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tptacek · 2021-03-16 17:59:49

I don't know, but we can be sure that I didn't mean it that way; we now have an authoritative citation for that.

graeme | karma 18001 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2017-02-16 15:16:21

I was actually entirely earnest. I never before considered how to attribute a commonly quoted line that's almost a true citation, but isn't.

alexilliamson | karma 650 | avg karma 2.03 · | 2020-10-21 17:29:16

If it's plainly true it shouldn't be hard to produce a citation.

dmvdoug | karma 1060 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2023-08-29 22:50:13

> It's not just that something is cited, it also matters how it is cited.

You called it: I couldn’t agree more!

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ewoodrich | karma 1870 | avg karma 4.13 · | 2013-08-04 04:50:15+00:00

So we're just gonna use that as a citation for everything now?

bufferoverflow | karma 5508 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2018-08-20 21:38:30

But what he said we're citations. Nobody is misrepresenting anything.

tptacek | karma 394296 | avg karma 6.04 · | 2021-08-23 14:07:39

I'm simply citing the article we're commenting on.

MikeCapone | karma 14149 | avg karma 4.54 · | 2009-03-18 15:17:00

I guess what I meant in short is: Please cite your sources.

talldayo | karma 2249 | avg karma 1.09 · | 2024-04-29 21:58:13

"Citation: I said it"

say_it_as_it_is | karma 1888 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2020-07-26 09:05:36

What do you think I cited the book for? That's how one backs a claim.

buvanshak | karma 85 | avg karma 0.32 · | 2018-06-15 01:55:45

>It was thought that..

Do you have a citation for that?

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dsissitka | karma 643 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2023-02-14 11:32:02

I'm not defending the interpretation of the citations, only the presence. :P

harperlee | karma 4912 | avg karma 3.77 · | 2020-12-16 16:28:14

No worries, it was a genuine question, not a “citation needed” ;).

CharlesW | karma 34884 | avg karma 5.2 · | 2024-05-19 23:29:58

I provided both a citation and the relevant quote from it.

gm3dmo | karma 193 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2021-10-18 11:57:00

It's called a citation.

duncan_bayne | karma 4002 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2015-08-20 03:09:01+00:00

I meant, cited in the article I posted.

toomuchtodo | karma 88050 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2020-05-12 18:51:47

No apologies necessary, I frequently forget that I can’t assume context is known and should be providing more citations upfront.

robinsoh | karma 588 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2022-04-28 10:36:39

> It's fine to be dubious of a claim, and it's fine to ask politely for sources or rationales. Just be nice.

I was not aware that "citation needed" is considered impolite. It is something I use at work a lot when interacting with colleagues. My apologies, I'll refrain from that in future.

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ghaff | karma 44589 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2021-01-10 18:42:33

Thank you for posting that. It made me realize that I have the wrong citation in a footnote of a book I'm about to proof :-)

IC4RUS | karma 111 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2019-01-11 16:02:30

I looked into the citations and they seemed reliable, so I trust it. Just put it there because it presented the point succinctly.