Template:Citation Style documentation/author


 * 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. Bono). Aliases: surname, author, last1, surname1, author1.
 * author: this parameter is used to hold the name of an organizational author (e.g. a committee) or the complete name (first and last) of a single person; for the latter, prefer the use of first and last. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author. Supports accept-this-as-written markup. Do not use italics in this field, as doing so produces corrupt metadata.
 * first: Given or first names of author; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M. Sr. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. Aliases: given, first1, given1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty. Use generational and suffixes only in accordance with MOS:JRSR and use honorifics only in accordance with MOS:HON.
 * 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 , but not the other way around). 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, author1-link, authorlink.
 * OR: for multiple authors, use author-link1 through author-link n . Aliases: author1-link through author n -link.
 * name-list-style: accepts a limited list of keywords as value; when set to,  , or  , inserts an ampersand between the last two names in a name list; when set to  , inserts the conjunction 'and' between the last two names of a name list; when set to  displays name lists in Vancouver style when the lists use the  /  forms of name parameters.
 * vauthors: comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate:
 * Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal
 * author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in vauthors as described above
 * collaboration: Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requires author, last, or vauthors listing one or more primary authors; follows author name-list; appends "et al." to author name-list.


 * Note: When using or  styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field, or else the anchor will not match the inline link.