[Ads-l] General Suggestion

[Emily Gordon]

Is there a general guide for newcomers about what and how to
post/cite/illustrate? I often see new (to me) words, especially in social
media spelunking, but I don't know if they qualify for the forum.

Thank you!

Emily

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 6:23 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Fred and Dave’s suggestion is worthwhile. For more than a decade I
> have usually included the name of the database within a citation.
>
> The first articles on the Quote Investigator website appeared in 2010.
> The biographical notes employed a custom format with the date listed
> first and the database listed last. Also, the QI citations link to
> public domain books in the Google Books database when available.
>
> Some citations are verified with scans sent to me by librarians,
> colleagues, or friends.
>
> Note, some databases. e.g., the Internet Archive, are under relentless
> attack in the court system.
>
> Admittedly, I do not always specify the database or the precise method
> of verification. If you are a researcher, and you require details for
> a citation please contact me off list.
>
> Garson
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 2:49 PM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I would like to second this. It's especially important for newspapers
> (there are lots of newspaper databases out there) but true for all types of
> sources.
> >
> > And I hope that professional lexicographers are paying attention. Almost
> all dictionaries are woefully deficient in their source citation practices.
> (If dictionaries were student papers, I would fail them for a lack of
> usable citations.) While minimizing the amount of column inches was once an
> important cost factor back in the days of print, for digital resources
> there is no reason not to include a complete citation that readers can
> follow to identify and locate the source.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2024 11:33am
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: [ADS-L] General Suggestion
> >
> >
> >
> > I have long noticed that sometimes when people on ADS-L post about a
> citation of word usage, they don't indicate which database they found it
> in. The database information is very helpful if someone wants to see the
> context of the word usage.
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
> >
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