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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
You raise an interesting point--though wiki may be a bad example, because wikipedia articles don't have authors in a conventional sense. But as a matter of fact, it is possible to plagiarize work that you did yourself--for instance, by using a paper that you wrote for one class to satisfy the requirements of another.
Let's say you receive an assignment next week. You decide that the article you wrote for The New Yorker would be a good substitute for a paper. Is that plagiarism--well, technically yes. And if you use that article as a source, you still must cite it properly, even though it's your own work.
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Indeed. Check the back of any decently researched book and you will likely find the author citing his/her own journal submissions. Often entire chapters appeared first in a peer reviewed journal and in order for the book to be published, that chapter must be properly sourced from the original journal.