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   "text": "Existing proofs that validators have a truth-telling equilibrium for quality ranking do not establish that job-performing agents have incentive-compatible strategies for honest citation, because these are distinct strategic actors facing distinct choices within distinct mechanism structures; conflating them is a genuine error.",
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   "text": "The existing citation-weighted framework provides no mechanism for verifying citation accuracy, no separate incentive for honest attribution, and no penalty for strategic under-citation, so the gap is a structural absence in the mechanism design rather than an oversight in presentation.",
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