2012/2/13 emijrp <[email protected]> > 2012/2/13 Mathieu ONeil <[email protected]> > >> Hi Emir >> >> This is a great initiative, thanks for setting it up. >> >> I have a question: isn't it usual to list authors like this: Lastname >> Firstname? >> >> > Hi Mathieu: > > I have thought several times about this. Authors name is shown in many > places: > * Page titles for their biographies > * Author field in publication infoboxes > * In cells in dynamic tables > * While exporting in BibTeX, CSV... > > I think that every case is different, so, I'm open to suggestion about > when to use "Firstname Lastname" or "Lastname, Firstname". >
I'd prefer calling it "Firstname FamilyName" or "FamilyName, Firstname". It's clearer ... > > Anyhow, this needs a change in how names are filled and probably it > requires a new semantic property, or split name into two chunks (or 3 for > middlename). > > Regards, > emijrp > > >> At present you have Firstname Lastname, as in: >> >> Adam S >> Alejandro L >> Angela B >> etc >> >> Is this appropriate - sorry for being awkward!? >> >> cheers, >> >> Mathieu >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > -- Prof. Manuel Palomo Duarte, PhD Software Process Improvement and Formal Methods group (SPI&FM). Libre Software and Open Knowledge Office (OSLUCA). Department of Computer Languages and Systems. Escuela Superior de Ingenieria. C/ Chile, 1 11002 - Cadiz (Spain) University of Cadiz http://neptuno.uca.es/~mpalomo Tlf: (+34) 956 015483 Mobile phone: (+34) 649 280080 Mobile phone from University network: 45483 Fax: (+34) 956 015139 Aviso legal: Este mensaje (incluyendo los ficheros adjuntos) puede contener información confidencial, dirigida a un destinatario y objetivo específico. Si usted no es el destinatario del mismo le pido disculpas, y le pido que elimine este correo, evitando cualquier divulgación, copia o distribución de su contenido, así como desarrollar o ejecutar cualquier acción basada en el mismo. -- Legal Notice: This message (including the attached files) contains confidential information, directed to a specific addressee and objective. In case you are not the addressee of the same, I apologize. And I ask you to delete this mail, and not to resend, copy or distribute its content, as well as develop or execute any action based on the same.
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