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Single executive producer incorrectly identified as "Executive Producers"

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ChristophSantel commented

When citing a @Video-entry with only one executive producer, the plural term "Executive Producers" is incorrectly printed in the references section. Please see the minimum working example attached.

Thank you,
Christoph

P.S.: Feel free to reach out to christoph@santel.eu if additional clarification on the issue is needed.

MWE.pdf
MWE.bib.txt
MWE.tex.txt

plk commented

Will be fixed in next version. If you need this fix now, replace the mainvideo macro in apa.bbx with:

\newbibmacro*{mainvideo}{%
  \iffieldundef{maintitle}
    {}
    {\usebibmacro{in}%
     \printnames[apanames][-\value{listtotal}]{execproducer}%
     \setunit{\addspace}%
     \ifthenelse{\the\c@execproducer=1}%
       {\bibcplstring[\mkbibparens]{execproducer}}
       {\bibcplstring[\mkbibparens]{execproducers}}%
     \setunit{\addcomma\addspace}%
     \printfield{maintitle}}}
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PsychicBirdy commented

I think this needs another fix as we have two ways to input this. From the APA examples 10.12:87a and b work fine, 10.12:86 not yet.

\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=apa]{biblatex}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
% (APA 10.12 Example 86)
% ENTRYSUBTYPE is a localisation string
@VIDEO{10.12:86,
	ENTRYSUBTYPE    = {tvseries},
	AUTHOR          = {D. Simon}, %  and R. F. Colesberry and Kostroff Noble, N.
	AUTHOR+an:role  = {=execproducers},
	TITLE           = {The Wire},
	PUBLISHER       = {Blown Deadline Productions and HBO},
	DATE            = {2002/2008}
}

% (APA 10.12 Example 87)
% ENTRYSUBTYPE is a localisation string
% Dual localisation string data annotation for the first AUTHOR
@VIDEO{10.12:87a,
	ENTRYSUBTYPE    = {tvepisode},
	AUTHOR          = {K. Barris},
	AUTHOR+an:role  = {1=director,writer},
	TITLE           = {Lemons ({Season}~3, {Episode}~12)},
	MAINTITLE       = {Black-ish},
	EXECPRODUCER    = {K. Barris}, %  and J. Groff and A. Anderson and E. B.  Dobbins and L. Fishburne and H. Sugland
	PUBLISHER       = {Wilmore Films and Artists First and Cinema Gypsy
		Productions and ABC Studios},
	DATE            = {2017-01-11}
}

% ENTRYSUBTYPE is a localisation string
% Three data annotations, one for each name in the AUTHOR list
@VIDEO{10.12:87b,
	ENTRYSUBTYPE    = {tvepisode},
	AUTHOR          = {B. Oakley and J. Weinstein and J. Lynch},
	AUTHOR+an:role  = {1=writer;2=writer;3=director},
	TITLE           = {Who Shot {Mr.} {Burns}? ({Part} {One}) ({Season}~6,
		{Episode}~25)},
	MAINTITLE       = {The Simpsons},
	EXECPRODUCER    = {D. Mirkin}, %  and J. L. Brooks and M. Groening and S. Simon
	PUBLISHER       = {Gracie Films and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation},
	DATE            = {1995-05-21}
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

\textcite{10.12:86}

\textcite{10.12:87a}

\textcite{10.12:87b}

\printbibliography
\end{document}

With {=execproducers} I get "(Executive Producers)", with {=execproducer} I get "()".

plk commented

The annotation without a name index like =execproducers applies to the whole field and would naturally be plural but you can get what you want with 1=execproducer - note the singular as individual list item roles are singular in the code. I can put a comment in about this in the examples.

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PsychicBirdy commented

I see. Yes, the comment on that is really helpful, I believe. Thanks a lot!