the change wiki:Citations
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:
- 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
. 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 for the sake of easy reading. And I can always go back and fix the citations later when there's more time.