Wow That looks like it was written by the bot I hope it is a bot that does Time Cube Yes I agree that not all citations are equal but just as well we need to avoid a No true scholar Defining a good cite issue All I have access to is Google Scholar and I would be interested in what the commercial services have to say about that book s citations My opinion remains once something is solidly in the academic discourse not being solidly derided it is no longer FRINGE It might be minor contested or even total crap I would say it is analogous to notability per WP PROF There is no need to explore the quality of cites there and determining cite quality can get sticky Although if a large percentage on the cites are like the one you quote damn I thought I was having a stroke as all meaning dripped from my mind while I read that