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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:47, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Paraphrasing issues
editThis edit was flagged as problematic by an automated plagiarism detection tool. While part of the reason it tagged your edit was your lengthy quotes, there is also problems with some of the wording outside the quotes. For example, you wrote
performance in the areas of “materials source reduction, reusable packaging, use of recycled content, use of recyclable packaging, and actions taken to promote materials recycling.
The source says
We evaluated corporate performance in the areas of materials source reduction, reusable packaging, use of recycled content, use of recyclable packaging, and actions taken to promote materials recycling
The words I highlighted were outside of the quotes, but they are the precise words used by the source. You can't do that.
You also wrote
With four levels of performance: Best Practices, Better Practices, Needs Improvement, and Poor, no brands earned the level of Best Practices
This was not a quote (nor is it a complete sentence). The original source says
On the basis of information provided by companies and publicly available data, we established four levels of performance: Best Practices, Better Practices, Needs Improvement, and Poor (see Figure 6).
You used their precise wording without putting it in quotes.
You also wrote:
In 2013, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Brands publicly pledged to transition out of their use of foam hot beverage cups. McDonald’s has replaced foam with paper cups, but Dunkin’ has not initiated transition.
The original source says
After engagement with As You Sow, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Brands pledged publicly in 2013 to phase out the use of foam hot beverage cups. McDonald’s has started to replace foam with paper cups; Dunkin’ is still determining what material it will use as a replacement and will not start its transition for another one to two years.
Since you preserved the structure of the sentence in the course, and much of the actual wording, this is an example of close paraphrasing.
Please review the Plagiarism and Copyright Violation training module before editing further. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:51, 6 March 2017 (UTC)