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Is there anyway for a player to have multiple aliases entered? I tried dividing with a comma and with a slash, but neither allowed for multiple aliases. There are some players with more than one alterante spelling due to language specific letters

No there is not and it is a common topic on here as of late, the european players really need the ability for multiple spellings (aliases), I just sent another one to admin tonight, Roman Lyashenko and Roman Liachenko .... same guy two languages.

i like the alias edit that was just updated.. i think i missed the memo on this this. I'm sure the cross referencing will work better, but one thing, i think would be beneficial.. previously, we were able to see the Alias name; primarly this field was large enough for just enough charcacters to add one name- but what if after adding an Alias, especially if a person has mutliple alias's?  We wouldn't be able to see the additional alias's and maybe entering the same alias's over and over again. What if sometype of "view" was inserted oto the the right of the Edit link so all the alias's that were submitted can visibly be seen? for ex.. someone like Babe Ruth-

it would have his full name on the first field 

under that is the link Alias "Edit"......then off to the right is the view window showing all the Alias's submitted "babe", "Bam", "Great Bambino" etc etc etc.. 

this way there is no guess as to what was previously entered. 

Pretty sure it already works that way from what I've seen.

So just a reminder to all now that mutiple Aliases is a reality, Admin has stated to me personally that all non-english spellings of names should be used in this area, so all the names with dots, baby u's and the like go there. English website so english spelling is the default. Thanks again. =)

The Alias is not meant for nicknames. It's meant for alternate names used on cards.  Like Steve Smith/Steve Smith Sr.   He has cards using both of those names, and only one name can be the primary PID name. The intent is to save us hours and hours of manual matching when a secondary name appears on a new card and its 36 parallels.  And believe me, I've done hours and hours of manual matching before the alias feature existed.  Also, the existing Aliases are right there on the editing screen.

true and you're right and yes, i've done plenty myself.. i've come across some names that are inputted with the nic-names and a couple that include both, like Ed Too Tall Jones and Cadillac Williams (nickname) as opposed to his real name.. i guess i'm just thiking that a viewable window on that bio page with nic names or alias's would help when it comes to identifing a certain person.espeically for those who just happen to have the same real name, it could be a good way to distguish between the two (other than DOB and teams). also to identify old timers.. like Harold Grange, who went by Red Grange also w/ the nickname of The Galloping Ghost.- which isn't mentioned on his bio. just thinking a little outside the box thats all. no need to use a cross reference but more of identifiable reference