Citing other author's works in a Code Project article

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When writing an article for submission to The Code Project, what are the preferred forms for citing works by other authors?

For example, in two places in my proposed article, I need to cite different sections of a Code Project article named "Sample Article Name" by "Uncas" (Of course, this sample article does not exist and Uncas is a fictional character by James Fenimore Cooper) I could create a formal bibliographic entry and in-line citations that reference it.

It would be better and provide a more uniform look-and-feel if articles used the same format.

Posted 23-Mar-12 8:58am

Jalapeno Bob

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Solution 1

This is just my opinion as an article reader, I think that whenever referring to it in the article, an inline link would be helpful. Often times articles are skimmed just to find the point that is most relevant, so I would want to jump around looking for the cited article's link. I don't know what the formal expectations for citing are, though.

Posted 23-Mar-12 9:00am

wizardzz

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I did it like this:

[own quote]
This article presents the code of Simon Hughes' SmartList[^] with some new functions that I have added. This code is (as it was) completely free and can be used however you want, but please leave our (Simon's and mine) e-mail addresses in the code to receive possible bug-reports.
[/own quote]

I think just being honest and telling it with the link is a good way. Noone told anything against it, so I guess it is ok.

Posted 23-Mar-12 14:44pm

Nelek

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Solution 2

The only standard is that you include a reference of some type.

Uniformity is fine as long everyone is different. :)

Posted 23-Mar-12 9:01am

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