capitalize "n.d." when author is suppressed?

tonybrooke
Hi all-

I've noticed that for a reference that has no date, when the author is suppressed in a citation, the "n.d." is capitalized by Zotero as (N.d.). Is this correct behavior?

I'm using APA style. I can't find documentation for this particular situation. If there is nothing but "n.d." should the "n." get capitalized?

Thanks!
  • adamsmith
    I don't think that's right, no. The function that makes this happen is supposed to account for the fact that, e.g. "ibid." would be capitalized if it is in first position in a footnote (in other words, Zotero will capitalize the first letter in any citation).

    I believe it should be disabled entirely for in-text citations.
    @fbennett, thoughts on that?
  • fbennett
    That's a good point. Would there be any side-effects to completely disabling first-character capitalisation in in-text citations? If no one can think of any, I can make that change.
  • adamsmith
    As I said, I agree. In-text citations are typically in a sentence, never at the beginning, nor do they form a sentence of their own.
  • fbennett
    The change is up, and available in the processor patch plugin.
  • tonybrooke
    Thanks for the quick answer!

    I'm using the standalone version of Zotero for Mac, and I tried the previously prescribed method of installing the processor patch plugin (Tools-->Add-ons-->Install Add-on from file) but Zotero didn't go for that that (Add-on installation failed).

    From a previous forum message, it seems I should just wait for the next standalone version. Which, by the recent flurry of version activity probably won't be long. I can manually fix these errant citations easily til then.

    Thanks for the awesome Zotero- it is allowing so many of us to spend more time writing!

    Cheers from San Francisco!
  • tonybrooke
    I'm reporting that this bug has been fixed. Tested on Zotero standalone for Mac v4.0.5.

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