[Bug]: Professors that go by a different name (Alias)

AbhiramTadepalli commented 3 weeks ago

What did you expect to happen?

As a user, I'd like to see Vincent Ng's RMP data when I search for his class: https://trends.utdnebula.com/dashboard?searchTerms=Yu+Chung+Ng

Yu Chung Ng goes by Vincent Ng

What happened?

Coursebook only knows him as Yu Chung Ng. RMP only knows him by Vincent Ng. How do we get Vincent Ng's RMP data and Professor API data when the user searches for Yu Chung Ng?

Version

trends.utdnebula.com

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George-Zhang5246 commented 3 weeks ago

The only way we can really do this is to maintain a database of professor names in RMP and Coursebook. I can’t find anywhere with the names online. Is it possible for us to maintain our own database(maybe allowing user complaints/responses to keep it updated?).

AbhiramTadepalli commented 2 days ago

Task for @AbhiramTadepalli:

[ ] Go through every professor and cross-check their names/links in CourseBook, UTD Profile, and RMP

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