2010-03-19
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Order of Authors
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Joshua MayUniversity of Alabama, Birmingham
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The way PP deals with the order of authors is rather difficult to
manage. The order of the authors in edit mode isn't always what will
show up in the listed item on PP. It would be really nice if this was
fixed since sometimes people use author order to indicate who worked on
the project more, etc.
Here are some details: Sometimes when I go to add another author, that
author becomes the first author in the listing, even though the added
author in edit mode is listed last. And then things work differently
when I just try to rearrange authors that are already listed. How I arrange them in edit mode isn't always how they show up in the listing.
Furthermore, I have to copy and paste authors' first and last names to
switch the order around. A drag system would be nice. But the most
important thing is to make sure there is a clear way to change the order
(even if it has to be copy and paste); the order in edit mode should
always match the order in the listing.
I'm not sure of what to put for the URL where this problem occurred since it happens in edit mode and on any paper with multiple authors. (For an example, see: http://philpapers.org/rec/NICOTP-2 ) I'm using Firefox 3.6 on Windows 7.
Thanks!
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