Feature Request - Agent name enhancement #5269
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We've been down that road, it makes a lot of messes but it would not be technically difficult to turn some sort of name-making magic back on. Something less magical/involving humans sounds better, but that would require some kind of ongoing resources. No number of alternate spellings will find the occasional and inevitable "Keeth Barker" (unexpected spelling, whether given or just a typo) - suggest following the docs (and flag the duplicate that occasionally uncovers, please!):
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It is frustrating to know an agent name such as Kieth Barker is in Arctos, but a search for that name at https://arctos.database.museum/agents.cfm results in "Nothing Matched"
when he is in Arctos, just as F. Kieth Barker
Describe what you're trying to accomplish
Help people find the agents they are looking for
Describe the solution you'd like
I believe that I can add the aka Kieth Barker to this agent and then this will work, but that only fixes this one agent. Could we do a little agent name magic so that any preferred name that includes a first middle and last (3 names) gets an aka added? Maybe start with these two scenarios?
I'm happy to work up a bulkload of akas if I can get the sql to narrow down the list of who needs them
Maybe this could also be a low quality agent report for the @ArctosDB/agents-committee to review twice a year or something?
It was also suggested that instead of "Nothing matched" when no exact matches are found, Maybe we should say something like
"No exact matches, try searching last name only"
FWIW, the above might also be good for the public search? https://arctos.database.museum/agent.cfm
Describe alternatives you've considered
Adding these as I find them.
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Priority
Please assign a priority-label. Unprioritized issues gets sent into a black hole of despair.
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