Is there a JS library which adds robust support for citations to webpages? If MathJax/KaTeX is the Javascript version of LaTeX math mode, then what's the Javascript version of Bib(La)TeX?
About Citation Files on GitHub
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Re: About Citation Files on GitHub
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Obligatory related xkcd: https://xkcd.com/927/
I think everyone's seen this by now and it's no longer necessary and certainly no longer funny or appreciated to keep plugging it in. Maybe find a less popular XKCD to "obligatorily spam" everywhere.
There's a voting mechanism to decide if comments aren't relevant/contributing.
Re: About Citation Files on GitHub
#23Count me mystified as to why there needs to be another format for citations. There are orgs doing super heavy lifting like crossref and orcid to make discovery as data better while google etc make things worse by encouraging discovery as content without offering standard outputs. At least in this case, Github will output standards in the UI, but it would be much better to encourage storage in those formats too, inste…
Re: About Citation Files on GitHub
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think everyone's seen this by now and it's no longer necessary and certainly no longer funny or appreciated to keep plugging it in. Maybe find a less popular XKCD to "obligatorily spam" everywhere.
Not everyone [1]. There's a voting mechanism to decide if comments aren't relevant/contributing. [1] https://xkcd.com/1053/
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
These comments insisting on citing 927 are looking more and more bot like.
Quoting XKCD is mostly tired, but this seems to be an exceptionally fitting instance.
Re: About Citation Files on GitHub
#28Count me mystified as to why there needs to be another format for citations. There are orgs doing super heavy lifting like crossref and orcid to make discovery as data better while google etc make things worse by encouraging discovery as content without offering standard outputs. At least in this case, Github will output standards in the UI, but it would be much better to encourage storage in those formats too, inste…
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
These comments insisting on citing 927 are looking more and more bot like.
Quoting XKCD is mostly tired, but this seems to be an exceptionally fitting instance.
A lot of what people present on Hacker News are suggestions on how to do things better than we have collectively done up until now. And some people—apparently enough to populate every such thread—feel that they are adding to the discussion by trying to shoot the whole thing down by posting the “mandatory/obligatory” 927 link (note those words—they even tacitly admit that their point is wholly worn down and tired).