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was doing some editing on Sideways and found Thomas /Haden/ Church.. looked into this unusual last name and found on Wikipedia the following quote: He was raised under his stepfather's surname, "Quesada", and later changed his surname to "Haden Church" (both names are in his family tree) . I then changed my edition of Sideways (024543175858) to Thomas /Haden Church.,
there  are a dozen  false entries  in the data base of Haden being his middle name.. I don't  have time to change the vast majority of these today, ( this post would be quicker for all you owners to look into your own data) and make he necessary changes to the others  or maybe not .. discussion?

Not to put a damper on this, but the wiki article is full of errors.  First it claims he was born in Yolo, California on June 17, 1960.  While there was a person with that name born there on that date, I see nothing to prove they are the same person...but let's ignore that for now.

One of their references, number 3, links to an E! profile that says he was born in 1961, not 1960.  Red flag number one.

Another reference, number 4, links to a biography at Filmreference.com.  That biography says he was born March 31, 1960, in El Paso, Texas.  Red flag number two.

Another reference, number 9, links to an article titled "FEARnet Goes to Church for Zombie Roadkill."  Note it says 'Church', not 'Haden Church'.  Red flag number three.

The biggest red flag, for me at least, is the sentence that reads, "Church later took a break from films and relocated back to his native Texas."  Now, many of you from across the pond and The Great White North may not understand this but, you can't go back to your native Texas if you weren't born in Texas.

Beyond all of those doubts, Church has a wife.  Her name, according to everything I have found, is Mia Church.  If his last name was 'Haden Church', wouldn't her's be as well?  While it is possible, I guess, I have yet to hear of a woman taking only half of her husband's name. 

Edit:  I see a lot has gone on while I was doing my own research. 

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If that is true, which I don't think it is, Tim. Then I have to ask the question, why is parsing so important. I think I know what the answer is going to be, but i will wait and see.

So...why is parsing so all-fired important?

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Name linking "Peruse your collection with ease"

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Cast and Crew tables sort by surname

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Display option for "last, first middle"

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If that is true, which I don't think it is, Tim. Then I have to ask the question, why is parsing so important. I think I know what the answer is going to be, but i will wait and see.

So...why is parsing so all-fired important?

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Program features:

Name linking "Peruse your collection with ease"

----Yeah right. Except that the system is broken.

Cast and Crew tables sort by surname

---LOCAL issue

Display option for "last, first middle"

----Also Local issue
   
Try again and answer the question

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If that is true, which I don't think it is, Tim. Then I have to ask the question, why is parsing so important. I think I know what the answer is going to be, but i will wait and see.

So...why is parsing so all-fired important?

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Program features:

Name linking "Peruse your collection with ease"

----Yeah right. Except that the system is broken.

Cast and Crew tables sort by surname

---LOCAL issue

Display option for "last, first middle"

----Also Local issue
   
Try again and answer the question

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What is the relevance of 1/2/3 versus1//23?

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What is the relevance of 1/2/3 versus1//23?

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In the first example the last name is 3 and in the second example the last name is 23. This is relevant data for various minds and purposes. As have been stated two applications of this relevant data would be sorting and displaying "last name, first name middle name". But the mere fact to know somebody's last name is relevant for me.

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If I remember, I'll phone the London office of the agency he's signed to tomorrow. So much easier.

This is getting more ridiculous by the minute - apparently we can't solve ANY parsing debate without contacting the person's agency...

If that is true, which I don't think it is, Tim. Then I have to ask the question, why is parsing so important. I think I know what the answer is going to be, but i will wait and see.

Aside from the obvious linking problems, consistent parsing is important to me because the current mess actually hurts the ability to contribute. When four of the nine Thomas Haden Church profiles I own have him listed as T/H/C, and the other five have him listed as T//H C, then sure, I can fix half of them locally to fix it for me, but it's proven to be impossible to "correct" the half of the online profiles - no matter which parsing I choose on. I've found that there are always users that are very convinced of the opposite, even in rare cases where there's some form of "documentation" (which hardly ever exists).

Again: sure, I can fix my local database so that it works for me. That really shouldn't be necessary, but still, I can get it to work. My main concern, however, is that for half of these profiles I still have to go through a horrible ordeal when I want to add or correct another piece of cast data: I have to change the parsing to what I consider to be "wrong", then make the contribution, and then change it back. I'm sorry, but that's taking the fun out of contributing for me - especially when there are five, or even a dozen actors with this same issue within a single profile. That's why I'm concerned about parsing. Is that the answer you expected?