Demanding Sources

Commenters in this cluster repeatedly demand verifiable sources, citations, or evidence to support claims made in articles or other comments, criticizing unsubstantiated statements.

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Keywords

OP LLM ABC BS IDK FWIW WaPo sources source claims cite replying citations claim reputable providing link

Sample Comments

jasonpeacock Mar 5, 2014 View on HN

Sources? Otherwise you're no better than the article...

M0T0K0 Feb 5, 2020 View on HN

Sources? Stop posting garbage without sources.

fsflover Apr 11, 2025 View on HN

You can't just say this without providing a source.

emoII Jul 10, 2021 View on HN

Please link to a valid source if you're going to make such statements

somsak2 Jul 10, 2023 View on HN

you ask for a solid source but provide among the shakiest of sources yourself

tziki Oct 27, 2019 View on HN

You're still not providing any sources.

polycaster Nov 3, 2021 View on HN

Mind to share your sources when making claims like this?

nnnnni Jul 29, 2014 View on HN

We're going to need verifiable sources for claims like that.

deadmutex Apr 3, 2020 View on HN

It would help if you could back up your claims with actual sources.

hundchenkatze Jan 11, 2021 View on HN

You're offering the information, the least you could do is provide your source.