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This has been implemented [Citation needed] As a more academically focused site, it might be useful to mark answers as lacking sufficient citations to back the answer up authoritatively. This g...

posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 2y ago by fedorqui‭

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#3: Post edited by user avatar fedorqui‭ · 2022-06-24T19:40:30Z (over 2 years ago)
make it more explicit that it has been implemented and distinguish visually the previous version of the post
  • **Implemented**
  • [Citation needed]
  • As a more academically focused site, it might be useful to mark answers as lacking sufficient citations to back the answer up authoritatively. This gives a way for users to express skepticisms without the baggage of downvotes, which would imply an answer is actually *wrong* in some way, rather than just needing improvement in this regard.
  • **This has been implemented**
  • ---
  • [Citation needed]
  • As a more academically focused site, it might be useful to mark answers as lacking sufficient citations to back the answer up authoritatively. This gives a way for users to express skepticisms without the baggage of downvotes, which would imply an answer is actually *wrong* in some way, rather than just needing improvement in this regard.
#2: Post edited by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2022-06-22T03:45:16Z (over 2 years ago)
  • [Citation needed]
  • As a more academically focused site, it might be useful to mark answers as lacking sufficient citations to back the answer up authoritatively. This gives a way for users to express skepticisms without the baggage of downvotes, which would imply an answer is actually *wrong* in some way, rather than just needing improvement in this regard.
  • **Implemented**
  • [Citation needed]
  • As a more academically focused site, it might be useful to mark answers as lacking sufficient citations to back the answer up authoritatively. This gives a way for users to express skepticisms without the baggage of downvotes, which would imply an answer is actually *wrong* in some way, rather than just needing improvement in this regard.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2022-05-08T06:10:41Z (over 2 years ago) 
[Citation needed]

As a more academically focused site, it might be useful to mark answers as lacking sufficient citations to back the answer up authoritatively. This gives a way for users to express skepticisms without the baggage of downvotes, which would imply an answer is actually *wrong* in some way, rather than just needing improvement in this regard.