Quoting White Pongo, Jr.:

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@surfeur:

You ask: is parsing a problem? Yes, it's a huge problem, because this poll says that 22 people will enter Annie / Guerard / Rodgers but 11 people will enter Annie / Guerard Rodgers. What a non linking mess!
And this is a case we are discussing in the forums and trying to document. Think of all the obscure actors that are entered by any user!  Most users will just enter what seems right to them, with different interpretations,  and the main database will always be a mess.

The better choice might be for Ken to have the program ignore parsing when it comes to linking...though I don't know if that is even possible. 

Quoting surfeur51:

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Quoting White Pongo, Jr.:

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Are we going to make a poll for every three-piece name? And will all users accept the results of the poll? Is that even in the rules?

Three-piece names will always be a problem. For sorting reasons you have to know where begins family name. No escape possible.

How often would I need to alphabetically sort my cast and crew? 

Never.

How often do I wonder how an actor is credited in a film?

Never. 

How often do I check to see what other film certain actor or crew was in? 

All the time.

Proper linking is a key function for any database and our current system sucks egg when it comes to linking.  Endless debate about parsing names and common names will not solve this fatal flaw.

The proper way to fix this has been proposed by many people, some who vehemently oppose each other philosophically.

Aggie/Guerard/Rodgers = Aggie//Guerard Rodgers = Aggie / Sue / Guerard = Aggie / S. / Guerard Rodgers = Aggie // Rodgers , etc., etc.,

I know linking like this is done elsewhere, so I don't understand why it can't be done here.  But until such linking IS implemented, we're going to constantly face these arguments.