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The 10 Worst citation Rules
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# Any difference for terms (e.g. ibid) for male and female authors, or multiple authors
# Difference between pagination by issue and by year
# Terms like "eds." depend on the language the item has
# DOIs or URLs are followed by a point
# Noncommon abbreviations of names, e.g. Th. for Thomas
#Alphanumerical abbreviations as citations, following hard-to-grasp rules (SmMa92) (e.g. AMS)
#Different treatment of print journal articles depending on whether they're cited from the print copy or it's digital version on JSTOR or the publisher's webpage (looking at you, MLA)
#Abbreviated Journal titles which follow a non-ISO list of abbreviations which is copyrighted (yes, that would be ACS)
# Legal styles (should I say more?;)
# Using idem or similar terms for repetition within the same reference
Maybe:
# Styles with endnotes (not footnotes) [I actually disagree with this; for works of popular history of science that still want to follow academic standards, endnotes are a good solution] --> I had to do once an endnote style, which was capturing author-date in the endnotes and the rest in the bibliography, which means a lot of referencing around...