Opened 13 years ago

Last modified 11 years ago

#15379 closed

FAQ should include standard way to cite django — at Version 1

Reported by: csgreene Owned by: nobody
Component: Documentation Version: 1.2
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: yes UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Russell Keith-Magee)

Many open source projects have a standard way to cite their use in publications. R has, for example, the citation command:

"""

> citation()

To cite R in publications use:

R Development Core Team (2010). R: A language and environment for
statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing,
Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL http://www.R-project.org.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing},
    author = {{R Development Core Team}},
    organization = {R Foundation for Statistical Computing},
    address = {Vienna, Austria},
    year = {2010},
    note = {{ISBN} 3-900051-07-0},
    url = {http://www.R-project.org},
  }

We have invested a lot of time and effort in creating R, please cite it
when using it for data analysis. See also ‘citation("pkgname")’ for
citing R packages.

"""

It would be nice if Django had a similar command or (and this is the easiest solution) if the FAQ addressed this. This would help academic users of django.

Change History (1)

comment:1 by Russell Keith-Magee, 13 years ago

Component: UncategorizedDocumentation
Description: modified (diff)
Triage Stage: UnreviewedAccepted

Technically, that BibTeX entry is for the R manual, not for R itself. We haven't got an ISBN for our manual, because we've never tried to formally print and publish it.

Accepting as a reasonable addition to the FAQ.

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