User talk:LeadSongDog/Archives/2013/January

Welcome to List of longest novels
Thanks for wading into the citation cesspool we have. Some of it is certainly improvement. However, I have to ask one question off the top of my head: why did you change the title caps on the Marguerite Young obituary citation to small letters? Is that a style thing? The title caps were there in the NYT obit, so of course they should be here in WP, right? Choor monster (talk) 19:18, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's a style thing. NYT caps usage is far more extensive than our MOS:ALLCAPS calls for (it helps sell papers). We normally capitalize the first word, proper nouns, and initialisms. LeadSongDog come howl!  19:29, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Bibliography and Index of Geology
Good job on your recent creation of the article entitled Bibliography and Index of Geology. I wasn't sure how to tackle this one. Also, I added a "See also" link to "GeoRef". Steve Quinn (talk) 23:56, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you, though it's a pretty rough beginning. Something tells me there's a more secondary source available somewhere, but I haven't found it yet. LeadSongDog come howl!  05:01, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Cousens at WP:RSN

 * Reliable Sources Noticeboard Discussion, please watch and/or comment. Ocaasit &#124; c 20:43, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the welcome back... Its been almost 2 years, and I am not sure if I will stay since I left quite burnt out, but I felt today that I had to improve the MS article. I hope you see me around.--Garrondo (talk) 14:42, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * We're told that the way to avoid burnout is regular trimming of one's watchlist. I can't say that I find myself very willing to do that, though.LeadSongDog come howl!  15:47, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That is exactly what I have been doing in my watchlist today... Nevertheless: Yesterday I saw that you edited all the references I added. I added the refs with the cite tool in the editing bar, and I did not notice that style is different to the one used in the article. Is there an automatic way to format citations correctly to the standard of the MS or other articles (When I left we used Diberris tool, but I do not know if is still used nowadays or where to find it). Thanks for the help anyway.
 * It's not about the tool, but the resulting displayed text. If the cites are all templated, user:citation bot is supposed to harmonize them, but it's not perfect.  The mix of the first/last with author parameters gets kind of ugly. There's still no general "do it this way" rule, but there seems to be a trend away from "Smith J, Jones T" to "Smith, J; Jones, T" or "Smith, John; Jones, Tom". The main thing is to stick with the predominant form established in an article unless there is consensus for a change. The "Reftool" seems to be fairly popular, as is "Proveit". Also, if you use the usual editor, check out "Cite" on the menu bar at the top of the edit box.  LeadSongDog  come howl!  14:54, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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