Extra comma in APA style: letter or memorandum

mmoran · December 23, 2011

APA style generally dictates that a letter or memorandum be cited in the text, but not included in the list of references. However, at our agency, we typically do list technical memos in our reference list. When I include such a memo in an APA-style list of references, I get an extra comma and space after the word "memorandum" as shown below:

Smith, J. (2011, December 21). Nomenclature derivatives for a new economy. Memorandum, .

Here is the data in Zotero:

Type
Letter

Author
John Smith

Recipient
Kari Zimmerman

Type
Memorandum

Date
2011-12-21

adamsmith · December 23, 2011

I can have a look, but it'll take some time.

Rintze · December 23, 2011

I made a change, so try reinstalling "American Psychological Association 6th Edition" from the style repository, and check whether that improves things.

mmoran · December 27, 2011

Thank you, Rintze, that worked!

I went to the Zotero Style Repository page (https://www.zotero.org/styles) and re-installed the "American Psychological Association 6th Edition" style by clicking on "Install".

Now, my citations end without the extra comma and space after the word "memorandum" as shown below:

Smith, J. (2011, December 21). Nomenclature derivatives for a new economy. Memorandum.

mmoran · September 5, 2012

The same issue ("extra comma and space after the word memorandum") seems to be occurring for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) style. For example,

Smith, J. (2011). “Nomenclature derivatives for a new economy.” Memorandum, .

Rintze or others, would you be able to fix the ASCE style template like your did for the APA style template?

Or is there an easy way for me to do the fix myself?

Thanks, in advance, for your help!

Rintze · September 12, 2012

@mmoran, the ASCE style should now be fixed.

For posterity, the APA and ASCE changes were:
https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/commit/3c62f6d61824e6fcfa12b2854c8d19f981b1abd0
https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/commit/6b8ae0bffde76fa536d6529922f96f43e61c4714

mmoran · September 12, 2012

Rintze,

Thanks, once again, for your help on this issue! Your change worked perfectly!