# Comments on tone of \[citation needed\]

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comments-on-tone-of-citation-needed/5435
**Category:** Community
**Tags:** tone
**Created:** [August 17, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comments-on-tone-of-citation-needed/5435 "2017-08-17T15:04:28Z")
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### Author: ![favba](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/favba/32/2735_2.png) [@favba](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/favba)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comments-on-tone-of-citation-needed/5435/11 "2017-08-17T18:45:01Z")

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I’m pretty sure the “[citation need]” was just a funny (as in a joke) way of saying “what you said is debatable. I see it in another way…” rather than literally asking for a citation.  
Precise communication without the clues given by body language is hard!  
Anyway, I don’t mean to continue the derailed argument.

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