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[edit] Categories?

I've been looking at the source for the template, and it looks like we are not automatically categorizing author pages anymore? Did I read the source code correctly?—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 05:09, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

That should be fixed now. // [admin] Pathoschild (^talk/_map) 20:53, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Interwiki

Please add interwiki for Slovenian Wikisource: sl:Predloga:Avtor Thanks, --194.249.181.167 06:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC).

Done. —{admin} Pathoschild 18:18, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Defaultsort key not working?

Looking at Category:Authors-B, it looks as if the "defaultsort" parameter on Template:Author is not working, as many (if not all) of the author pages listed in this category have the defaultsort parameter but are categorized all out of order.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 21:50, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

The default sort magic word defines the sort key only for categorization when no other sort key is specified. The problem is the line {{{category|[[Category:Authors-{{{last_initial}}}|{{{last_initial}}}]]}}}. That line tells the software to override the default sort key and sort on the last initial. So all author pages in Category:Authors-B is sorted as "B". The order of all those "B" sort keys is more or less arbitrary. /EnDumEn 22:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

That is fixed in the new version proposed at Wikisource:Scriptorium#Overhaul_author_template. —{admin} Pathoschild 18:52:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Quotations" not "quotes"

"Quote" is a verb, and it is very poor English usage to use it in place of the proper noun. Can somebody fix this? Brisvegas 03:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Quote is a valid informal noun form of quotation. The interwiki links box needs to be as small as possible, since it pushes aside the author description. —{admin} Pathoschild 19:55:24, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese names

Is there a way to manage Chinese names, which place the family name first? Take a look at the page Author:Li Bai for an example of the difficulty; Li is the family name.Easchiff 23:21, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Yep; use the following parameters. Please leave in the comment in the name field.

 |firstname      = Bai
 |lastname       = Li
 |name           = Li Bai <!-- override parameter, do not use for most author pages -->

—{admin} Pathoschild 05:36:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categorizing with "Category:Authors"?

I've noticed that the template every now and then gives an author page Category:Authors. I'm not sure why it does that, but it's got to be in the template somewhere, as the actual author pages do not categorize themselves with that category.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 15:27, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't see anything in the template that would cause that; if you see it again, link to it from here so I can take a look. —{admin} Pathoschild 05:38:27, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Look

The author template on French Wikisource is much better looking (see, for example, Charles Baudelaire), although it has less details. It would be nice if the English template could have its look improved. I would also point out that the image option is sort of pointless in the author template, since invariably the image is too big. Wouldn't it make more sense if the images were just added separately to the pages? — The Man in Question 11:03, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] flourished

When a birth and/or death year isnt known, it is customary to provides years when the person flourished (fl.), or was was known to exist. I think a "flourished" override would be useful, especially for the more obscure authors that we tend to find as editors and translators. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 11:13, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support, it would allow us to document what date ranges the author is active in to avoid confusion especially when firm birth and death dates are not available. Jeepday (talk) 11:42, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Single names

The "name" option mentioned in the Chinese name discussion above does not seem to actually work. I do not see it in the template parameters, and it is ignored in favor of firstname and lastname. This should be included for use with authors only having a single name such as Plato or Socrates as well. --Parsa 17:16, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Last initial guidance

I have started to see the field for Last_initial having two letters 'Xx'. If this is now the preferred methodology, if so would it be possible to amend the guidance in the template. Further, is there a plan to convert those existing with single initial? -- billinghurst (talk) 00:48, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

I have raised this at Wikisource:Scriptorium#Two character Author initial. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 02:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)