Question

How do accurate citations make you a credible writer?

Answer 1

It is there to help to person look at your writings know that you are not plagiarizing or copying other peoples work, which helps to make you a credible writer since plagiarizing is against the rules of writing...

Answer 2

There has to be someone to check your writing, that way you can make sure you are doing your own task and works, using your own opinions. That is how a credible writer's writing can be accurate and not copy write.