Template:Citation Style documentation/author

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 * last: Surname of 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. Bono). Aliases: last1, surname, surname1, author, author1.
 * 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: first1, given, given1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty.
 * OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through last n , first n  where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (each first n  requires a corresponding last n ). Aliases: surname1, given1 through surname n , given n , or author1 through author n .  For an individual author plus an institutional author, you can use ..........
 * author-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: author-link1, authorlink, authorlink1, author1-link, author1link.
 * OR: for multiple authors, use author-link1 through author-link n . Aliases: authorlink1 through authorlink n , or author1-link through author n -link, or author1link through author n link.
 * name-list-format: displays authors and editors in Vancouver style when set to  and when the list uses  /  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:
 * Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corporation))
 * author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in vauthors as described above
 * authors: Free-form list of author names; not an alias of last
 * contributor-last: Surname 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: contributor1, contributor1-last, contributor-last1.
 * contributor-first: Given or first names of contributor. Do not wikilink—use contributor-link instead. Aliases: contributor1-first, contributor1-first1.
 * OR: for multiple contributors, use contributor-last1, contributor-first1 through contributor-last n , contributor-first n  where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of contributors (each contributor-first n  requires a corresponding contributor-last n ). Aliases: contributor1-last, contributor1-first through contributor n -last, contributor n -first, or contributor1 through contributor n .
 * contributor-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the contributor—not the contributor's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: contributor-link1, contributor1-link.
 * OR: for multiple contributors, use contributor-link1 through contributor-link n . Aliases: contributor1-link through contributor n -link.}}
 * translator-last: Surname of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator1, translator1-last, translator-last1.
 * translator-first: Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator1-first, translator-first1.
 * OR: for multiple translators, use translator-last1, translator-first1 through translator-last n , translator-first n  where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of translators (each translator-first n  requires a corresponding translator-last n ). Aliases: translator1-last, translator1-first through translator n -last, translator n -first, or translator1 through translator n .
 * translator-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: translator-link1, translator1-link.
 * OR: for multiple translators, use translator-link1 through translator-link n . Aliases: translator1-link through translator n -link.
 * When using or  styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field or else the anchor will not match the inline link.