| ▲ | bookofjoe 2 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Over the past decade I've noticed on HN the following order of frequency in choice of words, most common to least: 1. Citation 2. Source 3. Reference Long ago in a career based on original research, I/we ONLY used "reference." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | tygon 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
While it is definitely over a decade at this point (over two in fact), some of this likely comes from the term [citation needed], that originated on Wikipedia, as a cynical backhanded response to unsourced claims. It has become a catch-all. Language and how it evolves is a pretty interesting subject. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | vaylian 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I could have written more words, but they would have not conferred more meaning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||