User:CitationAuditor

I try to fight citogenesis, one article at a time.

• Bad: Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia I. Apkhazava, V. 11, p. 538, 1987
• Why: The bad citation doesn't even make it clear the source is in the Georgian language, let alone which encyclopedia article is being cited.
• Good: Apkhazava, I. (1987). "ჯანდარის ტბა" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. p. 538.

• Bad: ნარსია გ., ქსე, ტ. 11, გვ. 335, თბ., 1987
• Why: English Wikipedia readers cannot easily figure out what is being cited, even if they use Google Translate. 99.9% of English speakers don't know that ქსე is an abbreviation for the Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia
• Good: Narsia, G. (1987). "წიწამურის ბრძოლა 1615" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. Tblisi. p. 335.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

• Bad: Humanistic Judaism. Vol. 19. Humanistic Judaism, Incorporated. 1991.
• Why: The bad auto-generated citation forces the reader to figure out the issue, article title, author, and page numbers being referred to.
• Good: Katz, Zev (1991). "Soviet Aliya to Israel: Dimensions, Composition, Jewish Identity". Humanistic Judaism. 19 (4). Humanistic Judaism, Incorporated: 22–23.

• Bad: "World War II In The Memory Politics Of Modern Georgia". www.europeanproceedings.com. doi:10.15405/epsbs.2022.12.63.
• Why: The citation doesn't credit the name of the author of the journal article, the journal itself (which is not the same as the republishing platform). It also doesn't include the year of publication of the article, which is crucial.
• Good: Goryushina, Evgeniya (23 December 2022). "World War II In The Memory Politics Of Modern Georgia". Knowledge, Man, and Civilization. 129. The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences: 503–509. doi:10.15405/epsbs.2022.12.63.

• Bad: Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Issue 15. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 1996. p. 94.
• Why: It cites the entire magazine issue, not the article itself, and doesn't credit the author of the article properly.
• Good: Meacham, William (1996-01-25). "Defining the hundred Yue". Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (15): 94. doi:10.7152/bippa.v15i0.11537. ISSN 1835-1794.

• Bad: Black Belt Magazine September 2003, p. 20.
• Why: Treats the name of the magazine as the article title.
• Good: "Top martial artists join cable TV advisory board". Black Belt Magazine: 20. September 2003.

• Bad: Magazine, Smithsonian. "Upending the Narrative of the Great Man of History". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
• Why: Smithsonian Magazine is a periodical not the human author.
• Good: Griswold, Eliza (December 2013). "Upending the Narrative of the Great Man of History". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-03.

• Bad: Ogoniok, 10 June 1966
• Why: There was no 10 June 1966 issue of Ogonyok magazine, this was a typo for a 1956 issue. It also doesn't have issue number, and cites the entire magazine not the article in question.
• Good: Demirchyan, Derenik (10 June 1956). "Театр имени Сундукяна". Ogoniok (24): 22.