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mixing last and authorlink alaises is confusing— lets keep them separate
imported>Coastside
(Undid revision 502380936 by Gadget850 (talk) (sorry to undo) - these aren't equivalent; we need to show that "authorlink1" is an alias for "authorlink")
imported>Gadget850
(mixing last and authorlink alaises is confusing— lets keep them separate)
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** '''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 '''authorlink''' instead.
**OR: for multiple authors, use '''first1''', '''last1''' through '''first9''', '''last9''' for up to nine authors. By default, if nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and "et al." will show in place of the last author.
::Aliases: '''last''', '''last1''', '''author''', '''authors''', '''author1'''; '''last1''' through '''last9'''; '''author1''' through '''author9'''{{{aliases|}}}
:* '''authorlink''': Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink.
:*OR: for multiple authors, use '''authorlink1''' through '''authorlink9'''.
::Aliases: '''lastauthorlink''', '''last1authorlink1''', '''author-link''', '''authorsauthor1-link'''; '''last1''', '''author1author2-link''' through '''last9''', '''author9'''; '''authorlink''', '''authorlink1''', '''author-link''', '''author1-link'''; '''authorlink2''', '''author2-link''' through '''authorlink9''', '''author9-link'''{{{aliases|}}}.{{#if: {{{coauthors|}}}|
* '''coauthors''': (deprecated) Names of of coauthors. Use the same format as the authors.}}{{#if: {{{others|}}}|
* '''others''': To record other contributors to the work, such as "Illustrated by Smith" or "Trans. Smith".}}
::When using {{sfnote}} or {{paren}} styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one parameterfield else the anchor will not match the inline link.
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