fa checklist why so many citations in the lead where footnotes are at the end of a sentence please ensure that the closing period appears before the footnotes and is not omitted ensure that all foreign language sources are identified as such and that english sources are not misidentified as foreign language as in fn fn publisher be consistent in whether web sources are cited using base urls website names or publishers be consistent in whether you provide locations for newspapers publication names should be italicized check formatting of quotes within quotes fn formatting bloomberg or bloomberg l p check for minor formatting inconsistencies like doubled periods in general make sure formatting is consistent for example compare fns and fn retrieval date make typographical changes to source titles to comply with our local manual of style for example don't write a title in all caps be consistent in whether authors are listed first or last name first check for consistent naming for example the wallstreet journal or the wall street journal