Cited! How My Website Surprised Me

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A user discovered their website cited in a thesis, which they found surprising since they didn't know the author. The thesis references the website twice, prompting the user to consider leveraging this citation for their honours application. Another participant shared their own experience of being cited, although they noted it wasn't a formal citation since it lacked proper referencing. The discussion highlights the unexpected recognition of online content and its potential impact on academic pursuits. This experience underscores the importance of maintaining an online presence in academic and professional contexts.
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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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