Scott, Ron's suggestion will provide you with exactly the citation format you are seeking, however, you will need to have a separate master source for Barack Obama's page, another for Sarah Palin's page, etc.
That doesn't bother me one bit (well, writing those two names in the same sentence does, but I digress), and is the method I use for websites like Ancestry.com or FamilySearchLabs (to which I consider Facebook analogous in that they are humongous sites with vast amounts of data that require splitting into smaller parts for purposes of citation). However, some will consider it extreme splitting and therefore unacceptable. I consider the alternative extreme lumping and unacceptable. Your mileage may vary, in which case you could still use the template Ron suggested but put "Barack Obama" in the Item of Interest section of source detail. Connie Scott Hall <seh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ron: > > Thanks. One problem I see with that is where do you > reference the > specific page you were on? The generic internet > template only > includes source information for the website as a > whole. There isn't > really anyplace to properly source the page used. > I've tried to use > the "Database" template, but I can't seem to permanently > clear the > Format field, which is not needed. > > Shouldn't the source look like the below (italics marked by > *)? > > Barack Obama, "Barack Obama," *Facebook* > (http://www.facebook.com/#!/barackobama : > accessed 8 June 2010) > > Obama, Barack. "Barack Obama" *Facebook*. > http://www.facebook.com/#!/barackobama : > 2010 > > Thanks, > Scott > > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> > wrote: > > Scott Hall wrote: > >> Anyone have a citation they can provide for > information obtained from > >> Facebook? What Source Template do you use? > What does your citation > >> look like? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Scott Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
