myqlarson

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  • I think BS is an acceptable alternative to what it represents. It's commonly used on TV and in the work place as a polite alternative. I'm happy to look past that at the reality that many new users face. I agree with you about what should be, but in…
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson December 11, 2013
  • @0avasns, http://www.zotero.org/support/forum_guidelines#etiquette . I don't see anything wrong with Oavasns' post. It accurately reflects the situation many first-time Zotero users find themselves in which is a serious barrier to wider adoption. Th…
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson December 11, 2013
  • It is a shame this issue is not given much value because there are many minor adjustments which could be made to help alleviate the problem. For example, in addition to the suggestions I posted above, it's very easy to convert JSTOR URLs to DOIs by …
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson October 8, 2013
  • I received this error as well. My data directory is local, but it is in a custom location (NTFS file system mounted in Ubuntu). Based on the comment above, I performed a full chkdsk /f by booting into Windows which seemed to resolve the problem.
    in Database error and unable to open Zotero standalone Comment by myqlarson October 7, 2013
  • I understand that this regex would fix the problem you are experiencing right now, but Zotero must be able to correctly handle various other cases as well. —aurimas Clearly I'm not suggesting that the one-off hack above be merged into master or I w…
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson October 1, 2013
  • I'm not sure why there's no space in your pdftotext output on either side of the S. I do see that (just like on my system) you get a space after the D in DECEMBER — aurimas There are no spaces because I already took them out to test the theory you…
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson September 30, 2013
  • Are you blocked if you right-click just that PDF and perform Retrieve Metadata? — aurimas Yes, right-clicking and selecting Retrieve Metadata on that file only gives an error: http://i.imgur.com/v79TQ3C.png?1
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson September 30, 2013
  • I know how to use Zotero just fine, thank you. I have my workflow and it works for me. The point, if we can stay on it, has to do with query limits. I'm not suggesting scanning everyone's PDFs. I'm suggesting caching metadata results in zotero.org…
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson September 30, 2013
  • How one chooses to use Zotero doesn't change the fact that there's a demand for bulk metadata retrieval, and even if it's only one time in the majority of cases, it's likely to be the first experience for new users. Using what seems to be a killer f…
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson September 30, 2013
  • But I don't understand - when you do systematic reviews - why on earth would you download the PDFs individually and then to retrieve metadata? Why not go through actual databases (or even through google scholar directly) and use Zotero there? My und…
    in Query Limit reached? Comment by myqlarson September 30, 2013