Opened 8 years ago

Closed 8 years ago

#1195 closed defect (fixed)

MHRA style should use short format for subsequent citations

Reported by: tjowens Owned by: rmzelle
Priority: major Milestone:
Component: styles Version: 1.0
Keywords: Cc:

Description

See the MHRA style guide
​http://www.mhra.org.uk/Publications/Books/StyleGuide/download.shtml

The rules for subsequent references are on page 63.

"In all references to a book or article after the first, the shortest intelligible
form should be used. This will normally be the author’s name followed by
the volume (if applicable) and page reference"

Their examples look like this.

McArthur, p. 62.

Chadwick and Chadwick, iii, 72.

Elsky, pp. 42–46 (p. 43).

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by dstillman

  • Owner changed from simon to rmzelle
  • Status changed from new to assigned
  • Summary changed from MHRA style should use short format for subsiquent citations to MHRA style should use short format for subsequent citations

Depends on #1147.

comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by rmzelle

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from assigned to closed

The style guide leaves quite some room for variations on using short forms for subsequent citations. The most common form has been implemented.

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