User:Tony1/sandbox quotation table

The following table illustrates a framework to assist editors in judging whether unquoted text is plagiarism.

	Extent of similarity	Length of same wording	Distinctiveness	Common knowledge / wide occurrence
Acceptable paraphrasing	Largely or wholly different wording	Very short strings	Not distinctive wording	Open	Open	Open
	↕	↕	↕	↕	↕
Plagiarising	Same or largely the same wording	Longer strings	Distinctive wording	??	Not common knowledge; does not occur widely in paraphrased form
Notes	Excessive cross-posting ("spamming")	Campaigning	Votestacking	Votestacking	Stealth canvassing