Citation crimes and misdemeanors
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=34384 [languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu]
2017-09-12 01:11
Here an invalid conclusion or false claim of fact is attributed to a source that doesn’t in fact support it, or may even not exist, and the resulting citation is then replicated by others who don’t bother to check the original.
Regarding: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/06/how-rumors-spread-sloppy-citation-practices
Plus a follow up: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=34424
Read first, then write.