Axel Ahlqvist's Shortform

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Axel Ahlqvist's Shortform

3rd Nov 2025

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[-]Axel Ahlqvist10mo1-2

Why use citation when hyperlinks exists?

To me, hyperlinks seem superior in every way.

Disturbs the reading less
More convenient to access source
- For citations, I click
- Get sent to the bibliography
- I use the link
- Then I have to go back and find where I was in the paper.

I would guess the main reason is that links are not stable?

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[-]Eli Tyre10mo53

Yeah, the main reason is link rot.

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[-]Viliam10mo30

If one sentence from another article is relevant, it seems better to copy the sentence (and add a link to the context) than expect the reader to find the relevant sentence for themselves.

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