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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | One of the working assumptions we have in the List of Common Names thread is: 1. If a person is sometimes credited with a nickname in the middle of their name in quotes, the common name does not include it (example Robert Zajonc not Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc) Question: Should we do include nicknames in the common names? Always, sometimes, never? | | | ...James
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | As I said in the other thread, if that is how he is known it doesn't make any sense to remove it. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 519 |
| | Posted: | | | | In terms of searching, it doesn't really matter if we include it or not. You can't search on the middle name alone but you can search on first or last on their own or together with or without the middle name.
Therefore I would say we should normally add it because it doesn't affect searching but may help to distinguish from other cast/crew with similar names. | | | | Stuart | | | | Last edited: by Gadgeteer |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 906 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree with Gadgeteer here. Since it doesn't affect searching, I say include it. (I feel the same way with middle initials too. The inclusion of them doesn't hurt anything and it adds to the usability) | | | 
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| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | I suppose what we have to think about is what would most people use to search for an actor?
If you think that most people would search on a person's nickname then I guess we need the nickname in there. |
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