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--- kb:given_name_disambiguation [2020/02/07 16:35] – dstillman
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 ==== Why do some citations include first names or initials, and how can I prevent this from happening? ====
-Sometimes, you will see citations like "(J. Smith 2000, J. R. Smith 2001)", even though your citation style normally only shows the author's last name ("Doe 2004"). In these cases, Zotero is trying to disambiguate different authors. This is generally a good thing, but disambiguation also occurs when a certain author is inconsistently named in your Zotero library. For example, Zotero treats the names
+Sometimes, you will see citations like "(J. Smith 2000, J. R. Smith 2001)", even though your citation style normally only shows the author's last name ("Doe 2004"). In these cases, Zotero is trying to disambiguate different authors according to the rules of your selected citation style. This is generally a good thing, but disambiguation also occurs when a certain author is inconsistently named in your Zotero library. For example, Zotero treats the names
   * Jeff Smith
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 === Duplicate Items ===
-If you have more than one copy of an item and cite both in separate places, Zotero will treat the authors as separate and disambiguate them in the text. You can fix this by merging the items in Zotero, either via the Duplicate Items view or by selecting the items in the main items list, right-clicking, and choosing "Merge Items…".
+If you have more than one copy of an item and cite both in separate places, Zotero will treat the authors as separate and disambiguate them in the text. You can fix this by merging the items in Zotero, either via the Duplicate Items view or by selecting the items in the main items list, right-clicking, and choosing "Merge Items…", and then clicking the plugin's Refresh button.
 === Disabled Automatic Citation Updates ===