Template:Cite/author

The Template:Cite/author checks the {trunc} truncation level to show "et al" when 1 level past the level, else it displays the specified surname (or author), with optional given name, optional {authorlink}, and using separator as {namesep}. Parameters:
 * surname - a last name in list of authors
 * surnameb - the next last name in the list
 * given      - the first name(s) of author named "surname"
 * n      - 'nth' number of author's name
 * trunc      - the truncation level to omit extra author names
 * authorlink - optional article title to wikilink to author name
 * authorsep - the punctuation separator to show between authors
 * namesep - the punctuation separator to show after last name
 * amp=yes - option to show ampersand ("&amp;") before name.

The default settings are authorsep=; and namesep=, (comma).