> In an ideal world, one would be keeping notes on references used while doing the research that lead to writing the paper. Choosing not to do that is one poor decision.
"Any author citing another paper should be required to provide proof that they a) possess a copy of that paper, b) have read that paper, c) have read the paper carefully."
On a related note: I tried to find the historical origins (i.e., beyond the pop songs, etc.) of the saying "this is why we can't have nice things", but couldn't quite make it -- even though the Internet is usually quite good at things like this.
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