• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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    14 days ago

    And you’ve cited nobody, you’ve just asserted that you have consensus on your side based on nothing and demanded to be proven wrong, and then screeching “that doesn’t count!” when you are

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      13 days ago

      I’ll cite… The university of West Virginia for instance, because I don’t want to copy paste a new quote.

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        13 days ago

        Really respectfully, that’s not how citing works. You need to link to the publication/article/book/etc. that you’re actually getting your information from (or at least provide the author(s) and title).

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          13 days ago

          I understand that in an academic setting I would need to provide a proper Harvard formatted citation and my bibliography, but I don’t have my bibtex collection on my phone (or anywhere, for this topic). This is a social network mostly for shitposting so I don’t post with much rigor.

          In any case, here’s the source for the quote: http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2009/01/07/7391.html

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            13 days ago

            Fair enough but just sort of definitionally if you’re citing something there is a minimum bar in providing some manner for the person you’re providing the citation too to be able to view the content in question or it’s not really a citation.