Format [updated] - Asme Reference

At 2:17 AM, Elena made a choice that would either make her legend or get her blacklisted from every technical committee in the world.

Then she added, in square brackets per ASME rules for notes: [Editor’s note: Original medium is a paper napkin; photographic facsimile available from corresponding author upon reasonable request.] asme reference format

[23] Tanaka, I., 1962, “Ghost grain boundary stress-strain data,” unpublished manuscript on paper napkin, Kyoto Bar Takumi, Japan, acquired by E. Vargas, 2014, currently in private collection, Zurich, Switzerland. At 2:17 AM, Elena made a choice that

He opened the ASME Guide to a section no one ever used: Appendix B – Exceptional Cases. It said: "In rare instances where no other format applies, the author shall describe the source with maximum clarity and consistency with the principles of traceability and reproducibility." He opened the ASME Guide to a section

The paper was published in March. Within a year, three independent labs reproduced Tanaka’s ghost grain boundaries using Elena’s napkin data. The citation format became known informally as the "Vargas Napkin Rule" and was added to the ASME Style Manual’s FAQ section:

The citation she needed was not for a journal. It was not for a conference paper or a standard. It was for a napkin.

But her document had no title. The napkin just had scribbles. And the "source"? A bar that closed in 2008.