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Edits to the Article

For this article, when I searched for plagiarism, I was not successful in finding any implements of copied work.

When I first read the article, I got the impression that only the Indian region was affected. However, this was not the case. When doing research, I found that fourteen regions in total fell victim to this disaster, so I decided to mention this in the article in the first sentence under Affected states and regions. Under this same section, I also decided to add the statistics for injury and death that occurred as a result of this disaster. I added this because I felt that these numbers would help the audience to have a better understanding of how harsh and damaging this storm really was.

Article 2

• Upon reading the article "Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve" I discovered many things that I did not know about monarch butterfly migration.
• When I began to research monarch migration, I learned more than what was included in the article.
• I added some facts about how climate change affects the migration patterns for the monarchs of the reserve.
• I also included information about the migration route and direction to be more specific and detailed.
• When I searched for plagiarism, the only sources that had the same information were blogs, which are not very credible.

Article 3

• I came across this article when I was researching disease outbreaks.
• I chose to edit this article because there was very little information on it. Upon doing more research, I realized that the reason this article has so little information is because there is not much known about this type of disease.
• There is no sign of plagiarism that I found in this article prior to editing it.
• I decided to add a few broad facts to this article, so that readers could better understand the base of what the disease is.
• I listed some of the types of symptoms that are associated with this disease so that reader's could picture the type of effects it has.
• I also mentioned the remarkably few number of cases that have been recognized and studied. I did this because I wanted readers to notice the rarity of this particular disease.

Article 4

• I chose to edit this article because lately I have been hearing a lot of information and news regarding this invasive species. I am interested in invasive species, especially animal species.
• In researching sings of plagiarism in this article, I found that "Achatina fulica is a species of land snail in the family Achatinidae, known commonly as the giant African snail or giant African land snail" is plagiarized from the encyclopedia of life (http://eol.org/pages/452699/details).
• I corrected this by inserting "large" in front of land snail. I then moved species to after Achatinidae. I inserted "that belong" after land snail.
• The next paragraph, "Outside of its native range this snail thrives in many types of habitat in areas with mild climates. It feeds voraciously and is a vector for plant pathogens, causing severe damage to agricultural crops and native plants. It competes with native snail taxa, is a nuisance pest of urban areas, and spreads human disease. This snail is listed as one of the top 100 invasive species in the world." is also plagiarized from a website. However, this website seems much less credible than Wikipedia.
• In this article, I added "This snail species has been considered a significant cause in pest issues around the world. Internationally, it is the most frequently occurring type of snail invasive species" to the introduction.
• I also added "The species was established in the United States in 1936. They were brought to the U. S. through imports. They were intended to be used for educational uses and to be pets. Some were also introduced because they were accidentally shipped with other cargo. Eradication is currently underway in Florida" to the distribution section.