'Dodgy-dossier Syndrome' Rife in the Workplace
Matt Loney,
ZD Net UK,
Nov 17, 2003
I'm of two minds when it comes to citing sources. On the one hand, I think it's often useless - I once saw an academic paper provide a reference for the observation that the internet is growing. And it's often overdone, more akin to name-dropping than serious discourse. On the other hand, as this article emphasizes, it's important to track sources for important information or examples, so that otjer people can judge the original for themselves and avoid what in this article is 'dodgy research'. I have different standards of references for different works, but generally, if I depend on an external source to make a point, I cite it, and if I'm simply restating something that could stand on its own or is a metter of opinion, I don't.
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