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A knowledge-sharing effort to overcome common name-related mistakes in products, services, and interactions.
Perhaps the only reason to validate? Parens are usually used for: - a chosen name (such as a nickname) - a prior name (such as a maiden name) Could validate...
https://twitter.com/yournameisvalid/status/1583342157166825472?s=46&t=dNledbWzKVhRwNRHQV7hxg
"Special characters not allowed" is one way; is there a better one that apologizes too?
https://twitter.com/raphaelsoeiro/status/1565014961335595009?s=46&t=y2KiumFZ8yRHFImHf7frJg Soeiro de Faria != Soeiro De Faria
Make sure you know which encoding to display (aka don't display hex instead of HTML) https://twitter.com/otherdanobrien/status/1573801948519727105?s=46&t=p2d8o05Ci-dsakp4A_YVnQ https://www.codetable.net/hex/27
Include slang for this ("double-barreled") to make it easier to interpret user feedback or search for solutions. Better check other variants to see if those have slang too.
Any feature that depends on one name field matching another needs to be substitution-savvy (see previous issue) Make a new section about all of these downstream effects once you make...
When a DB can't handle a name and must make a substitution, inform the user of the substitution (and apologize because it's your problem, not theirs...but now they have to...
Chrome validates incorrectly where Edge does not..? https://twitter.com/lloydjatkinson/status/1570347538795974658?s=46&t=3BtucDcG2aaxMfH9GS0xjw Might relate to a blank space at the beginning or end of the name..? https://twitter.com/rachelharris417/status/1571933673792081920?s=46&t=LCLc08j8sfz0gp8J3VHj1w
See usbirthcertificates.com/articles/us-naming-laws-by-state CA rejected X Æ A-12 Musk NY allowed Jennifer 8. Lee
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A knowledge-sharing effort to overcome common name-related mistakes in products, services, and interactions.