Merge all names in one file

[ignFrau]

Hey there 👋,

I have seen that several times now that the names don't work as they should.

Therefore, it would be better that we merge all names into one single txt file.

That means: We have a general txt file, where all names are inside and not country specific.

Let me know what you think.

Have a nice day. ❤️

[84]

Seems like it would be much harder to organize if it was.

[arktn]

I agree with @84, but I would suggest that we would sort the names according to their first letter. This would make it much easier to navigate the files and see if a name has already been listed. I also do not understand why you would sort them by their country it is destined to create duplicates since names can be popular in more than one country or even be from more than one country.

[ignFrau]

Thats what I mean, sorting them by country is a little bit too much effort.

So I would suggest a single file just with the names in it.

[ignFrau]

I think it would be better yes.

I also think that you have a better overview, instead of having all the names spread over several files.

[arktn]

You got a point there, you definitely have a better overview over everything but navigating it would be a bit messy for most first time users. Nevertheless, having one big file or sorting it by letters is still a better way than sorting it by "their" country.

[ignFrau]

Agreed!

[arktn]

I tought about this again and I agree, one file would probably be the best option, we should go with the KISS principle here.

[ignFrau]

Good Idea! 👯‍♂️

[niklaswa]

We separated them to be able to use the top 1000 most popular names of each country

[ignFrau]

Okay Understood,

if you do it by each country it becomes very complicated and incorrect.

What if a person makes a pull request and adds all African names, then it becomes very very hard to find "OG" names...

That's why I meant to insert all names together and follow the Kiss principle (Keep It Simple and Stupid) like @orsou mentioned.