Ordering of contributors drop box: This appears to be ordered now based on contributors.full_name, contributors.identifier. This is almost always ok, however, some contributors have extended last names with middle sections that start with lower case letters. See, for example, de Niroy, Jules. On the current list these names appear at the end. The problem is that a user might not know to go to the end, might go to the “DE” range in alphabetical order, not see an appropriate reference, and erroneously conclude that Jules de Niroy was not in the database. A possible solution, assuming the existence of a function such as ALLCAPS, would be to continue to display contributors.full_name etc. but to order the list using ALLCAPS(full_name).
Ordering of contributors drop box: This appears to be ordered now based on contributors.full_name, contributors.identifier. This is almost always ok, however, some contributors have extended last names with middle sections that start with lower case letters. See, for example, de Niroy, Jules. On the current list these names appear at the end. The problem is that a user might not know to go to the end, might go to the “DE” range in alphabetical order, not see an appropriate reference, and erroneously conclude that Jules de Niroy was not in the database. A possible solution, assuming the existence of a function such as ALLCAPS, would be to continue to display contributors.full_name etc. but to order the list using ALLCAPS(full_name).