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Not recreating names from components
I myself have advocated (most recently in the thread on patronyms) that it is foolish to attempt to recreate a full name from its constituents. The idea is that the rules for assembling components are different, making algorithmic recomposition error prone.

There is a need however to expose the values of Given name, "middle" name, Surname in the UI. If users don't see the values, they do on have the opportunity or motivation to correct errors. The canonical approach would be to have separate slots for each value eg separate rows for given, middle and surname. Not many users would find that desirable. Are there other solutions? 21:15, 21 August 2009 (UTC)