[Vision2020] Citing Primary Sources via Secondary Sources

[Jeff Harkins]

Your post is so convoluted, a response would be pointless.

And, why are you breaking your boycott of not corresponding with me.

  At 07:10 AM 9/18/2008, you wrote:
>Is Vision 2020 a UI research forum? Is Andreas our student -- your 
>student, since you are the one
>bringing up the charges? Was his post an assignment that we/you gave him?
>
>This is about as inappropriate of a charge as I can imagine.
>
>What does the Law School Honor Code say about handing in work with 
>someone else's name on it?
>Wait a minute that has to be plagiarism, too! So anonymous posters 
>can/should be threatened
>too. That's right, we don't know who they are. Or do we? I am 
>shocked that a man like you, so
>concerned about the integrity of our posts, hasn't brought this 
>point up. Or maybe I'm not!
>
>--
>Joe Campbell
>
>---- Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
> > Sorry Nick,
> >
> > Your little trick to bring my offlist reply to you back on to the viz
> > was anticipated - and reveals a great deal about your character. I
> > know, it was an oversight, right?
> >
> > If you can't find the time to review the material that has already
> > been posted, I am not going to spoon feed it to you.
> >
> > All the issues are fully presented; all materials linked to my
> > position provided.
> >
> > All comments are available.
> >
> > Thanks, but I have provided full back up of my position.
> >
> > Oh - no more offlist correspondence with you.
> >
> > You apparently don't really understand plagiarism - here is how it is
> > defined in the Law School Honor Code:
> >
> > >Plagiarism. No student shall claim as his or her own original work
> > >the research, ideas or
> > >writing of another, or copy in whole or in part or in effect from
> > >the work of another, without
> > >clearly identifying it as the work of another. Paraphrasing without
> > >acknowledgement of
> > >authorship is a form of plagiarism. Paraphrasing is the close
> > >restatement of another's idea or
> > >using approximately the language of the original. [Section IIB, page 64]
> >
> > Thus, your use of secondary sources in your writings, which are
> > by-products of primary sources, would require citations.  Do you
> > provide citations for your use of secondary sources?
> >
> > Mr. Shoue paraphased, but provided no citations whatsoever.
> >
> > I think we are done.
> >
> > Bye.
> >
> > At 12:02 PM 9/17/2008, you wrote:
> > >Hi Jeff,
> > >
> > >I'm bringing this back on the Vision because of the seriousness of
> > >the charges you made against Andreas.
> > >
> > >You have ducked the question I posed to you: what is the difference
> > >between what I did in my Gandhi research and what Andreas did?  I
> > >don't care to go through the details of what you debated.  That's
> > >simply not necessary. I just want you to do tell me, Andreas, and
> > >others on this list in concise terms what the difference is.
> >
> >
> >
> > >Let me clarify one important thing.  You somehow have the notion
> > >that reviewers of my Gandhi work checked it for plagiarism. No such
> > >thing ever happened.  As I stated in my first post, Gandhi scholars
> > >quote the primary sources through secondary sources all the time.
> > >
> > >This is a serious charge that you have leveled.  You have to back it
> > >up or apologize big time.
> > >
> > >Nick
> > >
> > >
> > >---- Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
> > > > I am going offlist again.
> > > >
> > > > Schou is the only one who can know what he did and what his intent
> > > > was.  I can say that if he had submitted his original post to me as
> > > > written (in an academic setting) I would have moved forward with
> > > > charges of plagiarism.
> > > >
> > > > Since you haven't had time to go through the full dialogue, we
> > > > probably won't get anywhere by focusing on details.
> > > >
> > > > As I have pointed out numerous times, this is a problem he created,
> > > > not me.  Read the details, get back to me and we can chat offlist.
> > > > Pay particular attention to the material prepared by Alperin-Sheriff
> > > > and the Terms of Use of the McClatchy site (which he admits he
> > > > used).  He doesn't seem to appreciate how reckless and careless his
> > > > actions were and how significant the consequences can be (ie, Biden's
> > > > use of Kinnock's speech).
> > > >
> > > > All I have done is point out to him that he needs to approach the Law
> > > > School Administration and deal with the matter with them. He is
> > > > subject to the Law School Honor Code.
> > > >
> > > > What he chooses to do to resolve this is up to him.  I plan no action
> > > > on my part.
> > > >
> > > > As to a comparison with your work - no, I am not investing time in
> > > > that comparison.  I trust that the reviewers of your work handle that.
> > > >
> > > > At 10:57 AM 9/17/2008, you wrote:
> > > > >Hi Jeff,
> > > > >
> > > > >This is response is no response.  Would you care to distinguish
> > > between what
> > > > >Andreas did and what I've done for 18 years in my Gandhi research?
> > > > >
> > > > >Nick
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >---- Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
> > > > > > At 10:27 AM 9/17/2008, you wrote:
> > > > > > >Greetings:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >"I've not followed the exchange between Andreas and Jeff 
> in complete
> > > > > > >detail ..."
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That more or less covers my response.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >I'm preparing for a keynote address that I will give on Gandhi's
> > > > > > >birthday on Oct. 2 at San Diego State University.  When I first
> > > > > > >started doing my Gandhi research in the early 1990s, it was very
> > > > > > >difficult to get the primary sources, even through interlibrary
> > > > > > >loan.  Until I went on sabbatical to India, I relied on secondary
> > > > > > >sources, especially very fine anthologies of passages arranged by
> > > > > > >subject and fully documented.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >When I finally got to India, I was able to sit down and check out
> > > > > > >references and read for context in Gandhi's Collected Works (100
> > > > > > >volumes!) and the journals Young India and 
> Harijan.  Very few Gandhi
> > > > > > >scholars read every page of these huge volumes. That is 
> why we have
> > > > > > >bibliographers.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Gandhi kept meticulous records of everything that happened in his
> > > > > > >ashrams, and most of that does not make for very edifying
> > > > > > >reading.  The Collected Works have a very good index, so that was
> > > > > > >very handy to find the passages that I needed for a 
> particular topic.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >As soon as finish this post, I will go downstairs to my reading
> > > > > > >couch and re-read the fabulous anthologies that take me 
> right to the
> > > > > > >passages that I want to review, and perhaps I'll find 
> some new good
> > > > > > >ones.  The Collected Works are now on line, but they are even more
> > > > > > >clumsy to use than the actual books themselves.  For crucial
> > > > > > >passages I will double check the original references 
> again on line.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >I believe this is what Andreas did, and if I'm right, 
> then I'm just
> > > > > > >as guilty of plagiarism as he is.  I wouldn't be invited to San
> > > > > > >Diego if that is what my colleagues think I did.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Nick Gier
> > > > > > >
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