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I swear I've gotten stuck in reference loops online before. A cites B who cites C who cites A again. Not sure how it could happen.
by anitil 8y ago
I swear I've gotten stuck in reference loops online before. A cites B who cites C who cites A again. Not sure how it could happen.
- CM30 8y agoYeah, that's definitely a thing. It's especially common with wikis like Wikipedia, where the wiki article ends up being quoted in the press, which then end up as references for the wiki article etc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting Edit: Wikipedia also calls it 'citogenesis': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_...
- anitil 8y agoOoooh nice find! Thanks!