[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64306: Enhancements: Add 'designer' user role, Collaborator groups/teams, display multiple contributor types and co-authors, contributor heirarchy on posts/pages

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#64306: Enhancements: Add 'designer' user role, Collaborator groups/teams, display
multiple contributor types and co-authors, contributor heirarchy on
posts/pages
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 Reporter:  amykamala        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  low              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Role/Capability  |    Version:
 Severity:  trivial          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 With the introduction of notes in WP 6.9 I believe the ability to add
 multiple authors ala https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7650 is a
 feature request that should be reconsidered. (But don't close this yet,
 it's not an exact duplicate)

 Co-authors are common for publications and it probably would not be that
 difficult to add the proper relationships/taxonomies for the basic
 architecture of displaying co-authors (but I hope I don't eat my words
 here).

 In addition to being able to list multiple authors / co-authors on posts:

 - Core could facilitate author groups (teams) where users can be added to
 a group/team and then the group name is the author, and when you hover
 over or click on the group name it displays the list of
 authors/contributors belonging to that group. The groups could also have
 different roles within them like author, editor, designer etc.

 - Posts themselves could have more than one contributor-type field. Not
 only co-authors but other roles as well i.e. author, co-author,
 collaborator, editor, designer, etc. Of course there is currently no
 'designer' user role in Core so that would have to be added.

 - Additionally there could be author hierarchies where one user or user
 group is highlighted as the main author and then the collaborators etc are
 listed as support or collaborators

 - Groups/teams listed as author could come with the option to select who
 from the group/team contributed and display those names as collaborators
 rather than the entire group. So an option in the sidebar to list the
 entire group or select specific individuals.

 - Names of whomever wrote block notes could be pulled and added as
 collaborators automatically (with a toggle), as well as the ability to add
 them manually similarly to how we add categories.

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