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Is there a way I can specify a placeholder text for citations in which bibliographies are missing? For instance, I would imagine the syntax might look something like \citep[Author, Year]{AuthorYear}. I tried using \defcitealias but I guess that does not work if the bibliography entry is missing.

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Would setting up a dummy entry of type @misc, with a key named dummy, a year field of 9999, and every other field taking a value of dummy, be a way to go? You could issue citation commands such as \citet{dummy} as placeholders until the real entries are set up. – Mico Oct 1 '12 at 10:26
Oh I see, so it would have to be done in the .bib file. But I know the first authors and year to use in the citations (so I can be more clear to myself than dummy), I just need to go retrieve the entries. ;) – crippledlambda Oct 1 '12 at 16:08
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Use \citetemp{Author, Year} defining it as \newcommand{\citetemp}[1]{(#1)}. You can then search for \citetemp and fix the key. – egreg Nov 3 '12 at 23:41

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