[ANSTHRLD] Armorial usage

[Teceangl]

> I also check britannica for names to catch
> presumption conflicts.

Remember other standard sources, such as _Butler's_Lives_of_the_Saints_.
The EB is not the only "standard source" out there.

> We now have conflicts something like
> new name Cormac Ui Briain the client wants.
> If Eoin mac Cormaic Ui Briain has already been
> registered it is claiming relationship to him
> and conflicts.  Try to find those in a paper
> copy alphabetized by first name and you will see my
> point.  Ansteorra had two such conflicts
> returned this year.

Those can, do, and have slipped through.  If they're caught, fine.  If
not, the world isn't going to come to a screetching halt.  :)  In the
dark, distant past of the SCA such things got through.  Now with online
searches we can catch them, but it's not such a problem as if Ewan Chormacc
were missed.

> If you can find a good way to locate these items
> on paper or otherwise pleast let me know.  This
> is a new cause of returns that has surfaced and I
> am watching to see how big a problem it will become.

Again, I don't think it's an earth-stopping problem.  Even with the best
conflict checkers checking with the best tools, things get passed which
probably shouldn't have.  Last year a 1 CD difference was passed because
nobody caught the conflict (might've been in '99, was definitely after I
started commenting).  The CoA shrugged its collective shoulders and admitted
to being human.
As a matter of fact, last year two identical names were passed about four
months apart.  Identical.  Submitter #2 had to be asked what sort of
changes he would take.  This isn't the first time.  It happens.  I'm not
saying it's good, but I'm all for the human factor, even if the occasional
mistake occurs.

So my best advice is check the best you can during consulting, trust that
the CoH and CoA might catch anything you didn't (this is why we do this
sort of checks-and-balances submission handling in the first place), and
don't agonize over the result.

- Teceangl
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