On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 4:56 PM, John Kane <jrkrid...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > It's not some kind of self-help group but a high-powered group of experts > providing advice. As a rough analogy, think of having the R Core > Development team plus a few major package maintainers running a blog. > > It speaks to the importance of APA style overall. I think I mentioned in > the earlier discussion of the importance of having an APA6 document class > and this blog seems to strengthen that idea. I believe I mentioned that the > APA5 manual states that over 1000 journals, and students ranging from > nursing to nuclear technology (Personal communication Oct. 2012) use it. > Okay, so I actually looked at it this time. I agree that the blog strengthens the case for APA being important. I find it interesting that you make that comment. Many times I find that when people refer to something as (merely) a blog, it is to discredit the source. Here, you are making the opposite case. Like I said, I agree with your point. It's like it adds another dimension to it. They're not the only ones, either. As an actual example of your analogy to the R Core Development team, the Mathworks (who develops Matlab) have at least a half-dozen regularly maintained blogs. Jacob
