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Modified APA 7th Edition for BU. Main change is italicise website information

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😟 There are some issues with your submission.

2 tests failed

BU-APA: must have a conventional file name

expected "BU-APA.csl" to match /^[a-z\d]+(-[a-z\d]+)*\.csl$/
Diff:
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/^[a-z\d]+(-[a-z\d]+)*\.csl$/
+"BU-APA.csl"

BU-APA: style ID must be of the form "http://www.zotero.org/styles/" + style file name (without ".csl" extension, e.g. "http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa")

expected: "http://www.zotero.org/styles/BU-APA"
     got: "http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa"

(compared using ==)

Please check the test report for details.

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POBrien333 commented Nov 12, 2025

We already have a style for Bournemouth University: https://www.zotero.org/styles?q=id%3Aharvard-bournemouth-university

Is what you're proposing different to that?

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phanti1010 commented Nov 12, 2025

Yes that is the old Harvard style this year they introduced a new referencing style extremely similar to APA. The only difference I can see looking through there guidance is a change to the italics when referencing a website.

I’ll fix the issues later

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Right. Then we'd want to update the style we have already, not create a new one.
Btw, APA is a Harvard style. Harvard just means "author date", nothing more.

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phanti1010 commented Nov 12, 2025

They still use the old style for some courses like English

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Can you share the citation guidelines for that style?

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