Timeline for How old can references or sources in a thesis be?
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| Apr 9, 2019 at 19:47 | comment | added | Trusly | @DavidRicherby I didn't say to avoid citing old stuff because it might be out of date. I said that when citing old material, it is especially important to make sure it's not obsolete. | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 8:41 | comment | added | David Richerby | I've re-read your answer and I stand by what I wrote. I'm not criticizing the numbers at all. I'm criticizing what appears to be a recommendation to avoid citing old stuff because it might be out of date and your literature search might have failed to spot that. If that's not what you meant, what did you mean? | |
| Apr 8, 2019 at 4:19 | comment | added | Trusly | @DavidRicherby I'm sorry but your comment is terrible. You seem to have confused a number of points. Notable among them is your mistaking numbers given as examples for actual universal rules. I'd recommend re-reading the post carefully. If you still have questions, I'd be happy to respond to them if you phrase it in a more constructive manner. | |
| Apr 6, 2019 at 17:55 | comment | added | David Richerby | I'm sorry but this is terrible. You seem to be advocating not citing older work that you use, purely to avoid the embarrasment of being out of date. That's what you literature search is supposed to avoid. If you're using the 50-year-old theory, you need to cite something for it. If that theory has been refuted, you're going to look like an idiot whether you cite the original paper or not. If you're out-of-date on the state of the art, you need to find out what it really is. And that paper that came out last Monday also hasn't had time for anyone to check that it seems to be true! | |
| Apr 6, 2019 at 0:58 | history | answered | Trusly | CC BY-SA 4.0 |