From 746e3a39470fb0229afc042181c6fc9c00e825c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trappist the monk <Trappist_the_monk@en.wikipedia.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:27:57 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] author count, compare numbers to numbers

---
 module_citeq.lua | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/module_citeq.lua b/module_citeq.lua
index 4dd248a..2ffb327 100644
--- a/module_citeq.lua
+++ b/module_citeq.lua
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ local function _cite_q (citeq_args)
 	local missing_names = {}
 	for i, author in pairs(names.authors or {}) do
 		-- mw.logObject(author)
-		if not author.last and i <= (citeq_args['display-authors'] or author_count) then
+		if not author.last and i <= (tonumber (citeq_args['display-authors']) or tonumber (author_count)) then
 			if author.qid then
 				-- ignore anonymous
 				if author.qid ~= 'Q4233718' then