Author initials instead of complete first name in bibliography

luftikus143

I would like to change the "Modern Language Association 8th edition" style so that the bibliography shows only the initials of the first names, instead of the full first name.

Original:
Hesslerová, Petra, et al. “The Effect of Forest Disturbance on Landscape Temperature.” Ecological Engineering, vol. 120, Sept. 2018, pp. 345–54. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.011.

New:
Hesslerová, P., et al. “The Effect of Forest Disturbance on Landscape Temperature.” Ecological Engineering, vol. 120, Sept. 2018, pp. 345–54. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.011.

I tried different things and compared with other styles, but didn't succeed.

Can anyone give me a hint?


<macro name="author">
<names variable="author">
<name name-as-sort-order="first" and="text" delimiter-precedes-last="always" delimiter-precedes-et-al="always" initialize="false" initialize-with=". "/>
<label form="long" prefix=", "/>
<substitute>
<names variable="editor"/>
<names variable="translator"/>
<text macro="title"/>
</substitute>
</names>
</macro>
<macro name="author-short">
<group delimiter=", ">
<names variable="author">
<name form="short" initialize-with=". " and="text"/>
<substitute>
<names variable="editor"/>
<names variable="translator"/>
<text macro="title-short"/>
</substitute>
</names>
<choose>
<if disambiguate="true">
<text macro="title-short"/>
</if>
</choose>
</group>
</macro>

<bibliography hanging-indent="true" et-al-min="3" et-al-use-first="1" line-spacing="2" entry-spacing="0" subsequent-author-substitute="---">
<sort>
<key macro="author"/>
<key variable="title"/>
</sort>
<layout suffix=".">
<group delimiter=". ">
<text macro="author"/>
<text macro="title"/>
...
</group>
</layout>
</bibliography>
</style>

adamsmith

delete initialize="false" from the 3rd line above

luftikus143

Cool. Thanks so much!

ole77

Hi, my thread title would be the same but it is for one I downloaded from the CSL Site "American Psychological Association 7th edition (annotated bibliography)".

I am new to editing. I don't know how to get the lines in a separate box, hopefully this works.

I would like only initials on the first names in the bibliography.

<!-- words -->
<macro name="author-bib">
<names variable="composer" delimiter=", ">
<name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with=". " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
<substitute>
<names variable="author"/>
<names variable="illustrator"/>
<names variable="director">
<name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with=". " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
<label form="long" prefix=" (" suffix=")" text-case="title"/>
</names>
<choose>
<if variable="container-title">
<choose>
<if type="book entry entry-dictionary entry-encyclopedia" match="any">
<choose>
<if variable="title">
<group delimiter=" ">
<text macro="title"/>
<text macro="parenthetical"/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<text macro="title-and-descriptions"/>
</else>
</choose>
</if>
</choose>
</if>
</choose>
<names variable="editor" delimiter=", ">
<name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with=". " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
<label form="short" prefix=" (" suffix=")" text-case="title"/>
</names>
<names variable="editorial-director">
<name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with=". " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
<label form="short" prefix=" (" suffix=")" text-case="title"/>
</names>
<names variable="collection-editor">
<name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with=". " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
<label form="short" prefix=" (" suffix=")" text-case="title"/>
</names>
<choose>
<if variable="title">
<group delimiter=" ">
<text macro="title"/>
<text macro="parenthetical"/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<text macro="title-and-descriptions"/>
</else>
</choose>
</substitute>
</names>
</macro>


Also, when I look at the citation in the style editor in zotero it looks right (no first names), and when I put it in my word doc the first names appeared. I will make another thread for that if I can't figure it out by luck.

Update - I don't know why it won't show the CSL lines I dropped here. I will go learn how to do that.

adamsmith

If you have full first names showing in APA style, you almost certainly have incorrect data in Zotero.

Place CSL code in HTML <code></code> tags to show here