Editing Template:Author missing/doc (section)

==How to fix the problem flagged by this template==
{{strong|Do not remove the template without fixing the problem one of the following ways.}}

*If you ''know the author(s)'', fill in the needed information, and remove the template. 
*;For a template-formatted citation, there are three basic ways to do this&#58;:
*#{{para|last|<var>Familyname</var>}}{{para|first|<var>Given Name(s)</var>}}
*#:or, for multiple authors:
*#{{para|last1|<var>Familyname1</var>}} {{para|first1|<var>Given Name1(s)</var>}} {{para|last2|<var>Familyname2</var>}} {{para|first2|<var>Given Name2(s)</var>}}, etc
*#:or for a committee, working group, etc., instead of individual author names:
*#{{para|author|<var>Organizational author</var>}}
*;For a free-form citation&#58;:
*#Just add the name(s) as appropriate to the format of the citation; or...
*#''Better yet'', convert the entire citation to {{tl|cite journal}}, {{tl|cite news}} or some other {{Cite xxx}}-series template, as appropriate for the work in question.

*If you ''know that no author was specified'' by the original source, as in common in many newswires, explicitly state this with:
*#{{para|author|&lt;!--none--&gt;}}
*#:or for free-form citations:
*#<code>&lt;!--No author specified by source.--&gt;</code>
*:Do ''not'' use question marks.
*:Do ''not'' just repeat the publisher, work (publication/site) name, or other field.
*:Do ''not'' leave the information blank and untag it, or someone else will just come along later and flag this with {{tl|author missing}} again! The citation templates know how to properly format a citation to something with no specified author (thus the HTML comment formatting above).
*:Do ''not'' use {{para|author|none}}
*:Do ''not'' use {{para|author|unknown}}, {{para|author|not sure}} or anything else vague; any implication other than that ''the source itself'' did not specify an author is simply a signal to other editors to re-tag it with {{tl|author missing}}.

*If you ''don't know'':
*:Do ''not'' use question marks.
*#Check the source, and add the necessary information, as above.
*:If the source is a dead link, check archive.org for a backup copy (see your {{tl|citation}}/{{Cite xxx}}-type template's documentation for use of {{para|archiveurl}} and {{para|archivedate}} parameters). If no archive copy is available, use {{tl|dead link}} after the citation, but leave {{tl|author missing}} as well.