Questions tagged [citation]
For questions relating to citation that is a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author.
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Which sites use citation helper?
On which sites is the citation helper enabled?
As far as I know, it was first introduced on MathOverflow: New feature - citation helper.
And it was later added to Mathematics Stack Exchange, too: Let'...
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Proposed changes to Help Center articles to include mention of AI-generated content policy
Feb 22 2024 Update: I have just rolled out the network-wide version of the help center article that mentions content generated by generative artificial intelligence tools must be referenced. I have ...
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How should I inform a user I'm using their answer in a book?
I used my popular question Do Projects Ever End Early? as the basis of a book I wrote. (Available for free, for a limited time, here.)
What is the appropriate protocol to inform the 14 users whose ...
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Could the citation helper include DOI-links as https rather than http?
The citation helper usually includes some link in the citation. Specifically, it includes a link to zbMATH.
And a link to a paper - quite often as DOI.
However, the DOI-links are in the "old"...
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How to cite a book
In a recent answer, I cited a book like:
SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition's chapter 2, section 2.4. Authentication by Cryptographic Key, Page 26, it says:
Some Text
What is ...
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Is it acceptable to cite one's own article? [duplicate]
I wonder if it is acceptable to cite to one's own academic paper or blog article to answer someone else's question in Stack Exchange sites.
Let's suppose that the answer or the cited contents is ...
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BibTeX export contains HTML escape character
The question "A Measure Theoretic Formulation of Bayes' Theorem" has an excellent answer which I would like to cite via BibTeX.
This gives the following:
@MISC {444082,
TITLE = {A ...
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How do I thank Stack Exchange users in my thesis?
I am a graduate student of mathematics. I find the math.stackexchange.com site very useful in my understanding of mathematics. (I never used the site without mentioning about it in my homework, etc.)
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Can we please get a <ref>erence / [cite]ation feature?
Some stacks (or should I say: all scientific and linguistic ones) have extensive quotation needs, others do try to make people back it up, best with citations to authorities. Some Q&A might cite ...
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What's the punishment for users who copy their answers from other sources (Quora, etc.) without citing them?
I'm curious to know what are the punishment(s) for copy-pasting answers from other sources (not copying an answer from Stack Exchange itself) without citing them.
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Cite does not work from review
Just like following a post, citing a post (on sites with the citation feature enabled) from the First Posts and Late Answers queue doesn't work.
(I'm not sure if citing is really useful from the ...
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Make the "cite" option on a question shown everywhere on the network [duplicate]
The "cite" option on a question is an option only shown on Physics SE, Mathematics, Cross Validation, and Mathoverflow. To quote @FranckDernoncourt, the "cite" option is:
To make ...
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What does "cite" mean under a question?
On the Stack Exchange site Physics SE, I saw an additional option, "cite", next to the usual "edit, follow, flag and share" on a question there:
I have not seen this option on any ...
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What kind and in which circumstances can or should content be cited in a reply on Stack Exchange?
In particular, I would like to understand what the policy is regarding scientific papers (i.e., peer reviewed contents) and non-peer reviewed non-fiction sources.
In my experience, up to now on Stack ...
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How to properly cite someone on Stack Exchange?
I have asked a question a couple of weeks ago and I was given a very detailed and nicely presented answer.
I was wondering if I would like to use such an answer how do I cite the person or what do I ...
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