Adding a new Resource requires an Author, but can't list them all yet

[AidenMontgomery]

Problem

When adding a new Resource the Author field is currently required. Currently the list of Authors is restricted to 25 as this is the maximum number of options that can be listed in a Select Menu for discord. Discord documentation

We need a new approach for selecting Authors as part of the /add-resource command.

I have thought about a few approaches that could be taken, but other ideas are welcome.

1) Make Author Optional

This would make it possible to add Resources without an Author and therefore allow submissions to continue. Pros Simple change Immediately allows submissions of articles where the Authors are currently not listed Cons Data quality is reduced Authors should be searchable

2) Add Paging Options

Change the first (apart from the first page) and last options in the Select Menu to be paging selections Pros Allows all Authors to be listed (eventually) Possibly a simple code change Cons Finding an Author near the end of the list will take a long time

3) Create an index strategy

Sort all of the Authors into buckets, with a maximum of 25 entries at each level, e.g.

A-B
|-> Aa - Ag
  |-> Aaron Aardvaark
      Aaron Smith
      Abbey Mills
      ...
      Agatha Doe

Pros Potentially faster average time to find authors Should be possible to list all authors Cons Relies on consistent naming of Authors to make sense to users. e.g. Firstname, Surname or Surname, Firstname

4) Autocomplete Interaction

It should be possible to create an Autocomplete Message Interaction to allow searching for Authors. Pros Makes it possible to search for an Author Cons This does not seem to be supported by discord.js at this time