On 9/9/2018 3:43 PM, Jacqueline Kazil wrote:
<http:///>The PSF has received a few inquiries asking the question —
“How do I cite Python?”So, I am reaching out to you all to figure this out.
(For those that don’t know my background, I have been in academia for a
bit as a Ph.D student and have worked at the Library of Congress writing
code to process Marc records <https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/>,
among other things.)
IMHO the citation for Python should be decided upon by the Python
developers and should live somewhere on the site.
Two questions to be answered…
1. What format should it take?
There are by now formats for citing web documents. I presume style
guides now include such. Try a current version of the Chicago Manual of
Style. (not sure of exact title). I will ask a university professor
who should know more than I.
2. Where does it live on the site?
On https://bugs.python.org/issue26597, I suggested the Copyright page.
I now think a link to 'Citing these Documents' on https://docs.python.org/3/
would be even better.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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