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::2) When listing authors alphabetically, should we bother with "Firstname Last|Lastname First" syntax as they do here - [[Erotic Romance]], or just leave the format as "Firstname Last" Format, to avoid confusion when new users populate pages? Personally, I am leaning towards the latter, having just found articles for "Racy Li" and "Li, Racy" that were identical, and most likely came from the page I linked to. | ::2) When listing authors alphabetically, should we bother with "Firstname Last|Lastname First" syntax as they do here - [[Erotic Romance]], or just leave the format as "Firstname Last" Format, to avoid confusion when new users populate pages? Personally, I am leaning towards the latter, having just found articles for "Racy Li" and "Li, Racy" that were identical, and most likely came from the page I linked to. | ||
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| + | ''1 - Author names with spaces (like we ran into in the [[Cheryl St.John]] v. [[Cheryl St. John]] issue'' - what did we decide on this? | ||
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| + | ''2 - Author names when more than one author with same name -'' What did we decide on this? | ||
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| + | ''3 - how to list Author names in list:'' | ||
| + | :::okay, I sort of like the list entries to be Last, First (but I had recently noticed the problem with author pages being created in that format too!). The author "First Last" format is what shows up in categories, I think. Maybe we should leave this out there for discussion a little while. --[[User:Kay T|Kay T]] 16:02, 11 September 2007 (PDT) | ||
Revision as of 23:02, 11 September 2007
It's A Start
Just saw that you were working on this and I really like what you've got so far. --DawnBurn 14:21, 5 September 2007 (PDT)
- Thanks Dawn! I know that we have not really needed this so far with just a few editors, but clearly people needed more info, and Leigh even asked me where something was the other day. This is a work in progress, though, so please feel free to bring up issues for discussion, or edit, add as needed. It was looking so quiet around here today, I was worried we had broken the wiki! --Kay T 14:44, 5 September 2007 (PDT)
This page looks great and has been SOOO helpful, there are no words. Thanks, Kay T! ---Robini 14:35, 11 September 2007 (PDT)
- Oh, but one question - (Ok, two now that I think about it)
- 1) Did you want to include instructions for Author names with spaces (like we ran into in the Cheryl St.John v. Cheryl St. John issue, and
- 2) When listing authors alphabetically, should we bother with "Firstname Last|Lastname First" syntax as they do here - Erotic Romance, or just leave the format as "Firstname Last" Format, to avoid confusion when new users populate pages? Personally, I am leaning towards the latter, having just found articles for "Racy Li" and "Li, Racy" that were identical, and most likely came from the page I linked to.
- --Robini 14:43, 11 September 2007 (PDT)
Things to add: 1 - Author names with spaces (like we ran into in the Cheryl St.John v. Cheryl St. John issue - what did we decide on this?
2 - Author names when more than one author with same name - What did we decide on this?
3 - how to list Author names in list:
- okay, I sort of like the list entries to be Last, First (but I had recently noticed the problem with author pages being created in that format too!). The author "First Last" format is what shows up in categories, I think. Maybe we should leave this out there for discussion a little while. --Kay T 16:02, 11 September 2007 (PDT)
