Elie: Created page with "This is a page about citing sources. This wiki doesn't conform perfectly to academic standards, but we do our best. ==Types== Not all citations are gathered in the same place. There are several types: * popups * footnotes * datapoints used in the Calculator ==Deficits== On this wiki, a lot of citations might be nonstandard, improper, or even lacking completely. There are a few reasons for this: User:Elie: * I'm currently trying to build content as quickly as p..."

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Created page with "This is a page about citing sources. This wiki doesn't conform perfectly to academic standards, but we do our best. ==Types== Not all citations are gathered in the same place. There are several types: * popups * footnotes * datapoints used in the Calculator ==Deficits== On this wiki, a lot of citations might be nonstandard, improper, or even lacking completely. There are a few reasons for this: User:Elie: * I'm currently trying to build content as quickly as p..."

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This is a page about citing sources. This wiki doesn't conform perfectly to academic standards, but we do our best.

==Types==
Not all citations are gathered in the same place. There are several types:
* popups
* footnotes
* datapoints used in the [[Calculator]]

==Deficits==
On this wiki, a lot of citations might be nonstandard, improper, or even lacking completely. There are a few reasons for this:

[[User:Elie]]:
* I'm currently trying to build content as quickly as possible, and have to cover a lot of topics.
* Workflow: I tend to read dozens of research papers or articles, go for a walks, reflect on the knowledge, read more etc., until I have a clear understanding. By the time I start writing, I can't always track which piece of knowledge came from which source.
* If I spend too much time formalizing citations, I lose perspective and forget some of the main points that need to be made{{x|along with subpoints and finer details too - it's too easy to derail my train of thought and forget to cover the subtopics I was planning to cover}}. There seems to be an inherent tradeoff here: Other wikis and academic journals are great at gathering information cited properly, but terrible at informing clear actions or "getting to the point". I have to sacrifice some pedantry{{x|and at least some of it can still fit into expandables like this}} for the sake of easy reading. And I can always go back and fix the citations later when there's more time.

==See also==
* [[{{NAMESPACE}}:Notation]]
* [[{{NAMESPACE}}:Writing style]]

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