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From: "John Cardinal" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Wish List: Compound First Names
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:18:34 -0400
In-Reply-To: <00fd01cbff9d$ffa89de0$fef9d9a0$@net>


Teresa Elliott wrote:
> John, That would require me to remember what name I picked
> for each group. By having a standardized name with each name
> (CRICK, CREEK, CRICKE), they all sort together under each name
> spelling.

Teresa,

For me, it's a small matter to remember which name is preferred, and
something I can determine very easily: go to any person with any of the name
variations and look for a Name-Std tag. If there is one, it shows which
variation is my preferred version. If there isn't, then the primary surname
is the preferred variation. Based on how I measure it, that's a *lot* less
work than adding many name tags to many people, and knowing that it's likely
I have missed some. Adding each variation to each person means that you have
many, many tags to add every time to discover a new variation. Yuck.

John


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