this common
    language.”

    I see you cherrypicking again.

    It's a direct response to Rufo's examples.

    Bottomline from the Harvard Crimson...."The Crimson independently
    reviewed the published allegations. Though some are minor —
    consisting of passages that are similar or identical to Gay’s
    sources, lacking quotation marks but including citations — others are
    more substantial, including some paragraphs and sentences nearly
    identical to other work and lacking citations.

    Some appear to violate Harvard’s current policies around plagiarism
    and academic integrity."

    That refers to Rufo. The claim they "independently reviewed" seems to
    consist of reading the Free Beacon.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Dec 16 21:40:52 2023
    On 12/16/23 7:58 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 11:08:09 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/16/23 12:38 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 5:28:33 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/15/23 7:13 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 4:59:31 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/15/23 10:37 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11:21:04 AM UTC-8, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 12/14/23 11:18 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:46:20 AM UTC-8,
    mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/13/23 10:13 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 5:54:07 PM UTC-8,
    mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/12/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:51:02 PM
    UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/12/23 10:49 AM, ScottW wrote:

    https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/12/allegations-plagiarism-gay-dissertation/


    Cites Rufo, so you're circling back.

    But if you must, that's boiler plate descriptions of technical
    results and a reworded passage in a paragraph that prominently
    cites the original authors.

    "But Bobo, King, and Gilliam all said they did not feel Gay
    plagiarized their work...

    When asked about the passage concerning Bobo and Gilliam, King
    wrote that the essence of plagiarism is passing someone else’s work
    off as original, which he added was not the case here."

    Note how the Crimson writer conveyed the essence of King's view by
    showing him as the source but not quoting him directly in this
    sentence.

    Thanks for the cite. Rereading, I find that Gay credited Swain
    after all. I also see a better description than mine of
    "boilerplate" for formal academese:

    “It is not surprising when two researchers describe the same
    statistical procedure or the same government program using similar
    language,” [Jeffrey B.] Liebman wrote. “As the MTO research
    unfolded, lots of us contributed to developing and refining the
    language that we used for these basic descriptions, and all of us,
    including President Gay, had the right to use and adapt this common
    language.”

    I see you cherrypicking again.
    It's a direct response to Rufo's examples.
    Bottomline from the Harvard Crimson...."The Crimson independently
    reviewed the published allegations. Though some are minor —
    consisting of passages that are similar or identical to Gay’s
    sources, lacking quotation marks but including citations — others are
    more substantial, including some paragraphs and sentences nearly
    identical to other work and lacking citations.

    Some appear to violate Harvard’s current policies around plagiarism
    and academic integrity."
    That refers to Rufo. The claim they "independently reviewed" seems to
    consist of reading the Free Beacon.

    So another Harvard Institution is full of shit. Where does it end?

    You cited it and didn't notice? However, while it's just a college
    newspaper, they did a better job directly responding to Rufo than did
    your other "news" sources.

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