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This template takes an author name that is presumed to be in ALL CAPS, but should be presented unchanged anyway, and returns it unchanged.

Usage

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The one parameter is author, which is required.

Internals

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This template exists to enable tracking of pages that override {{source/ucauthor}} via parameter author. Technically, the tracking could be handled by a tracking category hardwired into {{source}} at the point where it uses parameter author to select between {{source/ucauthor}} and {{source/fixauthor}}; however, the modern incarnation of {{source}} avoids mixing layout with logic: if logic is used, the resultant clauses should be trivial, delegating anything nontrivial to a subtemplate. Therefore, injection of a tracking category would be delegated to a subtemplate. The existence of the subtemplate, though, obviates the need for a tracking category.

See also

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