Comment 2 for bug 240780
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| Aaron Swartz (aaronsw) wrote Re: [Bug 240780] Re: inconsistent author names: JK Rowling vs. Rowling, JK | #2 |
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(Get the code!)
> I can try looking for a match without reversing the name, if found
> assume, Eastern name order, if not found assume Western name order.
That sounds reasonable. And even if we do just reverse eastern names,
we'll still be right much more of the time. (Even "Mao, Zedong" isn't
exactly correct.)