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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

All citations must be in the form of memes.

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 7 points 4 days ago

"Yes" ^1^

  1. Lastname, Me (2023). Part 3. In A Book of Things I Wrote Just to Cite Them (37th ed., Vol. 1, pp. 1–100). story, Me Publishing.
[–] J92@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

I once argued this with my teacher in Uni.

"Do I have to find a quote of someone saying it if I say the sky is blue? Do I have to reference my parents when I put my name at the top of the page?"

Unsurprisingly, he said I was being obtuse.

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

"No"^1

1 No

[–] Capt_Trav@reddthat.com 3 points 4 days ago

I think he cited the wrong source. Technically William Shakespeare was plagiarizing that from someone before him

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This issue is clarified in the second part of the next footnote. ^(See 2b)^