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Author names
- last#: Surname of a single author. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink—use author-link# instead. Aliases: author-last#, author#-last, author#, surname#, subject#, host# .
- author#: Complete name of a single author (first and last), name of an author who goes by a single name (e.g.
|author=Bono), name of a corporate or institutional author. May be enumerated. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author.
- author#: Complete name of a single author (first and last), name of an author who goes by a single name (e.g.
- first#: Given or first names of author; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M., Sr. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink—use author-link# instead. Requires last#; first name will not display if last# is empty. Aliases: author-first#, author#-first, given#.
- vauthors: comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses:
|vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.))- author-link# and author-mask# may be used for the individual names in vauthors.
- collaboration: Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requires author-name parameter(s) to list the primary author(s); follows author-name list; appends et al. to author-name list. Aliases: none
- 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#. Aliases: people, credits
- author-link#: See link option. Aliases: author#-link, authorlink#, author#link, subject-link#, subject#-link, subjectlink#, subject#link.
- author-mask#: See mask option. Aliases: author#-mask, authormask#, author#mask.
- display-authors: See display option. Aliases: displayauthors.
Editor names
- editor-last#: Surname of a single editor. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink—use editor-link# instead. Aliases: editor#-last, editor#, editor-surname#, editor#-surname.
- editor#: Complete name of a single editor (first and last), name of an editor who goes by a single name (e.g.
|editor=Bono), name of a corporate or institutional editor. May be enumerated. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one editor.
- editor#: Complete name of a single editor (first and last), name of an editor who goes by a single name (e.g.
- editor-first#: Given or first names of editor; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M., Sr. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink—use editor-link# instead. Requires editor-last#; first name will not display if editor-last# is empty. Aliases: editor#-first, editor-given#, editor#-given.
- veditors: comma-separated list of editor names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional editor names in doubled parentheses:
|veditors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.))- editor-link# and editor-mask# may be used for the individual names in veditors.
- editors: Free-form list of editor names; use of this parameter is discouraged because it does not contribute to a citation's metadata.
- editor-link#: See link option. Aliases: editor#-link, editorlink#, editor#link.
- editor-mask#: See mask option. Aliases: editor#-mask, editormask#, editor#mask.
- display-editors: See display option. Aliases: displayeditors.
Interviewer names
- interviewer-last#: Surname of a single interviewer. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink—use interviewer-link# instead. Aliases: interviewer#-last, interviewer#.
- interviewer#: Complete name of a single interviewer (first and last), name of an interviewer who goes by a single name (e.g.
|interviewer=Bono), name of a corporate or institutional interviewer. May be enumerated. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one interviewer.
- interviewer#: Complete name of a single interviewer (first and last), name of an interviewer who goes by a single name (e.g.
- interviewer-first#: Given or first names of interviewer; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M., Sr. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink—use interviewer-link# instead. Requires interviewer-last#; first name will not display if interviewer-last# is empty. Aliases: interviewer#-first.
- interviewer-link#: See link option. Aliases: interviewer#-link.
- interviewer-mask#: See mask option. Aliases: interviewer#-mask.
- display-interviewers: See display option. Aliases: none.
Translator names
- translator-last#: Surname of a single translator. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink—use translator-link# instead. Aliases: translator#-last, translator#, translator-surname#, translator#-surname.
- translator#: Complete name of a single translator (first and last), name of a translator who goes by a single name (e.g.
|translator=Bono), name of a corporate or institutional translator. May be enumerated. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one translator.
- translator#: Complete name of a single translator (first and last), name of a translator who goes by a single name (e.g.
- translator-first#: Given or first names of translator; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M., Sr. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink—use translator-link# instead. Requires translator-last#; first name will not display if translator-last# is empty. Aliases: translator#-first, translator-given#, translator#-given.
- translator-link#: See link option. Aliases: translator#-link.
- translator-mask#: See mask option. Aliases: translator#-mask.
- display-translators: See display option. Aliases: none.
Other names
- others: To record other contributors to the work, including illustrators. For the parameter value, write Illustrated by John Smith.
Name-list display control
- name-list-format: accepts the single value
vanc; when set, displays name-lists using Vancouver style and when the list useslast/firstparameters for the name list(s). - display-<name-list>: Controls the number of names that are displayed in <name-list> when a citation is published. By default, all are displayed. To change the number of names that are displayed, set display-<name-list> to the desired number. For example,
|display-authors=2will display the first two authors listed in the author-name list. Appends et al. to the list when the number of displayed names is less than the number of names in the list.|display-authors=etaldisplays all names in the list and appends et al. Omit when the number of names in the template is the same as the number of names to be displayed. - <name-list>-link#: Title of existing Wikipedia article about <name#>—not <name#>'s website. May be enumerated. Do not wikilink.
- <name-list>-mask#: Replaces <name#> with em dashes or text. May be enumerated. Set <name-list>-mask# to a positive integer value n to replace <name#> with a dash that is n em spaces wide; set <name-list>-mask# to a text value to display the text ahead of the <name#>; for example, "with". You must still include a value for the matching name-list#> parameter for metadata purposes. Primarily intended for use with bibliographies or bibliography styles where multiple works by <name#> are listed sequentially such as shortened footnotes. Do not use in a list generated by
{{reflist}},<references />or similar (in-line citations) as there is no control of the order in which such references are displayed.
Parameter enumeration
Parameter names that contain the placeholder character '#', may be enumerated. Enumerators are consecutive positive integers beginning at '1' and continuing without gaps; there is no upper limit. In use:
- digits must replace the '#' placeholder:
|last15=not|last#=→ Unknown parameter|last#=ignored
- for all parameters that are enumerable, the absence of an enumerator has the same meaning as an enumerator of '1':
|author-link=and|author-link1=have the same meaning → More than one of|author-link1=and|author-link=specified
- simultaneous use of a non-enumerated parameter and its enumerator '1' equivalent is redundant:
|translator-last=and|translator1-last=have the same meaning → More than one of|translator1-last=and|translator-last=specified
- simultaneous use of same-parameter enumerations where the enumerators are in different positions is redundant:
|editor-first3=and|editor3-first=have the same meaning → More than one of|editor3-first=and|editor-first3=specified
- simultaneous use of same-enumeration aliases is redundant:
|contributor-last1=and|contributor=have the same meaning → More than one of|contributor-last1=and|contributor=specified
- simultaneous use of same-parameter enumerations where the enumerators are in the same position is redundant:
|interviewer-link2=and|interviewer-link2=are identical; this condition not caught by cs1|2 error detection; see Help:Duplicate parameters