Decisions
D-0015 · What "שם" points to
When a citation says "שם" (ibid), which place does it mean?
The place of the citation just before it.
| Status | The machine's guess — not yet ruled |
| Set | 20 Tishrei 5787 · 2026-10-01 04:45 |
| Recorded in | experiments/2026-10-01-head-to-head (head_to_head.py) |
| Rests on | — |
| Affects | the address of every ibid citation |
| Would change if | A case where "שם" refers further back. (Sefaria's own parser reads "שם" as the number 340, so it is never sent there.) |
The options on the table
- the citation just before
- the last citation of the same book
Generated from the register (docs/decisions/0015-ibid.md). A changed value is recorded as a new entry; the old one is never overwritten.