Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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I do believe a single name field is the only thing that will solve all parsing problems.

then you still have the problem in what order you put them in that single name field:
123, 321, ... you know how many permutations you can have and thats only for a 3 part name

As simple as it now: 1 in first part, 2 in second part, 3 in last part, unless shown otherwise.

WHY???????? Again, some more and still. Arrrrrrggggggh

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Quoting apltm:

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Hello all,

In my collection are a number of DVDs featuring actress Caroline Lee Johnson.
The DVDs of Chef! where she is currently entered as Caroline//Lee//Johnson and one of the box sets of Waking the Dead where she is entered as Caroline//Lee Johnson.
I've looked in the credit tool and find that she is mostly entered in profiles in the first way (Caroline//Lee//Johnson), but I'm still wondering which way is correct (and how to prove it).
I would have thought myself that Lee is part of her surname as she is sometimes credited as Caroline//Lee-Johnson, but apparently many do not agree.

Any help would be appreciated.

This went a bit off topic, as these threads often do, so I will try and bring it back...

To answer this question properly, someone has to look at the credits for the 5 titles where she is entered as 'Caroline Lee-Johnson'.  If she is , in fact, credited that way then she has a double surname and all credits, without the hyphen, should be changed to 'Caroline/ /Lee Johnson'.

For what it's worth, TV.com has her listed as 'Caroline Lee-Johnson' and refers to her, in to articles, as 'Lee-Johnson'.

Quoting Unicus69:

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This went a bit off topic, as these threads often do, so I will try and bring it back...

To answer this question properly, someone has to look at the credits for the 5 titles where she is entered as 'Caroline Lee-Johnson'.

And before the thread went off-topic, I already did that. I'll happily rephrase it all again, but I can't help but wondering if we're going to have to do everything five times now... Anyway, here are those five alledged "Caroline Lee Johnson" credits:

- 'The Defender' (2 copies): seeing as there as six copies of this under "Caroline Lee Johnson", it seems highly likely that these last two entries are actually incorrect IMDb-mined data. Note that the "credits block" on the cover does NOT use a hyphen.

- 'The Saint': I've personally verified that this is actually another "Caroline Lee Johnson" credit, which was pretty obvious without even checking, again judging from the large number of copies under the other name variant.

- 'The Knock': I don't own this, but both the front and the back cover refer to her as "Caroline Lee Johnson", again without the hyphen. Theoretically the credits could be different, but I highly doubt it.

- 'A Woman's Guide To Adultery': this is the one I'm not sure about, although the cast list in that profile looks suspiciously like the IMDb-page for that title, so it's very possible that this, too, is simply IMDb-mined data, while the actual credits might not show the hyphen at all.

As I concluded earlier, I seriously doubt there's even a single "Caroline Lee-Johnson" credit out there. If there is, it'll be that 'A Woman's Guide To Adultery', but I really don't expect it to. I'm also guessing that IMDb is the sole source responsible for spreading the "Caroline Lee-Johnson" name variant over the net - including TV.com. Parsing is another issue altogether: if there's any evidence that "Lee" is part of her last name, I'll happily parse accordingly, but if that belief is based on nothing but actual credits, I'm afraid I won't play, as I don't believe she has ever been credited as "Caroline Lee-Johnson" - quite the opposite, in fact.

I personally would prefer to see something somewhat more official myself. Especially considering... like imdb.. tv.com gets updated by the users... so without seeing their sources for the info I can't know to trust it.

Without researching the links you have provided it most certainly is possible, Unicus. You would be amazed how many sites use them as a source, Highly likely, since Wiki is user built and edited, that their reference is not independent. You have to dig around in each site to determine what source they might be using. Don't forget that IMDb CLAIMS copyright on their data, so when you see, for example, John Williams (II), need I say more.    Sometimes they will link directly back to it. The ONLY time I am willing to accept data from IMDb is on those occasions when I have clicked on a link from an actor/crew member site and it leads straight to the IMDb, that I accept as an endorsement from that actor/crew member relative to the data involved.

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Quoting Unicus69:

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I am sorry, but I am not willing to go with your 'guess'.

Have you actually read my post? Do you seriously doubt that what I said about 'The Defender' (6 copies filed under "Caroline Lee Johnson", no hyphen in the credits block on the cover) and 'The Knock' (again, no hyphen on both the front and the back cover)? That's nothing more than a 'guess' to you? I'd call it an 'educated guess' to say the least...  Come on, the lack of absolute proof might lend your concerns a whiff of legitimacy, but you know as well as I do that it's more than likely that these entries are incorrect. I'd call what you're doing 'grasping at straws'. Again: as of yet there's possibly one "Caroline Lee-Johnson" credit out there, but probably zero. You can try to discredit my findings by calling them a 'guess', but that doesn't make them any less true.

I certainly agree with Pete and Skip that the sources you've supplied probably all just use the IMDb-name. People tend to do that a lot - even filmmakers - and once again it seems that the DVD Profiler community is no exception. Chris' NY Times review is the first solid thing I've seen, but even that might just be IMDb talking. I'd have a much easier time believing it if she was also credited as such once in a while...