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Alden could be a first, middle or last name. Depends on the person you are referring to.

Alden Wayne Dumas
Phil Alden Robinson
Cary Wilmot Alden

Why is Alden in the middle middle and not second first respectively first last?

Because Max is using the the starting point that many of us agreed on...'first/middle/last' unless documented otherwise.

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Many of us have agreed that we should start from a simple standard.  That standard is what Skip outlined above.  This allows everybody to start on the same page.  If the name does not fall into one of the catagories listed in the rules, the following standard should apply:

A one word name would be '1/ /'
A two word name would be '1/ /2'
A three word name would be '1/2/3'
A four word name would be '1/2 3/4'

Keep in mind, those are just starting points.  The parsing can be changed if you can document it.

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Alden could be a first, middle or last name. Depends on the person you are referring to.

Alden Wayne Dumas
Phil Alden Robinson
Cary Wilmot Alden

Why is Alden in the middle middle and not second first respectively first last?

Because Max is using the the starting point that many of us agreed on...'first/middle/last' unless documented otherwise.

And maybe it's just my USA perspective, but in my experience the number of times a person has two first names is infinitely small when compared to the number of times people have just one first, one middle and one last name.  That is why I always assume without any evidence to the contrary that a name should be parsed John / Edward / Doe  and not  John Edward // Doe.  And I believe that's why we agreed to do it that way unless documented otherwise as Unicus says.

You might be right if it's a Hollywood movie, where the "default" is American names, unless documented otherwise.

But then, if it is -say- an Italian production with Italian actors, I would assume that the "default" is NO middle names (only double first names and double last names), unless documented otherwise.

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Many of us have agreed that you should do your best putting all the words of the first name into the first name field, the words from the last name into the last name field, and the rest into the middle name field.

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If you know that the parsing of a name in an existing profile is not correct, you can and should correct it giving some documentation.

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(...) And I believe that's why we agreed to do it that way unless documented otherwise as Unicus says.

Who is "we"?

The fact that he is agreeing with me should indicate that the 'we' he speaks of is the 'many of us' I mentioned.  While I won't go to the extreme that Skip did, your replies in the last couple of threads do have me scratching my head.  It seems like you are being purposely obtuse. 

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There are some topics here in the forum which are discussed over and over again. The fact that they are discussed again and again in lengthy threads is prove enough that there is no consensus reached and that we have not agreed on interpreting the rules or doing it the same way. I do remember threads that have seemed to come to the conclusion that there is no standard parsing implied by the rules. Yet, the idea that we have to document anything other than a/b/c (when entering a new credit) returns to the forum on regular basis. (Of course changing an existing credit always requires documentation.) Do you remember the Bonham Carter threads?

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Many of us have agreed that we should start from a simple standard.