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Is this a violation of the Yahoo Answers Community Guidelines or the Terms of Service?
Recently I've seen something new in the answers. People are taking the answers of others and are cutting and pasting it (either in whole or in part) as their answer.
Is there something in the Community Guidelines that forbids this or does it fit under the heading of "Cheating" in the guidelines since it seems to be a way of cheating to get the quick 2 points for answering the question.
Actually it is a little bit of a deal. I had a question reported as being a violation as a result of someone reporting ME as the person cheating.
I successfully appealed it since it was clear to the moderators that my answer was the first answer given and was more detailed than the person who only pulled a two sentence chunk of it.
I want to know what rule this falls under so I can be ready to defend any other answers that get reported and pulled.
3 Answers
- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes it is Called Cheating and is specifically mentioned as NOT being permitted.
- 1 decade ago
All my Qs As completely from me, or searched thing that I give credit is rare, mostly my own I dont too much answer any longer, because it seems its really gone awry from real Q and A!!!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Like what was already said, answering isn't a competition, and the Asker will obviously & hopefully pick the first one :)
