It is common knowledge that the plagarism checker on Codeforces is not perfect, as it sometimes gives out false positives. I happen to be one of the few victims of such falsely given flags.↵
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About 6 months ago, I received a message from Codeforces saying that my submission to [this problem](https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/2043/problem/B) is too similar to somebody else's submission, and all of my submissions for that contest got skipped. For context, I solved 2 problems (A and B) in that division and got negative delta (-23 points).↵
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I tried writing an appeal [here](https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/8790), but I never got a proper response from anyone. To this day, my profile displays a history of one skipped contest, because of the false plagarism flag.↵
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On some contest announcements, I see people calling out the problemsetter for being a cheater, because he/she has a history of some skipped contests. It seems like to the general audience, having skipped contests is equivalent to being a cheater. I hate the fact that this false plagarism flag has the potential to ruin my profile and label me as a cheater, when Ireallyam am legitimate player.↵
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I want to know if there is any way I can appeal for this matter. I do not want a false plagarism flag ruining my profile.
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About 6 months ago, I received a message from Codeforces saying that my submission to [this problem](https://mirror.codeforces.com/contest/2043/problem/B) is too similar to somebody else's submission, and all of my submissions for that contest got skipped. For context, I solved 2 problems (A and B) in that division and got negative delta (-23 points).↵
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I tried writing an appeal [here](https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/8790), but I never got a proper response from anyone. To this day, my profile displays a history of one skipped contest, because of the false plagarism flag.↵
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On some contest announcements, I see people calling out the problemsetter for being a cheater, because he/she has a history of some skipped contests. It seems like to the general audience, having skipped contests is equivalent to being a cheater. I hate the fact that this false plagarism flag has the potential to ruin my profile and label me as a cheater, when I
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I want to know if there is any way I can appeal for this matter. I do not want a false plagarism flag ruining my profile.
