Template:Citation Style documentation/author: Difference between revisions

* <spanb id="csdoc_author" >last</b>'''last''': Surname of a single author. Do not wikilink—use '''author-link''' instead. For corporate authors or authors for whom only one name is listed by the source, use '''last''' or one of its aliases (e.g. {{para|author|Bono}}). Aliases: '''last1surname''', '''surnameauthor''', '''surname1last1''', '''authorsurname1''', '''author1'''{{#if:{{{aliases|}}}|, {{{aliases}}}}}.

** '''first''': Given or first names of author, including title(s); for example: ''Firstname Middlename'' or ''Firstname M.'' or ''Dr. Firstname M., Sr.'' Do not wikilink—use '''author-link''' instead. Aliases: '''first1given''', '''givenfirst1''', '''given1'''. Requires '''last'''; first name will not display if '''last''' is empty.

** OR: for multiple authors, use '''last1''', '''first1''' through '''last<var>n</var>''', '''first<var>n</var>''', where ''n'' is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (each '''first<var>n</var>''' requires a corresponding '''last<var>n</var>''', but not the other way around). {{Crossref|See the [[#csdoc_display|'''display''']] parameters to change how many authors are displayed.}} Aliases: '''surname1''', '''given1''' through '''surname<var>n</var>''', '''given<var>n</var>''', or '''author1''' through '''author<var>n</var>'''. For an individual author plus an institutional author, you can use {{para|first1|...}}{{para|last1|...}}{{para|author2|...}}.

**'''name-list-format''': displays authors and editors in [[Vancouver style]] when set to <code>vanc</code> and when the list uses <code>last</code>/<code>first</code> parameters for the name list(s).

*'''vauthors''': comma -separated list of author names in [[Vancouver style]]; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses:

*:{{para|vauthors|Smythe JB, ((Megabux CorporationCorp.))}}

** '''author-link''' and '''author-mask''' may be used for the individual names in {{para|vauthors}} as described above{{#if:{{{limited_param_list|}}}||

*'''authors''': Free-form list of author names; use of this parameter is discouraged because it does not contribute to a citation's metadata; not an alias of '''last'''.}}{{#if: {{{coauthorscontributor|}}}|

* <span id="csdoc_contributor" />*'''contributor-lastfirst''': SurnameGiven or first names of contributor. Do not wikilink—use '''contributor-link''' instead. For book cites only, requires '''contribution'''; used primarily to cite afterwords, forewords, introduction, or preface to '''author'''{{'s}} work. Aliases: '''contributor1contributor-given''', '''contributor1-lastfirst''', '''contributor-last1first1'''.

**OR: for multiple contributors, use '''contributor-link1''' through '''contributor-link<var>n</var>'''. Aliases: '''contributor1-link''' through '''contributor<var>n</var>-link'''.}}{{#if:{{{limited_param_list|}}}||

* <spanb id="csdoc_translator" />'''translator-last'''</b>: Surname of translator. Do not wikilink—use '''translator-link''' instead. Aliases: '''translator-surname''', '''translator1''', '''translator1-last''', '''translator-last1'''.

**'''translator-first''': Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink—use '''translator-link''' instead. Aliases: '''translator-given''', '''translator1-first''', '''translator-first1'''.

** OR: for multiple translators, use '''translator-last1''', '''translator-first1''' through '''translator-last<var>n</var>''', '''translator-first<var>n</var>''', where ''n'' is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of translators (each '''translator-first<var>n</var>''' requires a corresponding '''translator-last<var>n</var>''', but not the other way around). Aliases: '''translator1-last''', '''translator1-first''' through '''translator<var>n</var>-last''', '''translator<var>n</var>-first''', or '''translator1''' through '''translator<var>n</var>'''.

**OR: for multiple translators, use '''translator-link1''' through '''translator-link<var>n</var>'''. Aliases: '''translator1-link''' through '''translator<var>n</var>-link'''.{{#if: {{{others|}}}|

* <spanb id="csdoc_others" />'''others'''</b>: To record other contributors to the work, including illustrators. For the parameter value, write ''Illustrated by John Smith''.}}

*Note: When using {{sfnote|lc=y}} or {{paren|lc=y}} styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field, or else the anchor will not match the inline link.