A book with 90,000 authors

Wikipedia makes a bold claim that it will make history in print publishing by creating a book with the most credited authors ever.
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[ranpha]

I thought if there are more than 3 authors, just crediting the rest of them with et. al. is more than good enough?

[ranpha]

I thought if there are more than 3 authors, just crediting the rest of them with et. al. is more than good enough?

[SixVodkas]

ranpha,

But if you submit your post two more times, you'll still be ranpha.