Are You Mentioning Unnamed Persons?

Our post on the essential essence of citation was necessarily short. There’s one short way that it can be improved:

  • when using your own memory as a source–include your name.

Someone else later reading your material of your file may not know who is meant when you say “personal memory.” Include your name, “personal memory of compiler Susan (Longunusualgermanname) Smith.”

And never refer to people as just Aunt Brenda or Uncle Horace. Use complete names.