Author names are not unique, especially in Arabic speaking countries, Korea etc, and then there's the pseudonym 'problem', e.g. Abu Mazin and Mahmoud Abbas, and I have three different Jonathan Swifts, one of whom is still alive (blog writer).
Could I run the existing server from a 2.99 portable install? It does everything I want and I can't recall seeing any reports of bugs in the server - IMO it's code complete
BR