Betsy Gunia (Feb 27 2026 at 21:28): Betsy Gunia (Feb 27 2026 at 21:28):Hello,
I have a dataset where over 50 people contributed to the manuscript :scream: . The depositor hasn't directly asked me to include all the authors, but as far as I can tell, there isn't a limit on number of author entries, correct? Even if there isn't a limit on the total number of authors, I would imagine there are practical reasons that one would not enter all 50 authors. If anyone has advice on this topic and what a practical limit on the number of authors should be, please let me know.
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Feb 27 2026 at 21:57):@Katie Mika opened an issue about this: #8909
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Feb 27 2026 at 22:00):She created a dataset with something like 200 authors on the beta server but I think we had to rebuild that server so that dataset is gone (or I can't find it). @Katie Mika if your script is still lying around, please let me know. :smile:
Anyway, the datasets look a little weird with that many authors. :sweat_smile:
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Feb 27 2026 at 22:00):But yeah, there's no limit.
Katie Mika (Mar 04 2026 at 19:18):Sorry for the long delay! I don't have a script handy, but I definitely used easyDataverse: https://github.com/gdcc/easyDataverse. I'm not a wizard programmer, and found that making direct API requests (via the python requests library) I kept getting the json payload format wrong for all authors file and just gave up. Jan created a great "getting started" notebook with info about loading and updating datasets here: https://github.com/gdcc/easyDataverse/blob/main/examples/EasyDataverseBasics.ipynb
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 04 2026 at 19:19):Gotcha, no worries. I just remember the authors having fun names. :smile:
Katie Mika (Mar 04 2026 at 19:20):But as far as practical reasons to limit authors - I felt like there was no need to. Sure things look a little funny and metadata files are a little long, but I thought it was better to just let everyone get listed. Isn't that the point of technology!
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Mar 04 2026 at 19:33):Exactly!
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