I understand the idea of giving people credit for their work, absolutely reasonable
But let’s say APA and Harvard have a different style for references is there any real advantage of one over the other and why are both so specific with formatting
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If you’re writing an academic paper, I should be able to read your citations and easily find exactly where you got the information. It’s as much about fact-checking as it is about credit. Does the paper you cite actually say what you say it says?
Page numbers can vary across editions, so the citation has to show which version of the book or paper you used. Again, so I can easily find the information.
Sometimes, translation is important. So if you’re citing, say, Ceasar’s Commentaries, there are multiple translations, each one slightly different.
So, the citation format is important so the reader can easily evaluate the source.
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