I am Tub Cat! Bringer of Quality Content!
Hello Squishy Humans,
I have a very important lesson for you today. I shall teach you how to display sources for the text and images that you use in your posts. If you apply this lesson to your own posts, Tub Cat will stop accusing you of plagiarism.
What is plagiarism you ask? This is what you are doing if you use the text and images that someone else created, and you don't let your readers know that this content is not your own. It is essentially theft. And Tub Cat looks at people who choose to steal another person's content very poorly. These people might as well be a Tub Dog.
So, whenever you use content (text, images, video etc.) from another website. You need to inform your reader that this content isn't your own and where you took this content from. It is never enough to say that you took the text or image from "Google" for the simple fact that this would be a lie. Google is a search engine. Sure, you probably used Google to find the stuff you needed, but you took it from a specific website, and this is the website that you need to acknowledge in your post.
If you're reading this and thinking why is Tub Cat treating me like a 5 year old, it's because Tub Cat is targeting the lowest common denominator on Steemit with this post - the humans that are both pink and squishy. Those are the ones that need everything explained to them as if they just meowed their way out of their mother's womb.
Referencing Text
When you reference text in your post, you need to consider a couple of things. Are you quoting something from another website or blog post?
If you are quoting something, you want the text to appear like this. This is how quotes are displayed.
You can do this by having a > at the beginning of your quoted sentence:
>If you are quoting something, you want the text to appear like this. This is how quotes are displayed.
Once you have finished your quote you will need to provide the source. Tub Cat likes to have his source links as sub-text below the quoted material. For example, if I were to reference Tub Cat's blog as a source for my content below this paragraph, It would look like this:
To create this sub-text source reference, the code you would need to use is as follows:
<sub>[Source](https://steemit.com/@tubcat)</sub>
If you don't want your source link to be in sub-text, simply remove the <sub></sub>.
Have you taken content from another website but have modified it slightly to suit your needs so it is no longer a direct quote? Tub Cat will inform you that you still need to reference this content, silly human.
This is done in much the same manner as above, however you can either place your source link directly at the end of your sentence or paragraph, or at the end of your blog post. If you're putting your reference at the end of your blog post you'll need to state what the reference is so that people will know what the link is all about. For example:
Tub Cat is amazing so I modified some of is amazing content - my stuff isn't as good as his
To state this absolute truth, the code would look as follows:
<sub>[Tub Cat is amazing so I modified some of is amazing content - my stuff isn't as good as his](https://steemit.com/@tubcat)</sub>
Again, if you don't want your reference/ source to be written as sub-text (the tiny text), simply remove <sub></sub>.
Referencing Images and Videos
Referencing an image or video that you have taken from another site in your post is very similar to the process outlined above.
Tub Cat loves watching dogs do stoopid things. Because dogs are stoopid and Tub Cat hates them. So, every now and then Tub Cat has to tell people where he finds his hilarious images and videos of dogs doing what they do best (being stoopid). Here's one of Tub Cat's favourite dog videos:
And this is how Tub Cat is able to display such hilarity on Steemit, along with his source:
<center>hyperlink to dog being stoopid</center><center><sub>[Dog Being Stoopid](hyperlink to dog being stoopid in brackets)</sub></center>
The only difference between this and providing sources for your text, is that Tub Cat centered both the gif and the source. To have something appear in the middle of your post you are simply using the following code:
<center>stuff that you want in the middle of your page</center>.
It's as simple as that.
Tub Cat's closing remarks
So now the squishy humans have become slightly less squishy with this very useful information. Providing a source for where you obtained both your images, videos and text is both respectful and will avoid reports of plagiarism. It will also satisfy my good bot friend @cheetah who prowls Steemit constantly, looking for plagiarised material.
Feel free to ask questions of the mighty Tub Cat in the comments below. He will respond as soon as he stops watching videos of stoopid dogs.
Persevere, pink and squishy human. Your Steemit life is just beginning!
TUB CAT OUT!
