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if you will go to the screen where we enter a new cast member, you will see that it asks for three separate fields: First Name, Middle Name, Last Name. 

I actually didn't think I would need to explain this as it is pretty self-evident.

Thank you very much for condescending to help me understand this very complex issue.

Now, tell me again why it matters since Jean / Paul / Lastname and Jean Paul // Lastname both display and sort the same?

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If you cannot understand plain English, there is no point in repeating myself.  I never said anything about displaying or sorting, did I?

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Nobody is obliged to contribute, so people who do should be sure they send correct data.

Accurate data.

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Now, tell me again why it matters since Jean / Paul / Lastname and Jean Paul // Lastname both display and sort the same?

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Based on this criteria, there would be nothing wrong with taking the following title (which includes the hyphen on the DVD cover):

Title: Amityville II: The Possession

and entering it as:

Title: Amityville II
Edition: The Possession

After all, it will display the same, as long as you select use of a "preceding colon" for the "Edition Field", and it will sort perfectly fine, especially if you enter the the complete DVD title in the "Sort Title" field.

The only problem is, "The Possession" is not an edition; it is part of the title, therefore, it would be inaccurate to enter it in the "Edition" field; just like it would be inaccurate to enter part of someone's first name in the "Middle Name" field.

And, as long as you enable color coding for the cast list, it most certainly does not display correctly when you put names in the wrong fields.

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Putting the second part of a two part first name into a Middle Name field is not "giving someone a middle name".  As you suggest, this is done for convenience.  No names are harmed in the process.
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So your argument is changing from one about "accuracy" to one about "harm".  At least you seem to be accepting that it is not accurate to put the second part of a two-part first name in the middle name field.

As far as harm goes, we can enter everything into the into the first name field and "No names are harmed in the process".  That's a pretty silly argument.

If all we're after is convenience, then I say leave out the cast and crew altogether and put in a link to IMDb.  That would be very convenient for data entry.

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Other than the ability to sort by last name, no.  However, I'd like to be able to sort by last name.

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I asked before, and you didn't answer, so I'll ask again.  Where, within DVDP, do you go to sort the actor list by last name?

Thanks, Kathy, but all that does is change the order in which the name fields are displayed in your profiles.

I'm still trying to figure out where in the program you can actually sort the actor list by last name.

Not that you can select, but edit profile cast and crew selection is listed on last name...


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Thanks, Kathy, but all that does is change the order in which the name fields are displayed in your profiles.

I'm still trying to figure out where in the program you can actually sort the actor list by last name.

As I understand it, it is used when exporting the data.  I don't export my data, so am not sure how it is being used after that but, if I remember correctly, that is what they don't want to lose.