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@kiwidude: I don't agree with you. I want to enter the authors in exactly the way I want to see them and the way I want to sort them. One consistent way is LN FN (Some Asian names), FN LN (most western names), FN de LN (many European 'nobility' names), and the like. There is no single algorithm to convert these to sort values, or even to convert these into LN-first form. For example, these names in LN-first format will be LN FN (the Asian name), LN, FN (the western name), and de LN, FN (the noble name). For the first two, the sort values are the same as the name. For the last one, the sort value is 'LN, FN de'.
@Kovid, I am not convinced that the benefit of adding suffix support is worth the complexity. We would need to introduce another tweak providing the suffixes, because there are a lot of them, for example Jr, Sr, II, III, Second, Third, PhD, MD, JD, and so on. And this is only in English. My feeling is that consistency is important, even if it gets it wrong. (Yes, I know that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". I accept the label.)
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