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My friend posted a screenshot a couple of days ago of a system rejecting name input values that were considered rude or offensive. His last name? 'Wang'. He ha
by NamTaf 10y ago
My friend posted a screenshot a couple of days ago of a system rejecting name input values that were considered rude or offensive. His last name? 'Wang'.
He had to lie about his last name to progress the form.
- manarth 10y agoSounds like another addition for the "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names" article [1]. Other problematic names: "O'Neill" (apostrophes), "Gómez" (accents), "Rees-Mogg" (hyphens). [1] https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...
- krylon 10y agoIsn't Wang kind of a common name in... somewhere? China, I guess? (The founder of Wang computers was of Chinese descent, IIRC...)
- NamTaf 10y agoWang is an extremely common Chinese surname, yes. It's a romanisation of a couple of names which also sometimes become Wong and Ong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_(surname) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_(surname)