User talk:Slaporte/WikifyCiteTool

Nice job! I've been using the tool for a few days, and it's been a big help. - LegalSkeptic (talk) 16:43, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Glad you find it useful. If you discover problems or think of improvements, be sure to let me know. I will be making regular updates. Cheers, stephen (talk) 07:42, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

NJ citations
Could you add some NJ citations to the tool? It works pretty much perfectly on federal cases, but currently only wikifies links to the Atlantic Reporter when I run state cases through it.

Cases go like this:
 * # N.J. #
 * # N.J. Super. #

And the statutes look like:
 * N.J.S.A. #

Thanks!

LegalSkeptic (talk) 12:41, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. stephen (talk) 15:04, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Excellent test case
I stumbled upon this case with an appendix with a long list of state statutory references. I ran the tool on it, so you can see what worked and what didn't. I hope this helps you add some more citation forms. Thanks again for all the work you've done on this tool. - LegalSkeptic (talk) 22:28, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

NJ citations not working
For some reason, NJ citations seem to not be working anymore. Try just plugging something like "99 N.J. 99" into the tool. It doesn't work. LegalSkeptic (talk) 16:54, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed. stephen (talk) 00:35, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * NJ citations are broken again. LegalSkeptic (talk) 20:35, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

U.S. Constitution citations
Could you add constitutional citations to the tool?


 * "Article *" = Constitution of the United States of America
 * "First Amendment" = First Amendment
 * ..."* Amendment" where * = First-Tenth = * Amendment
 * "Eleventh Amendment" = Eleventh Amendment
 * "* Amendment" where * = Eleventh-Twenty-seventh * Amendment

Thanks! - LegalSkeptic (talk) 22:40, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The trouble is determining when "Article *" is referring to the U.S. Constitution. For example, here Article 3 refers to the Warsaw Convention. I am trying to figure out a reliable way to identify a citation to an article/amendment in the U.S. Constitution. stephen (talk) 04:34, 6 September 2010 (UTC)


 * That's definitely a tricky problem with the articles, but when someone says "First Amendment" you know they're referring to the Bill of Rights. Maybe you could just implement it for the amendments for now?  I understand if you think that would turn up too many false positives as well.  LegalSkeptic (talk) 18:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I added * Amendment. The first ten link to United States Bill of Rights and the rest go to the  in Additional amendments to the United States Constitution. stephen (talk) 08:40, 8 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I have to admit, this may have just been a terrible idea on my part. It's getting buggy for me now because some cases refer to statutory amendments, like the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and they end up with a broken link attempt from the tool.  Unless there's a way to distinguish numbers from other words, I think you should remove this feature for now.  Thanks though! LegalSkeptic (talk) 00:44, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I can set it to distinguish numbers, but there will still be some false positives. Could you post the examples where it was picking up the Clean Air Act Amendments? I will see what I can do. Disabled   for now. stephen (talk) 01:34, 28 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Check this one out. It's already done and fixed, but I guess you could just copy the test from the viewable page (as opposed to the edit page) and try running it to see what happens.  LegalSkeptic (talk) 14:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Non-codified statutes and regulations
Could you add these formats for non-codified statutes and regulations?


 * Federal Register: # Fed. Reg. #
 * Statutes at Large: # Stat. #
 * Public Laws: P.L. #-# (these always have two numbers with a dash in between, e.g. "P.L. 90-148")

Thanks! - LegalSkeptic (talk) 18:03, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Added. Cheers, stephen (talk) 06:21, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! - LegalSkeptic (talk) 16:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

New citations
Here are some citations formats I've found for you to add when you get back:

Rules:
 * Federal Rule of Civil Procedure #
 * Fed. R. Civ. P. #
 * Fed.R.Civ.P. #
 * Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure #
 * Fed.R.Crim.P. #
 * Fed. R. Crim. P. #
 * Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure #
 * Fed. R. Bankr. P. #
 * Fed.R.Bankr.P. #

Cases (state reporters):
 * # Cal.#th #
 * # Cal.Rptr.#d #
 * # Del. #
 * # Del. Ch. #
 * # Ill. #d #
 * # Ill.App.#d #
 * # Ill. App. #d #
 * # Ill.Dec. #
 * # Ky. #
 * # La. Ann. #
 * # Mass. #
 * # Mich. #
 * # Minn. #
 * # N.H. #
 * # N.Y.S.#d #
 * # Neb. #
 * # Ohio St. #d #
 * # Pa. #
 * # Pa. Super. #
 * # Va. #
 * # Wall. #
 * # Wash. #
 * # Wash. #d #
 * # Wis. #

Cases (regional and special reporters):
 * # B.T.A. #
 * # T.C. #
 * # B.R. #
 * # Eng. Rep. #
 * # So.#d #

Statutes:
 * Cal. Bus & Prof. Stat. Ann. § #
 * # Del. C. § #
 * Mo. Ann. Stat. § #.#

Also, the New Jersey case citations aren't working again. - LegalSkeptic (talk) 01:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The N.J. cites should be working again, and I added some additional cases from the list. More to come. Cheers, stephen (talk) 07:51, 19 January 2011 (UTC)