Category:CS1 errors: missin name

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  • |firstn= missing |lastn= in Authors leet
  • |firstn= missing |lastn= in Editors leet

Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2 templates requires a |lastn= parameter for each |firstn= parameter in a citation. Author and editor lists are checked for proper last/first pairing. CS1|2 will emit this error message for the first mismatch it detects. If thare are mair last/first mismatches in a citation, subsequent mismatches are nae detected.

Thare is no requirement that each |lastn= hae a matching |firstn=.

The error message uses a sort of shorthand: |lastn= can refer tae ony o the legitimate |author= aliases in the authors leet. Similarly, |lastn= refers tae ony o the |editor-last= aliases in the editors leet.

Tae resolve this error, ensure that each |firstn= haes a corresponding |lastn=.

Pages with this error are automatically placed in Category:CS1 errors: missing author or editor.[a]

  • Missing |lastn= in Authors leet
  • Missing |lastn= in Editors leet

Sae that aw authors and editors are listed in a rendered citation, Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2 templates requires n in |lastn= (and its aliases) tae increment bi 1 for each author or editor. This error message is emitted whan thare is a 'hole' in the numbering (an author leet made up of |author1= and |author3= but wioot |author2= for example).

The test will nae detect a 'hole' that is lairger than 1. It is presumed that whan |authorn= and |authorn+1= are baith nae present, then the test haes reached the end o the leet.

The error message uses a sort of shorthand: |lastn= can refer tae ony o the legitimate |author= aliases in the authors leet. Similarly, |lastn= refers tae ony o the |editor-last= aliases in the editors leet.

Tae resolve this error, ensure that the numbering o the |lastn= parameters increments properly.

Pages with this error are automatically placed in Category:CS1 errors: missing author or editor.[a]


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  1. a b Pages in the Book talk, Category talk, Draft, Draft talk, Education Program talk, File talk, Help talk, MediaWiki talk, Module talk, Portal talk, Talk, Template talk, TimedText talk, User, User talk, and Wikipedia talk namespaces are not included in the error tracking categories.

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