Online forum posting

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Format for in-text citation

In-text citation example

A reddit post by the CSIRO (2020) indicates...

OR

...was indicated in a reddit post (CSIRO 2020).


Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Name of Page or Poster (Day Month Year) ‘Title or first 10 words of content of post ...’ [type of post], Page of Post, accessed Day Month Year.

Reference list example

CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) (21 January 2020) ‘A brain transplant for one of Australia's top telescopes’ [online forum post], Reddit, accessed 4 February 2020.


Style notes for this reference type

  • Post titles are contained within single quotation marks and are not italicised. Use minimal capitalisation - capitalise only the first word of the post title and any proper nouns.
  • Hyperlink post title.
  • There is no comma or full stop between the author, date of posting and post title. Commas are used to separate all other elements. The reference entry finishes with a full-stop.

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