tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post5472492907278081812..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Is Mills Style Necessary?The Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-76808942008541178282011-05-22T19:12:01.342-06:002011-05-22T19:12:01.342-06:00You don't answer the question in the end. Is ...You don't answer the question in the end. Is Mills necessary--that is, strictly necessary. The answer is no. <br /><br />I wanted more citations in blog postings (good luck with that btw) and I preferred the old-fashioned Harvard style of inbedded footnotes with shorter cites. It worked well with the narrative and didn't require people clicking on things and leaving the text.<br /><br />A good citation gets the average person to the source.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205797878738290997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-35717576667024996482011-05-19T14:32:22.462-06:002011-05-19T14:32:22.462-06:00Bruce,
As I've tried to distill citation prin...Bruce,<br /><br />As I've tried to distill citation principles over the last several years, I've come to understand the reasons behind most things, but I still don't have a clue regarding how italics came to serve the function they do in citations.<br /><br />-- the InsiderThe Ancestry Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-89682414979992781442011-05-18T14:12:53.575-06:002011-05-18T14:12:53.575-06:00Tongue slightly in my cheek here...
A more useful...Tongue slightly in my cheek here...<br /><br />A more useful question might be whether the Chicago style was the right place to start. In citation 3, for instance, how exactly is the ordinary guy in the street supposed to read it and understand why "Citation Style Guide" is in quotes and <i>Duke Divinity School Library</i> not in quotes but in italics?<br /><br />And some of you wonder why non-librarians and archivists aren't adept in citations??? We're not attempting to teach CMS-Jedi how to cite their genealogical sources but ordinary people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-84278969225518686752011-05-18T09:23:19.321-06:002011-05-18T09:23:19.321-06:00Opened my email, gasped, and thought "Sacrile...Opened my email, gasped, and thought "Sacrilege! Of course it's necessary!" If I were still teaching high school social studies, I'd ask permission to use your blogs to cover citation principles. The kids are adept at using citation machines for the bibliographic information, but they aren't learning the analysis of sources.Corlishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974394093202198736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-48914386782552443392011-05-18T09:17:32.919-06:002011-05-18T09:17:32.919-06:00Maybe this is the blonde hair talking, but I feel ...Maybe this is the blonde hair talking, but I feel like, for me at least, there's no such thing as "overkill" in terms of citation guidance. I need the Mills book, and any other help I can get.<br /><br />If other people can do without, great. But I can't.Kerry Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590443839479686201noreply@blogger.com