Comment 6 for bug 240780
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| David Strauss (davidstrauss) wrote Re: [Bug 240780] Re: inconsistent author names: JK Rowling vs. Rowling, JK | #6 |
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----- "Aaron Swartz" <email address hidden> wrote:
> > 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.)
That's what I'm doing within my Wikipedia citation tool for Open Library.