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> A comment by the author gives examples of humans who don't have names, but certainly exist: "Someone born into slavery in the Sudan, a woman born in rural Chi
by Cushman 14y ago
> A comment by the author gives examples of humans who don't have names, but certainly exist: "Someone born into slavery in the Sudan, a woman born in rural China, an American baby recovered after being born into a toilet, a feral child, an amnesiac, etc, etc."
I don't know if this is a peculiar idea, but in those circumstances perhaps a "Generate Name" button is the useful feature.
- makomk 14y agoI think that's effectively how this is handled at the moment.
- BerislavLopac 14y agoOnly if that name is intended to become official. If not, rather make sure that the field accepts a null value. ;-)
- Dylan16807 14y agoI'm not going to communicate with you by pointing. Stop being a special snowflake and come up with a name, even if it's local to the service. No null values. Your name can be 'null value' though if you like, win yourself some geek points.
- vacri 14y ago"an American baby recovered after being born into a toilet" Does anyone seriously believe that this person will go through life with no name? There are placeholder names for unidentified people, the baby will get one of these until someone takes authority for it and names it.