Cited! How My Website Surprised Me

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The discussion revolves around the experience of participants discovering their work has been cited by others online. It touches on themes of recognition, the significance of citations, and personal reflections on academic progress.

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  • Exploratory, Meta-discussion

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses excitement about being cited in a thesis they did not author, mentioning it as a potential leverage for their academic pursuits.
  • Another participant congratulates the first for the citation, highlighting the informal nature of the citation by referring to them as "Pauly Man."
  • A different participant shares their own experience of being cited, although they note the citation lacks formal recognition as it is not in an academic article or thesis.
  • This participant reflects on the loss of a more complete article that could have been cited instead.

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Participants generally express positive sentiments about citations and recognition, but there is no consensus on the significance of informal citations versus formal ones.

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Some participants discuss the nature of citations and their implications for academic credibility, but there are no detailed evaluations of the citations' impact or validity.

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Individuals interested in academic recognition, citation practices, or personal experiences related to scholarly work may find this discussion relevant.

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I've been cited!

Holy crap!

I was looking around the net, and I found this:

http://innovexpo.itee.uq.edu.au/2003/projects/s3806317/thesis.pdf

I was confused, as I didn't write it, and I certainly don't know the guy who did. So Ilooked at it, and my website is cited twice as a reference! And to think I'm currently struggling to get accepted into honours, hmm. Maybe after I'vee read this thesis carefully I'll use it as leverage to back me up.
 
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Hey, good for you. I love it that he actually cited you as "Pauly Man".
 
Thanx guys.

Originally posted by Tom
I love it that he actually cited you as "Pauly Man".

Yeah, I thought that was funny too.
 
i've kinda been cited once on http://reglos.de/lars/ffx.html . BB Tenneson is the name. unfortunately, the site he gives doesn't have the reference on it but the article is still there. too bad it wasn't my more complete article which i seem to have lost. it's not a real citation because it's not in an article or a thesis...

the article was posted on my math109 (precalculus) site at sfsu back in the day.
 

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