[seqfan] Re: Use of "et al." in references and links

[israel at math.ubc.ca]

One place where "et al" might be legitimate is in a link to a web page
(e.g. in MathOverflow or StackExchange) containing contributions from
several people, and especially where more might contribute in the future.

Cheers,
Robert

On Jun 27 2023, Pontus von Brömssen wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I would've thought that all authors (maybe up to a reasonably high limit,
>like 20) should be listed in the references/links items, and that "et al."
>be used only in in-text citations in comments, formulas, etc. But searching
>for *link:"et al"|ref:"et al"* gives 2779 hits. (Some of these may be false
>positives for various reasons.) A363892 is a recent example; if one would
>want to find sequences that have refs/links (co-)authored by Bernd
>Sturmfels, this sequence would be difficult to find.
>
>I'm not going to fix all these, but if there is an OEIS guideline or
>consensus about listing all authors in refs/links items I will add it to my
>list of "things to fix when I see them".
>
>Best regards,
>
>Pontus
>
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