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Full name (unicode) in profile expects space, and does not display name when set without one #8204

Open revi opened 2 weeks ago

revi commented 2 weeks ago

Describe the issue

My name, in the Unicode format, is 홍용민, and this is conformant to the Korean name format of FamilyName+FirstName without space.

(Quoting Wikipedia)

When a Korean name is written in Hangul, there is no space between the surname and the given name.

However when I set this as my Full Name (Unicode), Public Profile behaves weird, saying "has no RFCs as of 2024-11-12.". If I add space between FamilyName and FirstName (making it 홍 용민, it becomes "홍 has no RFCs as of 2024-11-12.". So I think it is assuming space to differentiate firstname and lastname (in US/Western European terms), which is probably the wrong assumption.

Code of Conduct

rjsparks commented 2 weeks ago

We have a collection of issues forming around mal-assumptions made when dissecting names. Apologies that you are running into this. We'll look at incremental improvement, but in the long run I believe we should simply stop trying to break names into pieces.

rjsparks commented 2 weeks ago

Also please make sure the ascii (should say roman script) version of your name is configured in a way that makes sense. (The IETF does its work in English, and for non-roman scripts, name mentions in places like references are required to carry a roman script equivalent).

revi commented 2 weeks ago

I tend to use Caps Lock on my family name, to signify it's not the First Name but a Last Name (and I usually insist on using FamilyName FirstName format even in roman scripts), but sure, modified to usual way of FirstName LastName.