Hi there,
I used APA 6th referencing, and Paperpile normally handles this really well. However, I have two references that are proving a problem. This one, and this one.
For both references, Paperpile is including the initial/first name of the first author in the in text citation. I tried putting a link to the image, but the forum won’t let me as I’m new.
I’m wondering if there’s a few reasons for this problem:
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Is the special character causing a problem?
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Is Paperpile trying to distinguish between two “different” authors? (they’re the same person)
This happens when only one of the citations is inlcluded (so it’s not because the same author is included in two citations together). The problem is solved when I change the ö to an o, but this isn’t the author’s name. Are there any solutions out there?
Ta,
Chris
EDIT: When there are two citations, with the same author, and I only change the author’s name (from ö to o) in one of the references, it solves both of them. This suggests to me that Paperpile is trying to distinguish between two different authors.
DOUBLE EDIT: Problem is now solved. I’ve changed all of the authors to be identical (they’re all “Mörtberg, E” now, as opposed to a mix between that and “Mörtberg, Ewa”)