Correction: Shorten long names

[chiarampohl]

URI of the page with the mistake

https://usaybia.net/person/2283

What should be corrected on the page?

Collection of the TOP 20 longest names, that should be made shorter.

How should it be corrected?

See Wiki

Citation

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Citation URL

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Public Acknowledgement

Yes

Comments

https://usaybia.net/person/296 https://usaybia.net/person/357 - check https://usaybia.net/person/358 https://usaybia.net/person/519 - check https://usaybia.net/person/604
https://usaybia.net/person/615 https://usaybia.net/person/1473 - still long (kings, see below) https://usaybia.net/person/1593 --- add uncertain name version (in the text: Abū l-Ṭayyib Azhar ibn al-Nuʿmān), 14.25.9.40n -> version is added in Name 2 / Arabic 2 https://usaybia.net/person/1736 https://usaybia.net/person/1743 https://usaybia.net/person/1899 https://usaybia.net/person/1913 check https://usaybia.net/person/1960 https://usaybia.net/person/1996 check name versions -> issue #212 https://usaybia.net/person/2049 https://usaybia.net/person/2053 https://usaybia.net/person/2057 https://usaybia.net/person/2066 https://usaybia.net/person/2273 https://usaybia.net/person/2283

All long name versions are kept as variants.

[chiarampohl]

These 80 names are not as long as the others, but could be shortened as well:

https://usaybia.net/person/79 + https://usaybia.net/person/83 shortening not possible ? https://usaybia.net/person/87 + https://usaybia.net/person/131 check https://usaybia.net/person/174 check https://usaybia.net/person/175 check https://usaybia.net/person/220 check https://usaybia.net/person/280 = issue #214 https://usaybia.net/person/305 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/308 + https://usaybia.net/person/332 ? may not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/343 difficult identification in the text ? may not be shortened -> issue #262
https://usaybia.net/person/346 + https://usaybia.net/person/369 + (discussed) https://usaybia.net/person/393 + https://usaybia.net/person/394 + https://usaybia.net/person/403 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/493 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/494 + https://usaybia.net/person/603 already short / long name added as version + https://usaybia.net/person/605 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/641 + https://usaybia.net/person/642 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/763 maybe choose Fakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn al-Sāʿātī as headword from the text? + https://usaybia.net/person/768 + https://usaybia.net/person/798 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/906 + https://usaybia.net/person/913 + https://usaybia.net/person/926 + https://usaybia.net/person/948 + https://usaybia.net/person/953 + https://usaybia.net/person/955 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/960 should not be shortened (? but still long) + (discussed) https://usaybia.net/person/1220 could be shortened, but is not too long. https://usaybia.net/person/1294 short form from text: ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan al-Ghanawī al-Ḍarīr + https://usaybia.net/person/1291 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/1410 + https://usaybia.net/person/1442 + https://usaybia.net/person/1474 from text: ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh Shāh + https://usaybia.net/person/1480 further shortening possible?** https://usaybia.net/person/1484 +

KINGS https://usaybia.net/person/1473 https://usaybia.net/person/1485 https://usaybia.net/person/1486 https://usaybia.net/person/1487 https://usaybia.net/person/1488 - issue #259 https://usaybia.net/person/1491 https://usaybia.net/person/1493 https://usaybia.net/person/1494

(discuss for common rule)

https://usaybia.net/person/1514 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/1624 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/1647 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/1683 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/1699 " https://usaybia.net/person/1729 + https://usaybia.net/person/1730 short form Abū l-Ghanāʾim al-Hurthī is mentioned in an annotation? https://usaybia.net/person/1735 + https://usaybia.net/person/1861 + https://usaybia.net/person/1862 + https://usaybia.net/person/1875 + https://usaybia.net/person/1882 + https://usaybia.net/person/1907 + https://usaybia.net/person/1951 + https://usaybia.net/person/1962 + https://usaybia.net/person/1997 + https://usaybia.net/person/1998 + https://usaybia.net/person/2015 from the text: Sayf al-Dawlah ibn Ḥamdān + https://usaybia.net/person/2020 may not be shortened? https://usaybia.net/person/2044 should not be shortened https://usaybia.net/person/2047 + https://usaybia.net/person/2065 could be shortened, but is not too long. (repitition mistake in the web page, but not in the chart) https://usaybia.net/person/2067 from the text: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī + https://usaybia.net/person/2070 from the text: Sharaf al-Kuttāb ibn Jiyā + https://usaybia.net/person/2077 + https://usaybia.net/person/2172 + https://usaybia.net/person/2195 + https://usaybia.net/person/2248 + https://usaybia.net/person/2295 + https://usaybia.net/person/2342 + https://usaybia.net/person/2364 +

[nathangibson]

Please shorten the 20 and we'll see how long that takes before deciding about the rest.

[chiarampohl]

Shortening and checking the 20 first names took ca. 2 hours.

[nathangibson]

OK please also do the 80 other ones :-)