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Re: Link labels and APA citations

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Oct 20, 2014 5:57PM

Just to propose a small thought experiment:

… if the link stops working in the future - what is more suitable:

[a] to have the title linked, pointing to a nonfunctional URL?
[b] to have the link sitting on the URL pointing to a non-functional URL?

Which is semantically more appropriate?

Olaf


On 21 Oct 2014, at 01:39, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>> That's what readers of scientific material expect.
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> While I support practical thinking I sometimes I have to question whether expectations are a reason to do something. As a pedestrian I expect that drivers won't yield to me in a crosswalk. That doesn't make them right. Similarly, if the title of a work was commonly hyperlinked then people would come to expect that it would be a hyperlink.
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> APA may also be used by people who aren't reading scientific material. For example, APA may be used in policy briefs, etc. that are less "scientific" and more practical.
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> Jonathan
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