[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16841: Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of assigned capabilities

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#16841: Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of
assigned capabilities
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 Reporter:  10sexyapples                  |       Owner:  swissspidy
     Type:  defect (bug)                  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Role/Capability               |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by swissspidy):

 > is there any reason that the authors dropdown can't just be "people who
 are allowed to edit this particular page"

 It depends. I mean, this is the whole goal of the latest patches. To do
 exactly this. However, it's not as easy as one might think.

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