[BioC] question on affyQCReport vignette

[Keith Satterley]

Hi Mark,

are you aware of the citation("package_name") command. See limma package for an 
example. I notice that the affyQCReport citation is auto generated.

Perhaps more package authors should be encouraged to take control of what 
citation() reports.

cheers,

Keith

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Keith Satterley
Bioinformatics Division
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Parkville, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
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Mark Kimpel wrote:
> I am a satistified user of affyQCReport and want to make sure that I include
> the appropriate citations in a paper I am submitting. As this package is
> sort of a wrapper for some other packages and the vignette does not include
> any references beyond that of Gautier, et al, which describes the affy
> package, could someone be kind enough to supply me with the appropriate
> citations?
> 
> In general, it is sort of a pet peeve of mine that developers rightly want
> their work cited, but too often I feel that the citation information on the
> help(package == "foo") page is imcomplete. Would it be presumtuous to ask
> for developers to include a handy list of citations for their packages,
> package dependencies, etc. as part of the general help page for their
> package? I don't know what the official R/BioC policy is on this, but it
> would be extremely helpful both to users and those whose original ideas are
> incorporated into R/BioC.
> 
> And, if I"ve missed something obvious, point me in the right direction,
> spank me with a wet noodle and accept my apologies.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
>