[game_preservation] New MLA Format for 2009

[Devin Monnens]

MLA is a standard in the English department.APA is used by history and the
sciences (we also adopted it in media studies).
Chicago... I honestly don't remember who uses that.
There's also the style used for DiGRA submissions, which is a whole other
format (ACM - American Computer Magazine or something).

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


>  They do mention "Writers are, however, encouraged to provide a URL if the

> citation information does not lead readers to easily find the source." for

> URL's. I think it is stupid to not reference a URL, it'd be like referencing

> a newspaper collectoin without a date and page (which in fact you might do

> if you...reference a online news article). Bemusing...

>

> As for if they understand technology, who knows...looks a bit backwards to

> me on the CD/DVD thing. However any interview correspondence - if not

> published somewhere publicly available (ie; not just email) is always a

> problem right? Fact-checking unpublished things is next to impossible,

> having better or worse references to impossible to get information is a bit

> moot :)

>

> Is this MLA stuff used as a standard in the USA then?

>

> Andrew

>

> Devin Monnens wrote:

>

> I feel this has some relevance to us as preservationists. While there is no

> 'Game' listing, the new updates do include a section on medium:

>  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15/

> *Publication Medium.* Every entry receives a medium of publication marker.

> Most entries will be listed as Print or Web, but other possibilities include

> Performance, DVD, or TV. Most of these markers will appear at the end of

> entries; however, markers for Web sources are followed by the date of

> access.

>

>  Sadly, listing it as 'DVD' or 'CD' doesn't let you know what platform it

> is for! What if I am referencing the Stephen Jay Gould interview on Bully

> for Brontosaurus interactive CD for Windows 95? I don't think this will run

> in Vista. Or, for a better example, an Amiga CDROM?

>

>  I find this surprising because either a) MLA does not care about getting

> software to run or b) they do not have a need to reference older digital

> media. Their desire to remove URLs from web references seems to indicate

> that they aren't that interested in getting the referenced source to run.

> And after all, how can you fact-check a primary source such as an interview

> with a dead man or an e-mail interview? You have to take it at face value.

>

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