[Bioc-devel] Author name displayed incorrectly in package landing page

[James W. MacDonald]

An alternative that might also work is to add a CITATION file, which might
make it easier to define first and last names.
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html#CITATION-files

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:42 PM Shepherd, Lori <
Lori.Shepherd using roswellpark.org> wrote:

> You might have better luck updating the Author and Maintainer fields in
> the DESCRIPTION to Authors using R syntax.
> It should also be noted there should only be one maintainer for the
> package.
>
>
>
>
> Lori Shepherd
>
> Bioconductor Core Team
>
> Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
>
> Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
>
> Elm & Carlton Streets
>
> Buffalo, New York 14263
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bioc-devel <bioc-devel-bounces using r-project.org> on behalf of Selles
> Vidal, Lara <lara.selles12 using imperial.ac.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 4:00 PM
> To: bioc-devel using r-project.org <bioc-devel using r-project.org>
> Subject: [Bioc-devel] Author name displayed incorrectly in package landing
> page
>
> Dear Bioconductor team,
>
> I have recently realized the first author name in my rfaRm package is not
> displayed as intended in its landing page (
> https://secure-web.cisco.com/193JLq6IONh193nJKdBg7jMaHfoif8o0_WybBViZbQ0UP8aawQ14kwkCj_noco8kT0YPE3BXsytvhz50ObX6wK1Fe4l7-IDK0iuJoSGJNgkvmbjLvhzez_pidtmTAo5yRDK4kIXyrtr4XOfz64zfhM5hq75JJyTPeo8hOVt82rBZSsGEnglY-YtRN_f_XuGS0Ym64ZRjSqVy0Vqc6bqRgN5si-CXc2FIgMB1CKvYy504gmAGJWnwvxG9AAu7xfts8Fdzkq41r8Wo0ls7RzjqMd2lcl6rbr7_YVMXW4J-Rh9mulm1rNBt6cxB0RuxP6V55tG47KoMCP74tp38ozju5-CrZi3W2679q7ywr_niUN0M/https%3A%2F%2Fbioconductor.org%2Fpackages%2FrfaRm
> ).
>
> In short, I put my name as “Lara Selles Vidal” in the Author: field of the
> DESCRIPTION file. My first name is just “Lara”, and “Selles Vidal” are my
> surnames. However, it has been interpreted as Vidal, LS. The intended
> behaviour would have been Selles Vidal, L
>
> Is there any workaround for this?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Lara
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