From DoomWiki.org Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history. Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == References == Is there a standard way to write author names in references? It seems "Lastname, Firstname" is more common, but I've seen "Firstname Lastname" too. See [[Timeline#References]] where I reformatted a few before asking, and [[Idgames_archive#References]] which made me ask as yet. And what if there are two authors? Perhaps this can be described in a help page or the FAQ. --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 12:44, 30 January 2016 (CST) : We've been slowly standardizing on "Last, First". As with pretty much everything, it's a perpetual work in progress and occasionally gets reverted by accident ;) For multiple authors, the MLA guidelines apply, which are to list them in the order they are listed on the work with "Last, First, First Last, ... and First Last". Some examples: :: Hugh, Dafydd ab and Brad Linaweaver :: Rhinewald, Shane and Kim Della Porta :: Mendoza, Jonathan, Christen David Klie, and Robert Kiana Carter :I don't believe this has been enshrined in the FAQ or guidelines yet beyond the vague wording that citations should follow an established format such as MLA or APA when practical. : --[[User:Quasar|Quasar]] ([[User talk:Quasar|talk]]) 12:57, 30 January 2016 (CST) : PS I took the opportunity to finally make all the refs on the timeline consistent. Been on my TODO list for ages :D --[[User:Quasar|Quasar]] ([[User talk:Quasar|talk]]) 13:38, 30 January 2016 (CST) :: Thanks for the explanation, and for fixing Timeline before I had a chance to revert my changes. ;) --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 13:43, 30 January 2016 (CST) Summary: All contributions to DoomWiki.org are considered to be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International (see Doom Wiki:Copyrights for details). By contributing, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. Your changes will be visible immediately. Please enter a summary of your changes above. Do not submit copyrighted images or text without permission! This includes text taken from in-game codices or logbooks, or from official instruction manuals, strategy guides, and other such books. This project is not affiliated with id Software, Raven Software, ZeniMax Media, Bethesda SoftWorks, or any other commercial software developer or publisher. Use of trademarked logos and other protected intellectual property is solely for the purpose of analysis and critical commentary on the identified products and associated fan community activity, and does not imply any endorsement by any of these organizations or their employees, past or present. Upload images to the wiki. Don't forget to categorize pages! For testing, please use a sandbox. View this template Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window)