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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by rtkwe on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:44AM (#18292337)
The original tweet is somewhat confused though too because the linked wiki is an archive/summary of a thread on /sci/ which is one of the 4chan message boards. It's copied there because of the ephemeral nature of posts on the actual boards so you can't provide a permanent link, thus linking to the next best source seems the best choice.
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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by lemoncucumber on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @02:51PM (#18295256)
That makes more sense, thanks for the clarification. The tweet saying that it was originally posted on a "wiki" and then linking to a wiki made me think that that wiki was the actual source.
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