Talk:Ibid.

message: N.B.: MLA style isn't the same as the Modern Language Association, and APA style isn't the same as the American Psychological Association. Do we mean to link to "MLA style" and "APA style" here? - Dreamword 18:12 Mar 2, 2003 (UTC)
The link to the MLA style is also a bit misleading, because Ibid isn't actually used in the current MLA style ("new MLA").  MLA style now uses in-text parenthetical citations and a "Works Cited" section, while Ibid is something found in styles that use footnotes or endnotes. --24.167.65.213 23:58, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Styles

message: Just so people know, Latin for dummies is a real book. Don't know if that makes the example more or less appropriate. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 03:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Latin for Dummies

message: "Ibid" is a short story from H.P. Lovecraft, describing the (fictional) life of scholar Ibid and his masterwork, Op.Cit.
Perhaps a subtle nod to this is given when one of the example references cites the Necronomicon. 66.205.170.192 (talk) 00:26, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I very much enjoyed seeing Azif listed as the author Jay Dubya (talk) 08:43, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Lovecraft

message: I think this is shortchanging the concept of "ditto."  People use ditto in conversation.  Additionally, most ditto marks are straight up and down, not a quote mark.  If ditto marks is going to point here, the topic should have more
Yes, why does "ditto mark" redirect here anyway? 84.9.82.184 08:53, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ditto

message: Should "Ibid" always be capitalized? It is always capitalized within the article (as is the abbreviation Id.), but not in the header that says "please do not use 'ibid'" in Wikipedia articles. --Trevor Burnham 06:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's that the term always comes at the beginning of a sentence (or capitalized fragment) in formal use, so you rarely see it in lowercase.  The phrase "do not use 'ibid'" is one of those rare situations.  66.251.24.220 23:09, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Many style guides require 'ibid.' to always be lower case, even if at the beginning of (or the entirety) of a sentence (eg, OSCOLA, ASM), so seeing it lower case is not at all rare.Digitig (talk) 12:07, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right: see  (lower case). --79.16.90.85 (talk) 12:24, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization? 

message: Has anyone seen these two used academically as they are used in the example?  I understand that that is how legal citations work, but the only cases in which I've seen "id" used in an academic footnote put it in place of an author's name.  66.251.24.220 23:09, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed this is quite exciting. Good show, what? Jay Dubya (talk) 08:57, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ibid. vs. Id. 

message: I added a statement saying that it is no longer considered proper scholarly practice to use ibid.  Obviously, I should cite this claim per wikipedia standards, however I cannot find a good source- I learned it from a number of my University history professors who have told me as much.  Please weigh in on appropriateness of contribution to article, I will bow to the general will. Rudy Breteler (talk) 05:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Modern day usage

message: I have removed the part about ibid no longer being scholarly practice. From reading the discussion and my own experience there are a lot of academics who prefer the use of ibid and its use down to personal preference. With no citation except somebodies lecturers I thought it would be better to remove this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.82.121.38 (talk) 23:53, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed

message: Why does ditto mark redirect here?  The article states that it is "similar to ditto marks".  The concept of using Ditto Marks should either be fully elobarated in this article or split into a separate article completely.
Gwolfe28 (talk) 19:37, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ditto mark - further details 

message: If there was another ibidem with the same page as the last ibidem in the example, would it need the reference of the page?
512upload (talk) 14:54, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about another ibidem? 

message: By the by, this is just a note, the H.P. Lovecraft reference is beautiful.Sir Ian (talk) 23:40, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Great Reference

message: I noticed a note saying since "Ibid." is an abbreviation it should always have a full stop (period), yet the example in the image omits them in all instances.
Should the image be replaced or the note be removed/further explained?
Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.60.152.6 (talk) 21:59, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Example in image doesn't have full stop (period)