Re: Fixing inconsistencies in the list of books

Hi

On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 12:11, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:

> When I added a book to the list a while back I realized that the list is
> quite
> inconsistent in how it lists and even spells authors (and in more minor
> nitpicks, punctuation). The case at hand is "Hans-Juergen Schoenig" and
> "Hans-Jürgen Schönig". The attached patch attempts to make it consistent
> in
> how authors are spelled using HTML entities, and how we list multiple
> authors.
>
> Longer term it might make sense to move this information to the database
> and
> template the list, but that feels like a low-priority task (if one at all)
> given the low churn of this list.
>

Looks good to me. The only correction I would offer is that "et al" should
only be preceded by a comma if there is more than one name listed. Eg.

Dave Page et al.
Dave Page, Daniel Gustafsson, et al.

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