Thread: [GUI Plugin] Find Duplicates
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Old 12-13-2021, 10:10 PM   #912
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Originally Posted by Winnito View Post
Also, I'm I the only one when searching for Metadata Duplicates, it almost always fails to find same author if it's missing a middle name initial

Doe, John vs Doe, John M. is almost never found.

I figure this should be the simplest of rules...maybe I'm missing something? tnx
What type of author matching are you using? Similar? soundex with a length of 9 or less? fuzzy? While not available in metadata variations, identical should never return a match on Doe, John and Doe, John M.
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