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== Legacy info == | == Legacy info == | ||
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|explanation=we used to change names around for consistency but stopped doing this. | |||
|successor=use rules above | |||
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We used to standardize names to make it easier to keep them consistent over time. We decided to stop using our own standards to make it facilitate comparison with Manitoba Health and similar data. 13:34, 2015 April 27 (CDT) | We used to standardize names to make it easier to keep them consistent over time. We decided to stop using our own standards to make it facilitate comparison with Manitoba Health and similar data. 13:34, 2015 April 27 (CDT) | ||
It used to be: | It used to be: | ||
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* for first names we decided not to use hyphens if there was more than one, and to preferrably only have one first name used | * for first names we decided not to use hyphens if there was more than one, and to preferrably only have one first name used | ||
* last names that use two names were hyphenated | * last names that use two names were hyphenated | ||
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