Comments on: EzineArticles Ban on Essay and Term Paper Promotion

by: kathleen

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:37:27 +0000

I just finished a very difficult accelerated program. I found that, although I did a massive amount of work on all of my term papers, it was doubtful that the teachers ever read any of them all the way through. My only benefit to doing all the work I did to guarantee that I did not plagiarize would have been to sell the end product to someone else! Which I did not do, of course. But I am afraid it is the result of an educational system that’s all about churning out the degrees (very expensive ones) without much regard for what any of us really learn. O course, I would still do all that work again. I don’t want any one else’s. But I can see why the term-paper business has developed/

by: Christopher M. Knight

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:38:45 +0000

RJ,

Actually, I never thought of the Essay and Term Paper sellers as “spammers” because they are just trying to fill a market demand…

BUT, I can see why many would consider it unethical to help college students cheat by providing them with customized “research” in the form of a paper many of them will just read and hand in.

For the record, we’re not against this “term paper-selling” industry and it’s not our role to ‘teach them a lesson’. With this new policy, we’re just saying that we prefer to not have content from members who promote the sale of term papers and essays for college students.

by: R.J.

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:12:48 +0000

I’M HAPPY FOR THIS NEW POLICY. TIME TO TEACH THESE SPAMMERS A LEASON LOL.

by: Charles Poxon

Wed, 30 May 2007 23:17:09 +0000

I agree entirely with the sentiments listed in the comments. The plagarising of others work, is in my mind the unforgivable academic sin, for which there should be no forgiveness.

However, in the UK the system set in place by government of all persuasions, encourages the growth of such pratice, where not only chlidren but teachers and lecturers are pulled by market force and results, rather than education that is meaningful.

It is obvious to a blind man on a galloping horse that it was always going to end in this mess.

Sadly, the mess provides a market and market provides opportunity for profit. It is the law of supply and demand.

I congratulate you at E-zine Articles on your stance.

by: Kathryn

Fri, 25 May 2007 16:23:43 +0000

This is the first time I have visited the Ezine site. I am still looking at the many and varied links and articles you provide here. I read this and just wanted to let you know that I am glad the site accepted the better position on “buying” term/research papers. You and Lance stated my position quite well - I believe we need to support and encourage our children, youth, and young adults to be ethical men and women of character who accept ownership of themselves and their education by being responsible for doing their own work and doing it honestly.

by: Lance Winslow

Thu, 24 May 2007 21:26:39 +0000

It appears that EzineArticles was able to see this coming and was once again on the leading edge of Internet Industry. In retrospect, I see the conflict this causes for some online companies, yet, I also see the tremendous problems our society and the whole world faces with cheaters, posers, fakers and really it is a little appalling. Whereas these maybe ligitimate businesses selling research papers, it seems to me that they know the end use is someone will use them to cheat.

These types of companies would be far better off to use their skills to help companies write PR level “white papers” as everyone knows when they read them what they are for and that they are more of a glorified brochure set of case studies in most cases. These companies can still exist, they just should not be allowed to use the Internet to help people cheat. I think this is a good policy, I understand why you did this and why Google is and why the Educational System is fed up with these things.