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RE: The Motorcycle Diaries Film Review: A Quiet Masterpiece of Cinematic Beauty

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Hi @hivewatchers

I have responded in #appeals channel in Discord, and I do recognize I made a stupid mistake not linking the small sections that were inspired by the Wikipedia plot section about this movie.

I have also amended the article to highlight (and link) the sections that were inspired by the plot description from the article about this film on Wikipedia. (please see screens)

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I would like to point out that 233 words (at least a 3rd of which were a direct quote from a critic who disparaged the movie) out of a 1362 word article is very different from spinning, rewriting, or rewording a whole 1362 word article. It's common practice to quote critics, or other opinions to underpin a point in any piece of writing.

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However, I am sorry I stupidly did not link properly to sections that were inspired by another source.

It is a working practice of many writers, especially in journalistic writing, to outline the first draft, and then sometimes if it feels slightly thin, look for supporting quotes or material to help fill out the article. As I stated before this is a lot different from copy/pasting plagiarising whole articles or from spinning, rewriting, or rewording a whole 1362 word article. Which is not what I have done!

I followed that exact working practice I outlined above in the preceding chapter, which isn't something I often need to do but in this case I felt that the article needed polishing. And honestly, the sections that I drew from were far too close to the original text . I acknowledge that and am sorry about that, I would have been better off switching the computer off and waiting until I wasn't so burnt out.

Anyway, I just wanted to respond and explain.
Take care, and I fully understand what an important job you do on hive stopping the vast amount of serious copy/paste plagiarism of whole articles that goes on here on hive.

Cheers,
raj808