Hi all - We will use this thread to update the community about plagiarism checks currently running on the platform.
- We intend to ensure that plagiarism checks and points deduction for cheaters happens within 15 - 20 days of completion of each rated contest. We will publish relevant stats here.
- While we will try our best to ensure that cheaters are caught, we may miss out on a few. We will start out by penalizing only the most obvious cases. We request everyone to report plagiarism cases on help@codechef.com within 3 days of each contest.
- Plagiarism for the past contests will be undertaken in the coming few months.
@all appealing against plagiarism emails that was sent to you. Click here.
You would have received an email for every contest that you have been accused of plagiarism in. That email explicitly talks about how you can appeal against the accusation, and gives a particular time period for appeals, and ratings are dropped only after that period is over. And if you have replied within that time period, your ratings will not be dropped until all of your emails are read, the submissions pairs manually verified, and your email replied to.
So, search for that email and reply to it. If you can’t find the email for some reason, send an email to help@codechef.com. And wait for at least 3 weeks to get a reply - there are hundreds of appeals that have to be looked at, and it takes time. Posting on discuss isn’t going to help you.
But do note that if you send an email, and we find that it’s a frivolous appeal, we might permanently ban your account. So don’t email and waste our time if you have cheated.
Stats for CDRV2021:
- 71 users penalized 275 points each
- 1 appeal rejected. None accepted
Stats for START21, JAN221, EXUN2021, JAN222 & START22:
No. of users penalized -
- START21B - 190
- START21C - 169
- JAN221C - 907
- EXUN21B - 199
- EXUN21C - 377
- JAN222C - 858
- START22B - 581
- START22C - 721
Stats for COOK137:
No. of users penalized -
- COOK137A: 2
- COOK137B: 312
- COOK137C: 397
Stats for LTIME104:
No. of users penalized -
- LTIME104B: 249
- LTIME104C: 588
Stats for START23:
No. of users penalized -
- START23C: 512
Stats for FEB221 & START25:
No. of users penalized -
- FEB221C: 721
- START25B: 234
- START25C: 403
Stats for START24:
No. of users penalized -
- START24B: 452
- START24C: 497
Stats for FEB222 & START26:
No. of users penalized -
- FEB222C: 1623
- START26C: 127
- START26D: 135
Stats for COOK138, START27 & LTIME105:
No. of users penalized -
- COOK138A: 2
- COOK138B: 456
- COOK138C: 472
- COOK138D: 765
- START27B: 347
- START27C: 256
- START27D: 580
- LTIME105A: 2
- LTIME105B: 112
- LTIME105C: 109
- LTIME105D: 170
Stats for START28 & COOK139:
No. of users penalized -
- START28B: 337
- START28C: 249
- START28D: 305
- COOK139A: 1
- COOK139B: 270
- COOK139C: 300
- COOK139D: 576
Stats for START29:
No. of users penalized -
- START29B: 469
- START29C: 459
- START29D: 802
Stats for MARCH221:
No. of users penalized -
- MARCH221C: 310
- MARCH221D: 688
Stats for START30:
No. of users penalized -
- START30B: 516
- START30C: 697
- START30D: 1230
Stats for LTIME106 & START31:
No. of users penalized -
- LTIME106A: 5
- LTIME106B: 275
- LTIME106C: 319
- LTIME106D: 504
- START31B: 235
- START31C: 225
- START31D: 475
Stats for MARCH222:
No. of users penalized -
- MARCH222C: 525
- MARCH222D: 1140
Stats for START32:
No. of users penalized -
- START32B: 241
- START32C: 351
- START32D: 927
Stats for COOK140:
No. of users penalized -
- COOK140B: 160
- COOK140C: 323
- COOK140D: 988
Stats for START33:
No. of users penalized -
- START33B: 190
- START33C: 380
- START33D: 1169
Stats for APRIL221:
No. of users penalized -
- APRIL221C: 491
- APRIL221D: 1921
Stats for START34:
No. of users penalized -
- START34B: 143
- START34C: 257
- START34D: 1157
Stats for LTIME107:
No. of users penalized -
- LTIME107A: 0
- LTIME107B: 62
- LTIME107C: 163
- LTIME107D: 570
Stats for START35:
No. of users penalized -
- START35B: 82
- START35C: 136
- START35D: 489