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Sklivvz StaffMod
Sklivvz StaffMod
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I suggest the following as a preliminary list of reasons:

  • No references at all
  • Quality of the reference is "relatively poor", i.e. is no better than the qualify of the reference which contains the notable claim cited in the question: e.g. using published newspaper article as a reference is OK if the question was about a mere rumour, but is not OK (is inadequate) if the claim that's in doubt was carried in a different newspaper: the reference in an answer should be (relatively) higher quality than the reference (if any) in the question.
  • Quality of the reference is "absolutely poor", e.g. it's a link to your own blog, or a repeat of the reference in the question
  • Author's conclusion is stronger than the reference supports (your conclusion/summary should not be more emphatic/conclusive that supported by the referenced evidence)
  • Original research (experiments you conducted at home)
  • Unjustified arithmetic (pulling numbers out of a hat)
  • Not answering the question (being off-topic)
  • Repeating an existing answer
  1. No references at all
  2. Quality of the reference is "relatively poor", i.e. is no better than the qualify of the reference which contains the notable claim cited in the question: e.g. using published newspaper article as a reference is OK if the question was about a mere rumour, but is not OK (is inadequate) if the claim that's in doubt was carried in a different newspaper: the reference in an answer should be (relatively) higher quality than the reference (if any) in the question.
  3. Quality of the reference is "absolutely poor", e.g. it's a link to your own blog, or a repeat of the reference in the question
  4. Author's conclusion is stronger than the reference supports (your conclusion/summary should not be more emphatic/conclusive that supported by the referenced evidence)
  5. Original research (experiments you conducted at home)
  6. Unjustified arithmetic (pulling numbers out of a hat)
  7. Not answering the question (being off-topic)
  8. Repeating an existing answer

I suggest the following as a preliminary list of reasons:

  • No references at all
  • Quality of the reference is "relatively poor", i.e. is no better than the qualify of the reference which contains the notable claim cited in the question: e.g. using published newspaper article as a reference is OK if the question was about a mere rumour, but is not OK (is inadequate) if the claim that's in doubt was carried in a different newspaper: the reference in an answer should be (relatively) higher quality than the reference (if any) in the question.
  • Quality of the reference is "absolutely poor", e.g. it's a link to your own blog, or a repeat of the reference in the question
  • Author's conclusion is stronger than the reference supports (your conclusion/summary should not be more emphatic/conclusive that supported by the referenced evidence)
  • Original research (experiments you conducted at home)
  • Unjustified arithmetic (pulling numbers out of a hat)
  • Not answering the question (being off-topic)
  • Repeating an existing answer

I suggest the following as a preliminary list of reasons:

  1. No references at all
  2. Quality of the reference is "relatively poor", i.e. is no better than the qualify of the reference which contains the notable claim cited in the question: e.g. using published newspaper article as a reference is OK if the question was about a mere rumour, but is not OK (is inadequate) if the claim that's in doubt was carried in a different newspaper: the reference in an answer should be (relatively) higher quality than the reference (if any) in the question.
  3. Quality of the reference is "absolutely poor", e.g. it's a link to your own blog, or a repeat of the reference in the question
  4. Author's conclusion is stronger than the reference supports (your conclusion/summary should not be more emphatic/conclusive that supported by the referenced evidence)
  5. Original research (experiments you conducted at home)
  6. Unjustified arithmetic (pulling numbers out of a hat)
  7. Not answering the question (being off-topic)
  8. Repeating an existing answer
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ChrisW
ChrisW
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I suggest the following as a preliminary list of reasons:

  • No references at all
  • Quality of the reference is "relatively poor", i.e. is no better than the qualify of the reference which contains the notable claim cited in the question: e.g. using published newspaper article as a reference is OK if the question was about a mere rumour, but is not OK (is inadequate) if the claim that's in doubt was carried in a different newspaper: the reference in an answer should be (relatively) higher quality than the reference (if any) in the question.
  • Quality of the reference is "absolutely poor", e.g. it's a link to your own blog, or a repeat of the reference in the question
  • Author's conclusion is stronger than the reference supports (your conclusion/summary should not be more emphatic/conclusive that supported by the referenced evidence)
  • Original research (experiments you conducted at home)
  • Unjustified arithmetic (pulling numbers out of a hat)
  • Not answering the question (being off-topic)
  • Repeating an existing answer