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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.2 The Internet

Use an italic “on” before the page cited

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

A comment is cited as the word “comment”, the commenter, a date-and-time parenthetical, and then an italic “on” joining it to the citation of the page it was left on.1

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  1. 1R. 18.2.2(a) Author of relevant object.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousReplace the title with the page's headingNextUse brackets around the archive URL

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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. Use an italic “on” before the page cited

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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. Use an italic “on” before the page cited

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