Recent questions tagged footnotes

Recent questions tagged footnotes

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+11 votes

11 answers

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Good and bad citations

asked Oct 28, 2020 in Policy and Style by Andrew Lancaster G2G6 Pilot (106k points)

+3 votes

2 answers

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It is a citation principle that clarity always beats consistency. True? False?

asked Jul 23, 2019 in Policy and Style by D Amy G2G2 (3.0k points)

+3 votes

3 answers

287 views

The terms source & citation: Synonymous & interchangeable?

asked Jul 21, 2019 in Policy and Style by D Amy G2G2 (3.0k points)

+1 vote

4 answers

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Why not allow WT profile editors to use any citation method they choose?

asked Jun 5, 2019 in Policy and Style by D Amy G2G2 (3.0k points)

+2 votes

1 answer

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Help with a Babbit profile's footnotes after a merge.

asked May 20, 2019 in WikiTree Help by Nace Few G2G2 (2.3k points)

+3 votes

3 answers

414 views

Has anybody ever seen...

asked Mar 21, 2019 in Policy and Style by Anonymous Horace G2G6 Pilot (567k points)

+16 votes

7 answers

501 views

<Span> links for == Research Notes == citations

asked Jul 5, 2018 in Policy and Style by SJ Baty G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)

+5 votes

4 answers

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Rules for comment notes/citations for === Research Notes ===

asked Apr 17, 2018 in Policy and Style by SJ Baty G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)

+6 votes

1 answer

93 views

Finding apparent footnote annotation in bios, with no corresponding note

asked Aug 4, 2017 in Policy and Style by Stephanie Ward G2G6 Mach 8 (83.1k points)

+11 votes

1 answer

229 views

Guess what I learned for sourcing footnotes!

asked May 10, 2017 in The Tree House by Tia Rutledge G2G1 (1.1k points)

+3 votes

1 answer

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Editing a footnoted article

asked Jan 19, 2017 in The Tree House by Bob Jewett G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)

+4 votes

2 answers

234 views

How can I recover footnotes of inline sources?

asked Jan 1, 2017 in Genealogy Help by Beulah Cramer G2G6 Pilot (260k points)

+7 votes

3 answers

139 views

How do you treat errors found in censuses?

asked Nov 23, 2016 in Policy and Style by Jim Parish G2G6 Pilot (158k points)

+15 votes

2 answers

210 views

Sources vs. Footnotes: Which way to go?

asked Jun 13, 2016 in Policy and Style by Rod DuBois G2G6 Pilot (180k points)

+10 votes

2 answers

595 views

Why can't WikiTree use an agreed upon style such as Chicago or MLA instead of creating its own usually illogical styles?

asked Feb 25, 2016 in Policy and Style by M B G2G4 (4.0k points)

+9 votes

1 answer

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Footnotes are in my biography but they have disappeared (all except the first one) from my sources

asked Jul 10, 2015 in Policy and Style by Margaret Forster G2G1 (1.3k points)

+4 votes

1 answer

147 views

Where do the footnote numbers go?

asked May 16, 2015 in WikiTree Help by Anonymous Whitis G2G6 Mach 1 (19.9k points)

+13 votes

4 answers

178 views

Is there any way to link a single source to several individuals?

asked Mar 9, 2015 in WikiTree Tech by Kathy Pelletier G2G1 (1.0k points)

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