Citation Style (Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (full note, with Ibid) not alphabetical order

Please @adamsmith can you help me?
My reference is not based on alphabetical order. It is listed based on titles (web articles) rather an authors’ orders Here are examples

KRG. ‘A Statement from Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government’, 1 November 2017. http://previous.cabinet.gov.krd/a/d.aspx?s=040000&l=12&a=55971.

Abbas Zadeh, Yoosef, and Sherko Kirmanj. ‘The Para-Diplomacy of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and the Kurdish Statehood Enterprise’. The Middle East Journal 71, no. 4 (15 October 2017): 587–606. https://doi.org/10.3751/71.4.14.

‘After Iraqi Kurdistan’s Thwarted Independence Bid’. Middle East. International Crisis Group, 27 March 2019. https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/199-after-iraqi-kurdistans-thwarted-independence-bid.

Kurdistan24. ‘After Year-Long Halt, Baghdad Resumes Kirkuk Oil Exports through Kurdistan to Turkey’, 16 November 2018. https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/e4933350-f33b-40e5-bc6e-8dc4af3693d7.

Akram Akreyi, Hemin R. ‘The Iraqi Kurdistan in the Post-Saddam Era: Security, Natural Resources and Foreign Policy Activism’, Iran and the Caucasus, 21, no. 1 (15 March 2017). https://brill.com/view/journals/ic/21/1/article-p92_9.xml?language=en.

My best,
SA
  • edited February 9, 2022
    Hi SA,

    I was experiencing the same issue. I (think I have) resolved it by editing the CSL from:

    <macro name="contributors-sort">
    <names variable="author">
    <name name-as-sort-order="all" and="text" sort-separator=", " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
    <substitute>
    <names variable="editor"/>
    <names variable="translator"/>
    <text macro="title"/>
    </substitute>
    </names>
    </macro>


    to:

    <macro name="contributors-sort">
    <names variable="author">
    <name name-as-sort-order="all" and="text" sort-separator=", " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
    <substitute>
    <names variable="editor"/>
    <names variable="translator"/>
    <text macro="container-title"/>
    </substitute>
    </names>
    </macro>


    This appears to have worked for me, for now. Hope it helps you.
  • Dear @mcerto,
    Thanks for your help and reply.
    I face the same problem, which is explained by another person below

    'I am working with newspaper articles, nearly all of which are unsigned. I need to include them in a bibliography. I am using CMOS 17 (notes and bibliography) style.

    CMOS 14.199 states that the bibliography for an unsigned newspaper article should place the name of the *newspaper* in place of the author. The current "Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (full note)" csl places the *article title* in place of the author. Is it possible to modify the csl so that it complies with CMOS 17?

    For example, CMOS 14.199 indicates that a bibliography entry for an unsigned newspaper article should be:

    New York Times. “In Texas, Ad Heats Up Race for Governor.” July 30, 2002.

    The current csl provides instead:

    “In Texas, Ad Heats Up Race for Governor.” New York Times. July 30, 2002.

    [the name of the newspaper is italicized in all of the above examples]'

    Best,
    Sa
  • Came to this thread searching for others who've experienced similar issues. I'm experiencing the exact same thing. Example portion from someone else's bib; I make no claims to accuracy on any of this:

    Antler, Joyce. Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement. New York: New York University Press, 2018.

    Oyez. “Antonin Scalia.” Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.oyez.org/justices/antonin_scalia.

    Biography.com. “Antonin Scalia, Biography.” Accessed February 26, 2021.
    https://www.biography.com/law-figure/antonin-scalia.

    “Application for a 1983 Solomon Schecter Award: United Synagogue of America, Presented by Shaare Tefila Congregation: 11120 Lockwood Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland 20901, Category: Unique Programs, 5.,” n.d.


    This seems like a big problem given how widely used CMOS17 is.
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