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Failed verification

Maybe I'll keep track of cases in which I found an ostensibly sourced claim in an article not to be supported by its ostensible source (i.e., found it to fail verification), for future reference as to how common this is.

Rating key:

1 — The claim only mildly or understandably misrepresents the source.
2 — The source says something similar but not this.
3 — The source says nothing similar.
4 — The source casts doubt on the claim.
5 — The source outright disagrees with the claim.

Cases I caught (numbers are diff-links):

Cases others caught (numbers are diff-links):

Venus flytrap: 3

Sources I might use

Mathematics, general

Gowers, Timothy; Barrow-Green, June; Leader, Imre, eds. (2008). The Princeton Companion to Mathematics. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. doi:10.1515/9781400830398. ISBN 978-0-691-11880-2. JSTOR j.ctt7sd01. LCCN 2008020450. MR 2467561. OCLC 227205932. OL 19327100M. Zbl 1242.00016.
Higham, Nicholas J.; Dennis, Mark R.; Glendinning, Paul; Martin, Paul A.; Santosa, Fadil; Tanner, Jared [at Wikidata], eds. (2015). The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. doi:10.1515/9781400874477. ISBN 978-0-691-15039-0. JSTOR j.ctt1gr7dbs. LCCN 2015013024. MR 3380576. OCLC 907494918. OL 27521340M. Zbl 1327.00002.
"Main Page", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, EMS Press, 2001 [1994]

Mathematics, undergraduate

From the American Institute of Mathematics's endorsements of free textbooks:

Trench, William F. (2013) [2003]. Introduction to Real Analysis (2.04th ed.). Pearson Education (originally; self-republished by the author). ISBN 0-13-045786-8. LCCN 2002032369. OCLC 953799815. Zbl 1204.00023.
Thomson, Brian S.; Bruckner, Judith B.; Bruckner, Andrew M. (2008) [2001]. Elementary Real Analysis (PDF) (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall (originally; 2nd ed. self-republished by the authors). ISBN 978-1-4348-4367-8. OCLC 1105855173. OL 31844948M. Zbl 0872.26001.
Hefferon, Jim (2020). Linear Algebra (4th ed.). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Orthogonal Publishing. ISBN 978-1-944325-11-4. OCLC 1178900366. OL 30872051M.
Connell, Edwin H. (2004) [1999]. Elements of Abstract and Linear Algebra. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida: Self-published.
Grinstead, Charles M.; Snell, J. Laurie (n.d.) [1997 (1st ed. c. 1988)]. Introduction to Probability (PDF) (2nd revised (updated online) ed.). Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-9414-9. OCLC 848243508. OL 38731161M. Zbl 0914.60004.

Other:

Stewart, James (2015). Calculus: Early Transcendentals (8th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-305-48246-3. LCCN 2014951195 – via Google Play Books.
Taalman, Laura; Kohn, Peter (2014). Calculus. New York City: W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 978-1-4292-4186-1. LCCN 2012947365. OCLC 856545590. OL 27544563M.

Sweet potatoes

Edmunds, Brooke A.; Boyette, Michael D.; Clark, Christopher A.; Ferrin, Donald M.; Smith, Tara P.; Holmes, Gerald J. (n.d.). Postharvest Handling of Sweetpotatoes (PDF). North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service / North Carolina State University / North Carolina A&T State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-08.
Thompson, J. F.; Scheuerman, R. W. (February 1993). "Curing and Storing California Sweetpotatoes" (PDF). University of California, Davis, Postharvest Technology Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-28 – via University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Kemble, Joseph; Sikora, Ed (September 2020). "Harvesting and Curing Sweet Potatoes" (PDF). Alabama Cooperative Extension System / Alabama A&M University / Auburn University. ANR-1111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-12.
Cantwell, Marita; Suslow, Trevor (24 July 2013). "Sweet Potato: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality". University of California, Davis, Postharvest Technology Center. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Adapted from: Cantwell, Marita; Suslow, Trevor (August 2001). "Sweet Potato: Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality". Perishables Handling (107). University of California, Davis, Postharvest Technology Center.

Trees

Orwa, Caleb; Mutua, A.; Kindt, Roeland; Jamnadass, Ramni; Simons, Anthony (2009). "Species name". Agroforestree Database: a tree reference and selection guide (4th ed.). Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre. Retrieved 0000-00-00. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Agriculture, misc.

"Infonet Biovision Home". Infonet Biovision. Nairobi, Kenya: Biovision. Retrieved 0000-00-00. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Agriculture, post-harvest

Stoner, Nicole; Browning, Sarah; Albrecht, Julie A. (June 2016) [1995]. "Storing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables" (PDF). Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Extension. NebGuide G1264. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-28.

Sources of sources

Open-access books, in general
- National Academies Press [1]
  - See also the see-also sections of the catalog entries behind the DOIs of this publisher's books listed above.
Open-access books on mathematics
- American Institute of Mathematics's endorsements of free textbooks
Books on crop plants, in general
- North Carolina State University cooperative extension [2]
Sweet potato books

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Footnotes

^ Wallersteiner, Rebecca (3 December 2021). "Peter Pharoah: public health professor whose research eradicated iodine deficiency related cretinism in Papua New Guinea". The BMJ. 375: n2998. doi:10.1136/bmj.n2998. ISSN 1756-1833. Peter Pharoah, emeritus professor of public health at the University of Liverpool, whose work eradicated iodine deficiency related cretinism in Papua New Guinea and furthered the understanding of the causes of perinatal death and cerebral palsy, has died after a long illness.

[0-1] Wallersteiner, Rebecca (3 December 2021). "Peter Pharoah: public health professor whose research eradicated iodine deficiency related cretinism in Papua New Guinea". The BMJ. 375: n2998. doi:10.1136/bmj.n2998. ISSN 1756-1833. Peter Pharoah, emeritus professor of public health at the University of Liverpool, whose work eradicated iodine deficiency related cretinism in Papua New Guinea and furthered the understanding of the causes of perinatal death and cerebral palsy, has died after a long illness.