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ArchivesBalinese names (and likely others) being presented incorrectly due to submissions not allowing spaces. Is there a workaround?
Just an issue I've noticed with the site. A lot of Balinese names are two words, including "Wayan Balik", a name given to a fifth child, which is on this site as only "Wayan". There are many more names like this. Adding a hyphen also wouldn't be correct since the names aren't typically written like that.
What do others think? Could there be a way to deal with this in the future?
What do others think? Could there be a way to deal with this in the future?
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You could for now submit them with hypens and put "please remove the hyphen and replace it with a space" in the notes section. Editors look through newly submitted names often and will see it and can fix it for you.
This message was edited 1/23/2025, 1:59 PM
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Spaces were disallowed from submitted given names because too many Western-style double names were being added, which in general are not wanted.
Those who are designated as editors however are allowed to add spaces. So if there are some names that need fixing, perhaps there is an editor reading this who can work with you?
I'll devise a way for more people to be able to include spaces in their submissions. This might be something like: you have added X number of names and have been here Y months, so you probably know what you're doing.
Those who are designated as editors however are allowed to add spaces. So if there are some names that need fixing, perhaps there is an editor reading this who can work with you?
I'll devise a way for more people to be able to include spaces in their submissions. This might be something like: you have added X number of names and have been here Y months, so you probably know what you're doing.
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Unless it's editors removing them, it seems to allow a no break space Alt+0160
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