Long lists of Editors and SpecRef entry generation

Hey spec-prodders,

I'm being asked to remove previous Editors from a specification to the
"current Editors" because "the Editor's list is taking up a lot of
space at the top of the document". The problem here being that at
least two of the Editors have made very significant contributions and
it doesn't feel right to remove them from the SpecRef bibliography
reference given the volume of their contributions over the past 8+
years (the vast majority of what they wrote in the specification
remains unchanged in the current specification).

I believe this issue can be broken into a few sub-solutions:

* Shortening the display of specifications with lots of Editors (past
and present), but allowing the list to be expanded. This means that
the Editor's list will be "PersonA, PersonB, PersonC, et. al ->",
where the "et. al ->" could be clicked on to reveal the full list of
Editors.

* Allowing us to manually construct the SpecRef entry as the "Authors"
are not integrated into the SpecRef entry and they really should be.

* Retiring the concept of Editors and Authors and moving to single
"Lead Contributors" that bundles Editors, Authors, and Chairs (we
really need to start recognizing Chairs) model... though I expect this
is going to be difficult to do from a cultural perspective.

Have these topics been considered lately on spec-prod? What are
people's thoughts on the topic? I'm in a position where I'm having to
push back on the removal of significant contributors to a spec because
people seem to not like the long list of Editors that are showing up
(from a visually cluttered perspective).

-- manu

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Received on Friday, 2 September 2022 14:00:42 UTC