KSI MIX3R~Black Ops 2

[Not Staff. 10]

Ok so TWahl is telling me to use quotes and your telling me to cite..... What do I do?

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

Of course quotes are needed for your tweets, but I thought citations are required for them as well.

Like:

http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/10/how-to-cite-twitter-and-facebook-part-ii.html

Explains

[Not Staff. 10]

So do you want me to cite it? Or what...?

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

Yes.

[Not Staff. 10]

Do you want me to put in before the tweet or after the whole article or what?

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

Both. Examples on the page I mentioned says ( http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/10/how-to-cite-twitter-and-facebook-part-ii.html ) :

This is what you'd write after your article in the "sources/resources" section:

The suggested reference list entries below generally follow the format for citation of online sources (see pp. 214–215):

BarackObama. (2009a, July 15). Launched American Graduation Initiative

to help additional 5 mill. Americans graduate college by 2020:

http://bit.ly/gcTX7 [Twitter post]. Retrieved from

Launched American Graduation Initiative to help additional 5 mill. Americans graduate college by 2020: http://bit.ly/gcTX7

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama)

July 15, 2009

Barack Obama. (2009b, October 9). Humbled.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/obamaforamerica/gGM45m

[Facebook update]. Retrieved from http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?

id=6815841748&share_id=154954250775&comments=1#s154954250775

Here’s the rationale I used for presenting each element in the reference:

I included the author name as written (not changing BarackObama or Barack Obama to Obama, B.; see Example 76, p. 215). For simplicity’s sake and to ensure accuracy, it’s best to include names as written for Facebook and Twitter citations.

Alphabetize under B, not O, ignoring the space (i.e., BarackObama and Barack Obama are treated the same, so you would next arrange them chronologically; see also section 6.25 of the manual, pp. 181–182).

The date includes the year and day, but not the time. The date gives ample specificity without adding an element of how to format times, which isn’t done anywhere else in APA Style.

To differentiate among posts from the same person in the same year (or even the same day), you can include â€a†or “b†after the year, in chronological order. If you have only one post from the writer in a year, then it is not necessary to include “a†or “b.â€

I included the whole post in the title position (mine included a URL, so I included that too). Facebook updates, however, might be quite long—if that is the case, you might use a truncated version of the post in the title position.

It’s helpful to provide a description of form inside brackets, such as Twitter post or Facebook update.

The URL leads directly to the post rather than to the feed in general, in order to be as direct and specific as possible about what is being cited. Click the date and time stamp beneath the post in question (seen in the screenshots) and you will be taken to the individual status update page with its own URL.

This is what you include inside the article

For in-text citations, parenthetical citation may be easiest:

President Obama announced the launch of the American Graduation Initiative

(BarackObama, 2009a). He also stated that he was “humbled†to have

received the Nobel Peace Prize (Barack Obama, 2009b).

I'm supposed to write a small handbook soon for things like this for the Academic Support Center. I wish I had it right now for this. <.<

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

I mean is all this tweets? (I've been lost on that.) Where did you get it from? Etc. People may look back at your sources wanting to read more. Cite it, please.

Jimmy Zielinski describes how each of these game types work:

"The story mode, Tranzit is a huge map with a number of different areas to explore, all of which are connected by a bus route. " "The bus route is also part of the world and can be explored, either on foot, or by bus, which travels to each of the areas of the map." " You’ll meet a few new characters, some new zombies and fight them off using weapons ranging from new near-future weapons, some faithful stand-bys and a few wunderweapons. Ultimately, strategy is the name of the game here."

"When playing Survival, the team has taken the individual areas and tailored them for classic survival play. " "The individual Survival areas are adaptations of the locations in Tranzit, but they’ve been designed to accommodate survival-style play."

"Finally, there’s Grief, or what we like to call “4Z4.†There are two human teams that go head-to-head; however, they can’t kill one another – they can only fight to repel the oncoming zombie horde. " "The name of this game is “last man standing†– whoever is left, that team wins. So to achieve this, we provide some griefing mechanics that enable teams to “encourage “zombies to cast their attention on the other team. If used properly, the other team won’t be able to overcome the zombie attack and the remaining team will be left victorious."

[Not Staff. 10]

That part is a interview.

[Badfur 13]

Please link where you got your information.

[Not Staff. 10]

The links above that I posted earlier where the links I used.

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

...and still cite properly.

Was there ever tweets in there?

[Badfur 13]

One of the most anticipated features for Black Ops 2 along with the multiplayer experience, is the implementation of “Zombie Mode.†With the release of this title, Treyarch will be implementing a variety of new features for this game mode, as well as additional game types. Treyarch has announced three game types for “Black Ops 2 Zombies,†which include Tranzit, Survival, and Grief. Below, you can see an interview on how Treyarch's game designer director, Jimmy Zielinski describes how each of these game types work:

Ok.. first up. This is a test. You use "a" when the next word begins with something other than a vowel, and is also not H. This is an exam. You use "an" when the next word begins with a vowel, or the letter H. So, "Below, you can see an interview...." is the correct method. This is an article, not a article.

Also, as for citing things... consider (if you don't want to use 'tasha's method (because I personally think that method is best for papers, but not articles)) writing it like this:

One of the most anticipated features for Black Ops 2 along with the multiplayer experience, is the implementation of “Zombie Mode.†With the release of this title, Treyarch will be implementing a variety of new features for this game mode, as well as additional game types. Treyarch has announced three game types for “Black Ops 2 Zombies,†which include Tranzit, Survival, and Grief. Below, you can see excerpts from an interview with Treyarch's Game Design Director, Jimmy Zielinski, where he describes how each of these game types work:

<here is where you copy and paste, quotes around this section wouldn't necessarily be out of place.>

[Not Staff. 10]

...and still cite properly.

Was there ever tweets in there?

Read last sentence of first paragraph.

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

I only mention mine over that one so it doesn't look like a ballant copy and paste. :/

Would paraphrasing be better if your way is considered the better way?

[KSI twahl 7 2]

Use both. Paraphrasing for bits of information in a tweet, where as if a tweet is explaining something of greater importance then go ahead and use Badfur's.

I don't see why this is that great of an issue, but in the long run people can refer back to this and be like "Oh, got it."

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

Citations are important.

That's all I wanted done and settled.

Now three of us are telling him to go three different directions... At least he is gone for the week. :/

[Badfur 13]

Options are important. At least he has them...

[KSI Ace 7 97]

Bump/Update...also why the **** is this 3 pages long.

Another thing, doesn't need to be centered, kind of stuck out to me and I'm in a pissy mood. lol

[Not Staff. 10]

Bump/Update...also why the **** is this 3 pages long.

Another thing, doesn't need to be centered, kind of stuck out to me and I'm in a pissy mood. lol

It's three pages long because I had to post revised version over and over......I'm almost done with it I just been at a family reunion so I couldn't get to a computer to finish is off.....I will be back on Monday so it should be finished than.

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

Bump/Update...also why the **** is this 3 pages long.

Another thing, doesn't need to be centered, kind of stuck out to me and I'm in a pissy mood. lol

Badfur wants it centered, that's why it is.

Also, it's three pages long because Twahl and Badfur both got to editing it and when you add in the original author... Three pages happen lol

[KSI Ace 7 97]

Who cares if it's centered or not. If that's their style or what have you, so be it. And why are both editors going after the article? It leads to this, and prolongs the process.

[Badfur 13]

For the record, I started editing it, and then it transitioned over to twahl. At which point, I largely ignore this topic as it's in twahl's hands now.

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

It's 5+ days past Monday.

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

Are you no longer interested into finishing this article?

[KSI twahl 7 2]

?

Don't look at me.

After the citation debacle I thought it was good.