While writing an article about the best dog breeds for children, a writer reads one article, called "20 Dog Breeds that are Great with Babies." She includes just the top three breeds from this list to her article (no others) and rewrites the information from the blurbs associated with each. She does not use other sources, but she does hyperlink to this source. She does not use an attribution. Is this plagiarism?

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19 February, 13:11

While writing an article about the best dog breeds for children, a writer reads one article, called "20 Dog Breeds that are Great with Babies." She includes just the top three breeds from this list to her article (no others) and rewrites the information from the blurbs associated with each. She does not use other sources, but she does hyperlink to this source. She does not use an attribution. Is this plagiarism?

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Zaid Reese · Answer 1

No because she has no direct quotes and she added a hyperlink

Belinda Wilcox · Answer 2

The correct answer is No. It is not plagiarism.

Explanation:

What this writer does would not be considered plagiarism, but it is bad practice and would be rejected in any peer-review process. Not only does she not use other sources and just rewrites the information, but she alsodoes not use an attribution. This borders plagiarism, but by linking to the source, she can only be accused of bad practice.