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But all the other Veth & O'Connor short cites are correct, so you've obviously "got" the basic idea of how it works. Well done! Now for the more, er, "interesting" stuff. You have the choice of the easy way, or the hard way. The easy way is to let me run my script to fix all the problems. I do this as a matter of routine on
Nishidani's Aboriginal articles, so it's no great trouble for me. You might prefer this choice if, for example, you're running up against a deadline. Alternatively, as this is supposed to be an educational exercise, and the best way of learning is by doing – and making mistakes along the way – you might like to have a go at doing it the hard way. The basic problem you have is that the standard tools provided by Knowledge (XXG) are not designed for this citation style (BTW, I actually quite like this state of affairs, as it keeps 90% of the usual crappy edits off the page). Assuming you'd like to do it the hard way, here are some points to note:
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Evening Bella! (well it's early morning here, but I'm thinking of your time zone) Don't worry, you're doing OK for a beginner. First, an easy one to fix: in cite #28 you made a typo – "p-36" should read "p=36" (incidentally, this is one of the many common errors that my script fixes automatically).
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Jolly good, you seem to have mostly nailed it now. A small point: only the first 4 authors (or editors if there are no authors) are taken account of in the harv/sfn family of templates; any more than that are ignored. This is all documented in
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tags link to the "Citations" section, so it's not that you're doing anything wrong, it's just that the article is set up a little bit differently than you might be used to seeing. If you want more help, change the
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It suits cases where you want to cite lots of different pages/chapters in the same source, typically a book or journal article. Which is good, as books and journal articles are generally the highest-quality
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by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
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