Editing Help:CS1 errors (section)

==<span id="generic_name">Cite uses generic name</span>==
<section begin="generic_name_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_generic_name|$1=&lt;param>}}

Articles are listed in this category when [[Module:Citation/CS1]] identifies template author or editor name parameters that use place-holder names.  Such names may have been provided by bots or other tools that are unable to identify the source's correct names.  Pages in this category should only be added by Module:Citation/CS1.

CS1|2 maintains a short list of 'names' that are typically not the correct names for the cited source.  Some examples are:

{{div col begin |colwidth=15em}}
*<code>about us</code>
*<code>author</code>
*<code>collaborator</code>
*<code>contributor</code>
*<code>contact us</code>
*<code>directory</code>
*<code>editor</code>
*<code>email</code>
*<code>facebook</code>
*<code>google</code>
*<code>home page</code>
*<code>instagram</code>
*<code>interviewer</code>
*<code>linkedIn</code>
*<code>pinterest</code>
*<code>policy</code>
*<code>privacy</code>
*<code>site name</code>
*<code>statement</code>
*<code>submitted</code>
*<code>super user</code>
*<code>translator</code>
*<code>tumblr</code>
*<code>twitter</code>
*<code>user</code>
*<code>verfasser</code>
{{div col end}}

If you are aware of other common place-holder names, please report them at [[Help talk:Citation Style 1]], so that they can be added to the list.

To resolve this error, replace the place-holder name with the source's actual author or editor name, or use a more appropriate parameter. 

Example fixes:

* Replace {{para|author|Smith, Jane, editor}} with {{para|editor|Smith, Jane}}
* Replace <code><nowiki>|author=[[Jane Smith (author)|Jane Smith]]</nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki>|first=Jane |last=Smith |author-link=Jane Smith (author)</nowiki></code> (preferably) or <code><nowiki>|author=Jane Smith |author-link=Jane Smith (author)</nowiki></code>

False positives are possible. When the name is valid, wrap the parameter value in the [[Help:Citation_Style_1#Accept-this-as-written_markup|accept-this-as-written markup]]:

:{{para|author|((Super User))}}

Please do not use this markup when it is not appropriate.

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

See also the error category [[:Category:CS1 errors: generic title]].<section end="generic_name_help_text" />