Last modified: 2013-08-21 19:43:42 UTC
When I add a reference and add a template of type "cite web" in the reference, the template only allows me to enter a single author last name and a single author first name. To enter multiple authors I'm supposed to use the attributes "last1, first1 through last9, first9 for up to nine authors", but VisualEditor doesn't seem to offer the possibility of adding these attributes. There is an "others" field, but this is only supposed to be used for people who are neither authors nor editors, e.g. illustrators.
This is a failing in the TemplateData that has been written for the template - it seems that the author of the template's hinting didn't bother to put in last1-9 or first1-9. However, despite the lack of hinting, you can enter these in VisualEditor (just manually type in 'first1' as a parameter, add it, set a value, repeat for 'last1', and so on for each additional author). It's very laborious, which is why this should be fixed in the template's TemplateData, but not an issue with VisualEditor.
