Need help removing comma after ed or eds. !

4mot

Hi,
I need to remove the comma after 'ed' or 'eds.' in: https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/blob/master/harvard-bournemouth-university.csl

For example:
Otter, C. and Stephenson, K., eds., 2008. Chemical Ideas. 3rd edition. Harlow: Heinemann.

should be

Otter, C. and Stephenson, K., eds. 2008. Chemical Ideas. 3rd edition. Harlow: Heinemann.

If anyone can help me I would appreciate it!

adamsmith

Should there be a comma if there is no eds? So
Otter, C. and Stephenson, 2008. Chemical Ideas
Otter, C. and Stephenson. 2008. Chemical Ideas or
Otter, C. and Stephenson 2008. Chemical Ideas
?

4mot

Hi adamsmith,

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes there should be a comma there like so:

...and Stephenson, K., 2008. Chemical...

However, if referencing editors there should be no comma after 'ed.' or 'eds.'. I really tried to solve it in the style editor with no luck. Thanks again!

adamsmith

but... why? That's a bad (as in: inconsistent) rule. It can be done, but requires a lot of code to work around the inconsistency in the style

4mot

Hi adamsmith,

I agree it's bad but unfortunately that's what the university requires. Given the amount of code, I'm happy to pay you a small fee to complete it. Let me know if that interests you.

adamsmith

Which university? Can you link to the style guide?

4mot

It's Bournemouth University and the style guide is here:
https://libguides.bournemouth.ac.uk/ld.php?content_id=33139758

If you use Ctrl+F to find mentions of 'eds.' you'll see that they don't include a comma after. Now that you've mentioned the inconsistency I agree it's terrible.

damnation

I'll look into fixing the style.

4mot

Thank you damnation!