Recent questions tagged footnotes

Recent questions tagged footnotes

For the main WikiTree index, see FOOTNOTES genealogy.

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Readability and Presentation of the Biography

asked May 4 in Policy and Style by Richard Webb G2G Crew (880 points)

+12 votes

11 answers

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Good and bad citations

asked Oct 28, 2020 in Policy and Style by Andrew Lancaster G2G6 Pilot (111k points)

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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 G2G3 (3.0k points)

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3 answers

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The terms source & citation: Synonymous & interchangeable?

asked Jul 21, 2019 in Policy and Style by D Amy G2G3 (3.0k points)

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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 G2G3 (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

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Has anybody ever seen...

asked Mar 21, 2019 in Policy and Style by Anonymous Horace G2G6 Pilot (570k points)

+16 votes

7 answers

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<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)

+7 votes

1 answer

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Finding apparent footnote annotation in bios, with no corresponding note

asked Aug 4, 2017 in Policy and Style by Stephanie Ward G2G6 Mach 9 (96.2k points)

+11 votes

1 answer

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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

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How can I recover footnotes of inline sources?

asked Jan 1, 2017 in Genealogy Help by Beulah Cramer G2G6 Pilot (326k points)

+7 votes

3 answers

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How do you treat errors found in censuses?

asked Nov 23, 2016 in Policy and Style by Jim Parish G2G6 Pilot (159k points)

+15 votes

2 answers

250 views

Sources vs. Footnotes: Which way to go?

asked Jun 13, 2016 in Policy and Style by Rod DuBois G2G6 Pilot (181k points)

+10 votes

2 answers

633 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 Anonymous Boynton 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

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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

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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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