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 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 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