BTW, Grendell while I know the argument which is used. It is not unheard of to see a credit which reads GÉRARD DEPARDIEU which demonstrates that the film industry does not follow supposed norms, they do it the way that they choose, we simply follow and since both Capitalized and Lower case accented letters are available to us we follow what we see, not what we imagine. There are unfortunately sometimes when we have to fudge because the program still does not recognize ALL possible characters. I live for the day when that is no longertrue.

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What happens again if you have the credit Aaaa Bbbb in some profiles and a contribution changes one profile to AaAa BbBb? The name won't change in your local database? Or every profile is affected by the name change?

As I said above, my understanding is that you will keep what you have in your local.

Tested it and yes your local variant won't be overwritten. (Edit: Also, no new variant will be created. Edit2: The only time the online variant influences your local database is at first download.)

Thanks for your helpful answer, Sir.

You do not mean with Edit2, that if you have profile1 with variant Bbbb and you add profile2 with variant BbBb (instead of updating profle1) it will then overwrite the existing variant?!

But you'll have Bbbb in profile2 instead, so if you contribute it again the evaluation screen will detect a change from BbBb to Bbbb which, if accepted, will reach the main database?

And what if a name variant change is correct, how can I receive the correction? I can't, can I?

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For the record, I'll reiterate that Invelos should have the contribution system ignoring capitalisation changes, rather than just having the local update-acceptance-system ignoring those changes. (...)

While your explanation, which I have deleted, is correct, IMO neither contribution nor downloading should ignore capitalisation changes. IMO only the linking system should ignore capitalisation while searching for linked credits.

But better linking systems have been proposed with and without an unique key per person.

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... For the record, I'll reiterate that Invelos should have the contribution system ignoring capitalisation changes, rather than just having the local update-acceptance-system ignoring those changes. The latter is nice, and it protects my local value, which is good, but the real problem lies in the fact that the contribution system still perceives a difference between two name variants where the only difference is in capitalisation. It really shouldn't do that. ...

Hmm, what if a first entry is absolute nonsene? Like: JOHN DOE or jOhN DoE? With an ignoring this entrty would stay forever. (And every user had to correct it manual)

I also hate the ping-ponging, but why should someone just change a case and contribute. 

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I also hate the ping-ponging, but why should someone just change a case and contribute. 

Well, you've just outlined some examples where you would do exactly that, so you've answered your own question. All you need to do now is imagine that for some users, the bar may be set a bit lower than it is for you, and there you go. It just remains strange that we can (or are even forced to) contribute capitalisation-only changes, but can't accept them.

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The capitalization situation doesn't seem to me like an elaborate concept but rather desultory circumventing limitations.

In fact, nothing in the common name system seems like an elaborate concept. It only pleases those who just want to increase their contributions score with the minimum of effort (not trying to verify correct spelling of names), even if the consequence is the unlinking of other users' local databases.

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It's a two-way street: if we, like bbbbb asked about, cannot "accept" a capitalisation change coming down with an update, and if Invelos's position is that those changes are "immaterial" anyway, then why should we be able to contribute said changes? It just doesn't make sense.

I can't speak for Invelos, but I prefer to have the correct capitalization whenever possible.  If I can verify it, I want to upload it so that the main database will be correct.  If we don't care, then we might as well enter them exactly as credited regardless of how it is formatted.  Because we are forced to convert them to mixed case, I will do my vest to convert them properly.

By the same token, when downloading an update, seeing the change lets me know that one of the two is incorrect.  When I see this, I will check to see which one and correct my local if needed.

I would say, "maybe it's just me," but I know it isn't.  surfeur51 wants the same thing and, while I understand Ken's reasons for not allowing it, I feel bad for him because I can do something that he isn't allowed to do.

The best data possible as defined by YOU, Yves. Therein lies the problem. We have another user who like to talk about useful data,,,also as defined by HIM. He doesn't recognize, anymore than you do, that, his definition is about his definition. In your case it is about your belief in data that does not appear in the real world. We use what actually appears as data simply to keep the system grounded in the data that is presented...not data  that exists in their belief in their "expertise"...real data. The chatracter map show both É and é, both Ç and ç. The film industry doen'tfollow your Rules either, Yves, you can see FRANÇOIS credited as well as François or FRANCOIS. Does the film industry cause issues sometimes with their credits...sure, MCSMITH. You want a standard which has no standard, but is completely dependent upon user imagination, we have q system which is grounded in hard data, and user imagination comes into play locally and you are free to exercise it locally. Similarly ewe have a system and method behind BY, but if a user wants to track every BY he can find, he is free to do so, he is not however free to just contribute BY data which does not meet the parameters of use in the Online database. <shrugs>  Sorry, Yves, you can use whatever you want locally, you can correct whatever you consider to be a typo, and if "real" names are an issue to you, instead of hard data, you are free to do that as well