# Sources to Avoid

These are sources you shouldn't use, and why. If you add something to this list, do it in alphabetical order and be sure to source your claims.

##### Astraea's Web

Do not cite Astraea's Web except as a last resort. Astraea's Web tends to plagiarize and misattribute from other sources, making them an unreliable secondary source at best. Examples: copying the "midcontinuum" definition from Dark Personalities and re-applying it to "median," (Dark Personalities, 2001 May 19; Astraea, 2003 January 11); falsely claiming Vickis' definition of "midcontinuum" was medicalizing when it was not (Vickis, 1998 January 15; Astraea, 2008 May 11). Also claiming they "edited and updated" the Consortium's Multiple Code in January 2004, when the sole change they made was adding a single modifier, "Vanilla Sex, no kinks" to the sexuality section (2004, April 27).

Sometimes citing Astraea's Web is unavoidable. But always take everything with a grain of salt and corroborate every statement elsewhere.

#### Citations

Astraea. (2003, January 11) Glossary \[web page\]. [http://astraeasweb.net/plural/glossary.<wbr></wbr>html](http://astraeasweb.net/plural/glossary.html#median) Internet Archive. Retrieved from [https://web.archive.org/web/<wbr></wbr>20030111103116/http://astraeasweb.net/<wbr></wbr>plural/glossary.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20030111103116/http://astraeasweb.net/plural/glossary.html)

Astraea. (2004, April 27). The Multiple Code \[web page\]. Internet Archive. [http://astraeasweb.net/plural/code/welcome.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20040427201419/http://astraeasweb.net:80/plural/code/welcome.html) Retrieved 2019/03/22 from [https://web.archive.org/web/20040427201419/http://astraeasweb.net:80/plural/code/welcome.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20040427201419/http://astraeasweb.net:80/plural/code/welcome.html)

Astraea. (2008, May 11) A brief history of midcontinuum \[web page\]. Retrieved from [http://karitas.net/pavilion/library/<wbr></wbr>articles/m\_midconthistory\_temple0902.<wbr></wbr>html](http://karitas.net/pavilion/library/articles/m_midconthistory_temple0902.html)

Dark Personalities. (2001, May 19). Terminology \[web page\]. [http://www.darkpersonalities.com/<wbr></wbr>terminology.htm](https://web.archive.org/web/20021224163501/http://www.darkpersonalities.com/terminology.htm) Internet Archive. Retrieved 2019/03/14 from [https://web.archive.org/web/<wbr></wbr>20010519115202/http://darkpersonalities.<wbr></wbr>com/terminology.htm](https://web.archive.org/web/20010519115202/http://darkpersonalities.com/terminology.htm)

Vickis \[Vicki(s)\]. (1998 January 15). Welcome to the Wonderful World of the MidContinuum! \[web page\]. [http://www.asarian.org/~vickis/continuum.html](https://web.archive.org/web/19980115120006/http://www.asarian.org:80/~vickis/continuum.html) Internet Archive. Retrieved from [https://web.archive.org/web/19980115120006/http://www.asarian.org:80/~vickis/continuum.html](https://web.archive.org/web/19980115120006/http://www.asarian.org:80/~vickis/continuum.html)