style replacement in repository

lm_ecl · October 11, 2024

I am working at the European Commission, and I am finalizing the development of the European Union's official citation style in its various formats. I would like to know if, instead of simply sharing the style in the repository, it would be possible to replace the current unofficial ones in the repository:
https://www.zotero.org/styles/european-union-interinstitutional-style-guide-author-date
https://www.zotero.org/styles/european-union-interinstitutional-style-guide

I looked, but I couldn't find the contact details of the respective authors.
Thanks in advance.

damnation · October 11, 2024

You can share your new styles by editing them on the CSL repository. See 3b: https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

I also have to say, the styles were made by adamsmith, one of the very long-term maintainers of the CSL repository, CSL specialists and somebody extremely supportive and active here in the forum. I think some gratitude is in place that this was actually provided to your authors rather than just sidelining it as something "unofficial". Quite some work goes into making a single style.

lm_ecl · October 11, 2024

Please don't get me wrong, I am in no way diminishing the work done!

At the time, the rules available in the official guide were extremely limited. It would be difficult to do better with what was available. I know perfectly well the effort required in this type of task. We appreciate the work done by the authors, however, the EU style rules have changed a lot.

The replacement request is, in fact, an acknowledgment of the usefulness of the work done. If they weren't used, there would be no problem just adding new files. The idea is just not to cause users doubts about the updated versions.

I apologize, once again, for any misunderstandings.

damnation · October 11, 2024

No problem. Thanks for explaining your point.
Let us know if you need a hand with the style submission or have specific questions regarding the actual CSL. Happy to help. :)

lm_ecl · 2024-11-25T10:29:04+00:00

I uploaded a CSL file to the repository and made a pull request. Now what are the steps for the style to be in the repository?

Thanks in advance for your time.

damnation · 2024-11-25T11:27:45+00:00

Wait and be patient. There is some 250 Pull Requests open, so it'll be a while.

However, I don't see your PRs here: https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/pulls?q=is:pr+is:open

lm_ecl · 2024-11-25T11:40:32+00:00

Many thanks for your reply.
As this is my first order, I don't know if I did the right steps.
I see my pull as closed!

damnation · 2024-11-25T12:06:40+00:00

Can you link to your PR?

lm_ecl · 2024-11-25T12:22:15+00:00

I tried to follow the tutorial, but I may not have followed the steps correctly.
Can you see the pull through these links?

https://github.com/LuisMach/styles/pull/1

https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/compare/master...LuisMach:styles:master

SHA: 74b9b064945fb09b9cee3e8f8117b0ce54c5f649

adamsmith · 2024-11-25T12:45:54+00:00

Your pull request goes to your own (I assume) fork, not the main ('upstream') repository

lm_ecl · 2024-11-25T14:27:44+00:00

Now the PR went to the main, but I got an error:
https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/pull/7339