Upgrade StorageCustomize Citation Style - suppress "n.d." in some situations
fbennett, back on May 24th 2010, you assisted me with a customization to Chicago Manual of Style (Full Note with Bibliography). The situation was to suppress "n.d." in a "document" type in a situation where the date field was blank. At the time, I was finalizing my doctoral dissertation. For reference I copied the relevant parts of our 2010 discussion below (Sorry. I don't know how to paste as quote.)
===================================
fbennett May 24th 2010
Okay, we'll try some rough surgery first.
Go here: http://gist.github.com/411693
then download the style, using the "Raw" link on the top right.
Install by dragging the downloaded file into an open Firefox Window.
This will eliminate the "n.d." behavior completely. If you need it for other entries, let us know and we'll work out a more targeted approach.
Please report back.
===================================
bobanello May 29th 2010
Thank you very much for the modified style! I tested it this morning and it works wonderfully.
===================================
I finally have time to revise my dissertation into a book and need to put the same modification into the current Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (full note). I attempted to determine where the change was, but could not find it and did not have the original style CSL with which to make a file compare with the modified CSL.
I am wondering if you might be able to supply me with the same change for the current style version?
Thank you in advance for any consideration you may give to this request.
Bob Anello
===================================
fbennett May 24th 2010
Okay, we'll try some rough surgery first.
Go here: http://gist.github.com/411693
then download the style, using the "Raw" link on the top right.
Install by dragging the downloaded file into an open Firefox Window.
This will eliminate the "n.d." behavior completely. If you need it for other entries, let us know and we'll work out a more targeted approach.
Please report back.
===================================
bobanello May 29th 2010
Thank you very much for the modified style! I tested it this morning and it works wonderfully.
===================================
I finally have time to revise my dissertation into a book and need to put the same modification into the current Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (full note). I attempted to determine where the change was, but could not find it and did not have the original style CSL with which to make a file compare with the modified CSL.
I am wondering if you might be able to supply me with the same change for the current style version?
Thank you in advance for any consideration you may give to this request.
Bob Anello
<else>
<text term="no date" form="short"/>
</else>
Doing this just for document items is a bit more complicated (particular for the document item type, which isn't a very good item type to use in the first place).
Fr. Bob Anello
Is this code that I must find and delete in zotero standalone? Or do I need to go word document by word document, or even citation by citation?
I apologize for the delay in responding to your inquiry. I modified CSL as per adamsmith on 21 Nov 2015. As far as I remember, it removes the "n.d." in a variety of item types so you can manually enter date as either a suffix to the title or, in my case, I put the unique author and date in the page field. It is programmatic: the CLS takes care of eliminating the "n.d." entries; you only need to manually add the date to the field of your choosing. Please note that you will need to find the appropriate location in the current CSL and revise it consistent with the program commands adamsmith listed.