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MarjaE · 05-03-2021, 09:21 PM

Hi,

I run into repeated trouble with author names, and am looking for solutions.

1. Some publishers flip names around for easier sorting, but, well, not everyone uses the same naming conventions, and not everyone flips names around, so it can lead to harder sorting and I want to undo that. With 2 names, LN, FN > FN LN. I already use Clean Metadata for this, and it usually works well.

2. I also want to strip titles, dates of birth and death, etc. So far I've had to do this by hand.

3. A lot of collab projects have a lot of authors. If it's FN LN, FN LN, ... FN LN, I have to replace the commas with &. If it's LN, FN, LN, FN, ... LN, FN, I don't know. So far I've usually done this by hand, sometimes by search & replace, would like an easier rsi-free option.

4. I often retype Romanization and Anglicization for consistency.

05-03-2021, 09:21 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 939 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Author Name Hassles Hi, I run into repeated trouble with author names, and am looking for solutions. 1. Some publishers flip names around for easier sorting, but, well, not everyone uses the same naming conventions, and not everyone flips names around, so it can lead to harder sorting and I want to undo that. With 2 names, LN, FN > FN LN. I already use Clean Metadata for this, and it usually works well. 2. I also want to strip titles, dates of birth and death, etc. So far I've had to do this by hand. 3. A lot of collab projects have a lot of authors. If it's FN LN, FN LN, ... FN LN, I have to replace the commas with &. If it's LN, FN, LN, FN, ... LN, FN, I don't know. So far I've usually done this by hand, sometimes by search & replace, would like an easier rsi-free option. 4. I often retype Romanization and Anglicization for consistency.