Wikimedia Research list writeup: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;meta.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Research:Newsletter&#x2F;2016&#x2F;February#Test_of_300k_citations:_how_verifiable_is_.22verifiable.22_in_practice.3F" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;meta.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Research:Newsletter&#x2F;2016&#x2F;Feb...</a><p>Discussion on Wikipedia signpost: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost&#x2F;2016-03-02&#x2F;Recent_research#Test_of_300k_citations:_how_verifiable_is_.22verifiable.22_in_practice.3F" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signp...</a><p>tl;dr it&#x27;s not an intrinsically terrible idea, but you&#x27;ll be unsurprised to know there is not in fact one weird trick.