| Registered: August 4, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
tweeter is correct. Let's use the examples given with some arbitrary numbers.
John Doe = 10
John Doe, Jr. = 5
John Doe Jr. = 125
Based on those numbers, John Doe Jr. is most common. For the first, we would enter, John Doe Jr. [John Doe] which the program will convert to John Doe, Jr. [John Doe].
As I said before, since the program treats them as the same, so should we. OK, but if the case is: John Doe = 10 John Doe, Jr. = 5 John Doe Jr. = 6 Assuming that the result are all correct, you say that John Doe, Jr. is the common name? | | | | Updated List of Accepted Birth Years |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | That is how I would do it as 'Jr' is the most credited form. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 8,722 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
That is how I would do it as 'Jr' is the most credited form. Me too. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
Quoting Unicus69:
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That is how I would do it as 'Jr' is the most credited form.
Me too. I really like that kind of math.  The most credited form in the example of Kluge would be "John Doe" because it appears in all three variants and gets a total of 21 titles, while the two "Jr." variants only get 11. But I'm leaving this windmill alone. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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