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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ateo357: Quote:
I've seen that thread before. All I get from it is people who decided that the on-screen credited didn't need to be contributed anymore if initials were involved. So you missed the part where Ken came in and decided, on his own, without any suggestions or discussions, to implement a filter for initials? Quote:
one of your posts in that thread -
**SNIP** Perhaps you missed it but, if you go to the first page of this thread, you will see that I am of a different opinion now than I was back then. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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| Registered: December 27, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,131 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian:
Perhaps you missed it but, if you go to the first page of this thread, you will see that I am of a different opinion now than I was back then.
I noticed. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | A single name field also removes some functionality of the existing program, which I would not support. Combining First Name and Middle Name fields would be a compromise that I could support, but like I said, what's really needed is a new linking system that actually works. | | | | Hal |
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| Registered: May 16, 2010 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 516 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just to be sure:
Actor: Will.I.Am
When I contribute a profile with him it makes Will. I. Am [Will.I.Am].
Is it correct when I correct this in my local database to Will. I. Am [Will.I.Am] and contribute it then? In my opinion: YES. It's not only a display question leaving it local as it is, right? Because when I do not correct it local I will get it at least when I download a profile of a new bought film and then I have a mess in my local database.
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| Registered: June 26, 2013 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 694 |
| | Posted: | | | | sorry, but this is really stupid...
Will.I.Am is Will.I.Am and NOT Will. I. Am.
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what next? you change The 5.6.7.8’s to The 5. 6. 7. 8’s? sure ... | | | 
the real BirthYear OverView | | | | Last edited: by emmeli |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,852 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting emmeli: Quote:
sorry, but this is really stupid...
Will.I.Am is Will.I.Am and NOT Will. I. Am. What difference does it make? It will display as Will.I.Am because of the Credited As field. --------------- |
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| Registered: December 27, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,131 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote:
Quoting emmeli:
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sorry, but this is really stupid...
Will.I.Am is Will.I.Am and NOT Will. I. Am.
What difference does it make? It will display as Will.I.Am because of the Credited As field.
--------------- because it is a stagename Will.i.am it should be in the first name field and the auto-filter is making a fictional name. If you have the auto-filter name in the database, when you type in Will.i.am you get no results. You have to type in the incorrect name now. anybody try AC/DC yet. does it become AC / DC | | | | Last edited: by ateo357 |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,852 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ateo357: Quote:
If you have the auto-filter name in the database, when you type in Will.i.am you get no results. You get useful results if you type in "Will.". --------------- |
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| Registered: December 27, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,131 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote:
Quoting ateo357:
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If you have the auto-filter name in the database, when you type in Will.i.am you get no results.
You get useful results if you type in "Will.".
--------------- but the whole name is Will.i.am. His real name is William Adams. and his stage name is a play on William (add the periods). |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,852 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ateo357: Quote:
but the whole name is Will.i.am. His real name is William Adams. OK. What difference does that make? --------------- |
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| Registered: December 27, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,131 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote:
Quoting ateo357:
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but the whole name is Will.i.am. His real name is William Adams.
OK. What difference does that make?
--------------- and his stage name is a play on William (add the periods). Will.i.am (Adams). the reason i am is not capitalized. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | From the rules:
"If an actor name is only a first name or stage name enter it entirely in the first name field. Examples are Cher, Madonna, Cedric the Entertainer & Queen Latifah." |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,852 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting dee1959jay: Quote:
From the rules:
"If an actor name is only a first name or stage name enter it entirely in the first name field. Examples are Cher, Madonna, Cedric the Entertainer & Queen Latifah." OK, and so you still enter it that way. What's the big deal? --------------- |
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| Registered: March 10, 2007 | | Posts: 4,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | At the moment I'm not sure this filter is adding benefit overall. Since it will be superseded by future functionality changes, I've (at least for now) disabled it.
Further, I've restricted the middle name filter (creation of a middle name out of two first initials in the first name) to only operate if the middle name is empty and the last name is not empty. | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative | | | | Last edited: by Ken Cole |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ken Cole: Quote:
At the moment I'm not sure this filter is adding benefit overall. Since it will be superseded by future functionality changes, I've (at least for now) disabled it.
Further, I've restricted the middle name filter (creation of a middle name out of two first initials in the first name) to only operate if the middle name is empty and the last name is not empty.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: December 27, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,131 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
Quoting Ken Cole:
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At the moment I'm not sure this filter is adding benefit overall. Since it will be superseded by future functionality changes, I've (at least for now) disabled it.
Further, I've restricted the middle name filter (creation of a middle name out of two first initials in the first name) to only operate if the middle name is empty and the last name is not empty.
I'll double that. |
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