Who, what, where, when, why?
Who? Is the author respected as an authority in the area?
Google the author, see what they have attributed to them...
What? The relevance to the task at hand, if it's an excellent contribution to your subject area then the paper is more relevant than a very well respected source that isn't really related.
Where? The context of the source, same idea but for a different languages, approach etc... Match the context to your own.
When? Computing moves quickly, really a couple of years is to old.
Why? The authors motivation, career progression, academic peer review, opinion based, selling something?
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