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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.2 The Internet

Replace the shortener with the full address

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A shortlink stands in for a full address only where the short host itself names the site; a generic shortener such as bit.ly hides the publisher from the reader.1

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  1. 1R. 18.2.2(d) The URL.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousReplace the link with the page’s addressNextReplace the title with the page's heading

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  1. Abbreviate the author's name
  2. Abbreviate the site's name
  3. Add a comma before the URL
  4. Add a parenthetical explaining the link
  5. Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
  6. Add the archive link
  7. Add the site's name before the address
  8. Add the time zone after the time
  9. Replace the shortener with the full address

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More in 18.2 The Internet

  1. Abbreviate the author's name
  2. Abbreviate the site's name
  3. Add a comma before the URL
  4. Add a parenthetical explaining the link
  5. Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
  6. Add the archive link
  7. Add the site's name before the address
  8. Add the time zone after the time
  9. Replace the shortener with the full address

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