ODNBsub Probably not top of your priorities at the moment my sympathies and best wishes but I m wondering whether we can find a solution to the formatting of I can see the reasons why having a consistent format with is a good idea but until this edit of yours ODNBsub hadn t had brackets since Feb 2010 Adding brackets then meant that we ended up with double brackets when ODNBsub was used in the format parameter of for example So as a fix for now at least I ve added the formatting directly and eliminated the brackets This means that people will need to add brackets if they want them but won t be stuck with double brackets It does mean that the brackets aren t in the same font style as the message though e g Boden Professor of Sanskrit election 1860 which is still accepting comments at peer review by the way If you or any of my fellow TPSers has a better idea I m all for it Regards Talk