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Citation bot mangles author lists under some conditions and does not support Vancouver style. ###Reported errors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Bot_unnecessarily_adding_last2.2C_last3.2C_last4.2C_..._parameters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Butchered_author_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Bot_used_.22author4.3Dand_others.22_in_place_of_real_author_.234_on_a_7-author_reference. ###The bot should support Vancouver style author lists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Vcite2_journal#Optional_vauthors_parameter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Vcite2_journal#Rationale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#Vancouver_style_error

Citation bot mangles author lists under some conditions. It should not do this. Possible implementation: stop the bot from modifying any existing author parameters. ###Reported errors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Bot_unnecessarily_adding_last2.2C_last3.2C_last4.2C_..._parameters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Butchered_author_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Bot_used_.22author4.3Dand_others.22_in_place_of_real_author_.234_on_a_7-author_reference.

Citation bot mangles author lists under some conditions and does not support Vancouver style. It should not do this. Possible implementation: stop the bot from modifying any existing author parameters. ###Reported errors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Bot_unnecessarily_adding_last2.2C_last3.2C_last4.2C_..._parameters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Butchered_author_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Citation_bot#Bot_used_.22author4.3Dand_others.22_in_place_of_real_author_.234_on_a_7-author_reference. ###The bot should support Vancouver style author lists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Vcite2_journal#Optional_vauthors_parameter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Vcite2_journal#Rationale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#Vancouver_style_error