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Originally Posted by Winnito
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
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There is an advanced mode that lets you modify the builtin algorithms using template language. Attached below is a saved setting that should do what you want.
- Open the advanced metadata variations dialog (Find Duplicates > Advanced Mode > Find Metadata Variations).
- Extract the attached zip and import the json file inside (Manage button > import > browse to the json file).
- Close the manage dialog and return to the Advanced Find Metadata Variations dialog. Now in the save/restore dropdown menu choose the imported setting (called "similar authors ignore initials").
- Press restore button to apply the setting.
- Press the search button.
The setting above uses template language to remove author initials before proceeding with similar author match. You can replace the similar match with whatever you want e.g. identical