Article 1 contribution: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

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2/2/16: As part of an assignment, I added that another source claims the earthquake can be classified as having a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter Scale. Subsequently, I changed that citation. There was a bit more information discussing crustal deformation, so I added some information regarding that, too. Link: [1]

2/2/16: As part of an assignment, I added a proposed reason why the earthquake occurred with such force. Link: [2]

Article 2 Contribution: Manatee

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2/29/26: As part of an assignment, I added information regarding the number of human-related manatee deaths under the Additional Threats section, showing how humans can act as disturbers. Link: [3]

2/29/16: As part of the same assignment, I added statistics under the Conservation section regarding the number of manatees recorded by Florida's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in late February 2016. Link: [4]

2/29/26: As part of the same assignment, I changed a source for a piece of information about red tide deaths. The source was somewhat related to the information presented, but had no citation for the statistic given. I found a credible, more recent one and replaced the older one with the link I found, from Reuters. Link: [5]

2/29/16: As part of the assignment, I added information regarding the number of manatee deaths in January 2016 under the Additional Threats section. Link: [6]

2/29/16: As part of the assignment, I added a citation under the Amazonian manatee section, since there wasn't one. It's a citation for the manatee's habitat and classification name. Link: [7]

Article 3 Contribution: Gros Ventre landslide

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3/31/16: As part of an assignment, I added information to the Gros Ventre landslide article regarding the causes of the landslide. Link: [8]

3/31/16: As part of that same assignment, I deleted a few superfluous phrases from the article that weren't pertinent to the topic. For example, I deleted a phrase calling the lake made after the landslide "an ideal place for fishing."

3/31/16: As part of the assignment, I changed a few words to make the article more grammatically correct and precise, including "huge" and "opposing.

3/31/16: As part of this assignment, I changed the caption of the photo included in the article to make it more precise. It is now captioned with "Gros Ventre, 2006," since the photo was taken and uploaded in 2006 according to its source page. [9]

Article 4 Contribution: Wet Season

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4/25/16: As part of the assignment, I added a citation to the claim that malaria cases spike during the wet season in regions with high temperatures. Link: [10]

4/25/16: In addition to the citation, I added a bit more information about malaria's match up to the rainy season to the sentence from that same source.

4/25/16: I added another citation to the occurrences in Gudjewg, one of the six season recognized by Kakadu National Park's Aboriginal owners. Link: [11]

4/25/26: As a part of the same assignment, I added information regarding flooding the Ghaggar-Hakra River as a result of the heavy rains brought by monsoon season. Link: [12]