Editing Help:CS1 errors (section)

== <span id="explicit_et_al">Explicit use of et al.</span> ==
<section begin="explicit_etal_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_etal|$1=&lt;param>}}

This error occurs where a {{cs1}} or {{cs2}} template detects that one of the names parameters contains some form of "et al." either as a separate name parameter ({{para|author6|et al.}}) or as a suffix added to a name list ({{para|author|Smith, A.B. et al.}}) or first name ({{para|first|John, et al.}}).

This error can occur in any of the author, editor, interviewer, translator, or contributor parameters.

Use the {{para|display-authors}} parameter instead (or other applicable {{para|display-''<names>''}} parameter), as documented at [[Help:Citation Style 1#Display options]].

Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_etal|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="explicit_etal_help_text" />