Comment 1 for bug 668166

Additional comments on name uniqueness:

Any 2 registered SCA names are unique. Registered names currently (and likely in future) represent only a tiny fraction of the names in the database - eg people who recieved an AOA then left the society.

Non registered sca names are not unique. They might be identical with other entries (eg single names entered or x of groupname), or might be identical with a registered name (eg Angus McDougal). No ammount of effort on Rocket's part will ensure 100% registration currently, and it certainly wont fix the legacy of years of unregistered names of people who no longer play.

Non-unique non-registered sca names will occur. Exact duplication will be rare. It might be possible to investigate every new instance of such and find an additional name element to create uniqueness, as long as there is some mechanism to tell the data entry person immediately this is needed. So long as this is rare, it's probably possible.