Talk:The German Ideology

Page Organization

I created this page tonight. Initial thoughts concerning organization are as follows. It may be beneficial to add further sub-paragraphs to the page to break up long blocks. The German Ideology has many of these sub-headings and they are helpful but I did not include them. These serve to organize content and might provide some clarity and make the page easier to read. I would also like to add a metadata page so I can organize the page a bit more efficiently but I'm still learning Citizendium and am not sure how to proceed. After I complete the summary of the text, I intend to add some secondary citation and analysis but right now, considering the length (almost 700 pages) and importance of this text (fantastic exposition of historical materialism!), I'll wait on that and other improvements. Maria Cuervo 03:37, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

If you just add {{subpages}} to the very top of the article, stuff should appear to guide you through it. You can also go via the Metadata form once {{subpages}} has been added. John Stephenson 04:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. --Maria Cuervo 11:31, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Citation

I have just been sitting here with my Chicago Style Manual and do not see that Ibid ever went away. What is the scholarly basis of banning ibid? I assume I am really missing something here since at the university it continues to be used it in scholarly work? It just seems tedious to repeat the title and name of the work over and over again since 'right now' this work comprises the only reference. Obviously as I begin to introduce secondary material the reference list will seem less odd, to my eyes anyway.

Due to the deafening silence concerning this new article I must assume that a) it is of little interest or else b) I've done an excruciatingly awful job of creating an article or c) everyone is busy right now preparing the spring garden. --Maria Cuervo 16:44, 3 April 2012 (UTC)