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Be smarter about inferring document titles from filenames #484

Closed eyeseast closed 5 months ago

eyeseast commented 6 months ago

When uploading, we guess a default document title from a filename. Really, we're just doing basename. We could probably make more educated guesses.

Turn underscores into spaces
Split TitleCase into multiple words
maybe turn hyphens into spaces

Some examples from my own uploads:

EdIngamells_CampPresentation2024
boston_covid-19_vaccination_report_10may2021
presentations-for-city-councils-32123-hearing-on-rail-safety

Users have a chance to edit titles when uploading, but I'd bet most do not.