Talk:Richard Grayson (composer)

picture
there is a photo of Richard Grayson on his homepage, but i don't know how to put it on wikipedia

http://faculty.oxy.edu/rgrayson/RGsmall.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.66.131.167 (talk) 04:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Why Harvard citations
I am curious why this article uses Harvard-style citations. Having authors and dates appear parenthetically in the prose interrupts the reading flow. I see this citation style used in marketing and social-science journals. As someone more accustomed to hard science journals (which use unobtrusive superscripts, like we use in most Wikipedia articles), I find parenthetical references to be an annoying affectation that serve no useful purpose &mdash; and they also seem inappropriate when citing newspaper articles rather than books. I tried changing them just now, but was reverted. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:21, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The article was created that way, by me, as it happens, and I find Harvard citations prefereable for exactly the same reasons you prefer footnotes: Footnotes interrupt the reading flow, unlike Harvard references. Footnotes are an annoying affectation that serve no useful purpose, and I cannot for the life of me understand why you think it makes any difference at all whether books, newspaper articles, websites, films, or any other type of source is being cited.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 18:31, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. We have no guideline one way or another. Personal taste I suppose. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:56, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Exactly so. Very good of you to understand.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 04:28, 12 April 2016 (UTC)