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Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by michaelq » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:39 PM UTC

rkuykendall-com wrote: post #35

I clicked a book on the Amazon Books homepage and couldn't get it to work with the URL, ISBN, or ISBN-14. The Fault in Our Stars Paperback by John Green: http://www.amazon.com/The-Fault-Stars-John-Green/dp/01424241...

http://www.speedcite.com/?q=9780142424179&f=chi works. I had to remove the dash from the ISBN-14. This is a known issue (as of an hour ago). For the ISBN-10, there's a check digit X (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_digit#Design) that I haven't encountered before. Thank you for pointing out these issues!

Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by bradknowles » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:40 PM UTC

Going to the URL for this page (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7674449) and plugging that into speedcite, I get back truncated information on the subject line:

The MLA format cite comes out as:

"Show HN: One." Ycombinator.com. N.p. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. " rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/>

The APA format cite comes out as:

Show HN: One. Ycombinator.com. Retrieved Apr 30, 2014, from https://news.ycombinator.com.

The Chicago formate cite comes out as:

"Show HN: One." Ycombinator.com. https://news.ycombinator.com/.

Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by bradknowles » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:41 PM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #42

Going to the URL for this page ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7674449 ) and plugging that into speedcite, I get back truncated information on the subject line: The MLA format cite comes out as: "Show HN: One." Ycombinator.com. N.p. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. " rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/> The APA format cite comes out as: Show HN: One. Ycombinator.com. Retrieved Apr 30, 2014, from https://news.ycombi…

None of them get the subject correct, which is:

Show HN: One-click citations for your essays (speedcite.com)

Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:43 PM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #40

michaelq wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MLA, APA and Chicago style guides don't recommend including the full domain unless it would be too difficult to otherwise find. Hence the truncation.

Okay, fair enough. But what about the full subject?

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Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by michaelq » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:44 PM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #43

bradknowles wrote: post #42

Going to the URL for this page ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7674449 ) and plugging that into speedcite, I get back truncated information on the subject line: The MLA format cite comes out as: "Show HN: One." Ycombinator.com. N.p. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. " rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/> The APA format cite comes out as: Show HN: One. Ycombinator.com. Retrieved Apr 30, 2014, from https://news.ycombi…

None of them get the subject correct, which is: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays (speedcite.com)

I see what you mean. Thanks for catching this! I agree, this needs to be fixed ASAP.

Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by michaelq » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:45 PM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #40

michaelq wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MLA, APA and Chicago style guides don't recommend including the full domain unless it would be too difficult to otherwise find. Hence the truncation.

Okay, fair enough. But what about the full subject?

You're right - sometimes it will truncate the full subject. I'm looking into fixing this.

Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by michaelq » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:46 PM UTC

zmguy wrote: post #39

I think it's interesting the URL citation does not actually include the URL. It seems like the title of the article and the domain. Why is the exact URL of the resource is not important?

I could certainly include it, but doing so is not usually required for MLA, APA or Chicago citations, and it would in many cases, make the citation really long.

Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by michaelq » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:47 PM UTC

jwb119 wrote: post #30

Awesome job. Would be really cool to see something like this for legal citations as well.

If you could link me to an example of a typical legal citation you would use, I can look into it.

Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by michaelq » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 7:50 PM UTC

jwcrux wrote: post #33

cabbeer wrote: post #26

I used easybib.com for my school work.

Same here- I wonder what functionality this has over easybib.

EasyBib has a ton of features and aims to be as comprehensive as possible, and grants you more low-level control over the end citation. SpeedCite optimizes for speed and simplicity.

Re: Show HN: One-click citations for your essays

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Post by michaelq » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 8:45 PM UTC

rkuykendall-com wrote: post #35

I clicked a book on the Amazon Books homepage and couldn't get it to work with the URL, ISBN, or ISBN-14. The Fault in Our Stars Paperback by John Green: http://www.amazon.com/The-Fault-Stars-John-Green/dp/01424241...

OK, I've fixed both of these ISBN issues and pushed them to production. So both 014242417X and 978-0142424179, and similar ISBNs, should be no problem.