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We just have too many assumptions about names. There should only be one input field that asks for a name. Even systems that require a legal name should be like
by mo_42 3y ago
We just have too many assumptions about names.
There should only be one input field that asks for a name. Even systems that require a legal name should be like that as there are people whose legal name cannot be written in two forms.
- crooked-v 3y agoI once had a distant co-worker whose entire legal name was "Steel". It was a government job, so I can only imagine what sort of nightmares he went through for payroll.
- Tor3 3y agoAnother one is where they have a limit on how short a name can be. I even remember a discussion on the Linux kernel mailing list about that. Linus himself wouldn't accept names shorter than (IIRC) three letters. But I was in high school with a guy from another country, his name consisted of a single letter. He didn't even have a first or last name, only that letter. And it was official - when the loans and stipends arrived it was all printed on the common wall on 132-char folding paper, from the governmental student loan bank. His name (one letter) was there. (p.s. I did present what I wrote above on said mailing list back then, but as far as I remember people simply decided to ignore it as too rare to care about, in addition to those who for some reason taught I just made it up (why should I?))
- seszett 3y agoA former French secretary of state for the digital sector was Cédric O. I think it's a Korean name originally.
- mmis1000 3y agoEven your name can be written into two fields. Assume order of first name and last name is also problematic. There are languages that put the Last name on the front. It looks kinda annoying (or even solecism in some condition) when someone speaks your name in reverse.