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

[Amiram Eldar]

Hello,

Sometimes the paper is published within a book and the book may have many
authors (usually editors).
In this case "et al." may be accepted for the editors of the book,
otherwise the full reference may be too long.

Best,
Amiram



On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 7:07 PM Pontus von Brömssen <
pontus.von.bromssen at gmail.com> 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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