Insert Citation in a Note (Bug)

harold_peach

version => 6.0.30, platform => Win32, oscpu => Windows NT 10.0; WOW64, locale => en-US, appName => Zotero, appVersion => 6.0.30, extensions => Storage Scanner for Zotero (5.0.11, extension), Zutilo Utility for Zotero (3.10.0, extension), Zotero Word for Windows Integration (6.0.3.SA.6.0.30, extension), Zotero LibreOffice Integration (6.0.4.SA.6.0.30, extension, disabled)

When I insert the following citation into a Zotero note using the [+] to insert a citation:

Lee, Antoinette Josephine. “The Tarsney Act, Its Passage and Postponement in Implementation, 1893-1896.” In Architects to the Nation: The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect’s Office, 163–87. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000.

The citation in the note appears as:

(Lee, 2000, pp. 1893-1896)

instead of,

(Lee, 2000, pp. 163-187)

martynas_b

Could you please take a screenshot of the item pane showing all the metadata fields for this item?

harold_peach

Yes, I didn't see a way to attach it to this post, so it can be found at:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v18gpuay76hvy5sa3994w/item.jpg?rlkey=rwix1kp8tjwlrdalghqudg4dh&dl=0

martynas_b

1) Does it happen if you create a new empty note and try to insert the citation?
2) Are you changing any properties of the citation (i.e. page number) when inserting it into the note?

harold_peach

1) Yes
2) No

See video screen capture for child and standalone note:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mqbc6u438y1z56uqjmysv/Insert-Citation-Bug.mp4?rlkey=tdgvrjgbugjmh1e1odo99i0is&dl=0

harold_peach

I've also exported the item to a Zotero RDF in case you want to play around with it:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gtrrx8g8br24mhjt4ojpg/Insert-Citation-Bug.rdf?rlkey=gtf7r0st4ohyx6rke3z9so4pv&dl=0

harold_peach

I found a procedure to recreate the problem and also prevent the problem. If I choose Insert Citation [+] and then search for the full title:

```
The Tarsney Act, its passage and postponement in implementation, 1893-1896
```

it interprets the comma as an indication that the page number follows, which is incorrect. But if I search for the partial title:

```
The Tarsney Act, its passage and postponement in implementation
```

and omit the comma and the portion after the comma, then it omits the page number entirely, which is also incorrect. For a Book Section item type it should include the page numbers.

See example notes in the Zotero RDF I posted previously.

martynas_b

Thanks for the explanation. Currently it interprets numbers after the last comma as page interval that you want cite, but only if you type it manually. If you just paste The Tarsney Act, its passage and postponement in implementation, 1893-1896 it should have the correct page interval.

We'll consider improving this.

harold_peach

Unfortunately pasting the entire title works just like typing it. The 1893-1896 is still interpreted as the page interval.

I also tried adding the page interval to the end, after a comma: `The Tarsney Act, its passage and postponement in implementation, 1893-1896, 163-187`.
This results in Zotero being unable to find the reference.

dstillman

Just pasting works in the Zotero 7 beta.

In Zotero 6, you can obviously just copy without the years, or delete the years after pasting before pressing Enter, or just type "Tarsney" or whatever and select from the list.