[ANSTHRLD] Updating the OP

[Bill Perkins]

The biggest challenge I encountered, while ZOD, was a person with a name in the OP that was nothing similar to the registered name. 

I had to wait for the person to contact me with the update. 

Alejandro

> On Aug 11, 2017, at 8:19 PM, Eirik Halfdanarson <kingdom at herald.ansteorra.org> wrote:
> 
> It would be better to search the O and A online. If a name is changed it is
> usually cross referenced there. It will let you know if something is
> actually registered or not.
> 
>> On Aug 11, 2017 7:15 PM, "Jennifer Smith" <jds at randomgang.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Usually it's just not going to be that useful. People put all kinds of
>> crazy stuff on anything that has "name" on it, but heraldry submission
>> forms are usually limited to stuff they actually submitted for
>> registration. Resubmissions after a return will generally have the returned
>> name info as part of the LoI/ILoI text.
>> 
>> For some you're just going to have to throw names out and see if anyone
>> knows them. :)
>> 
>> -Emma
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Sweet, Debby <
>> deborah.s.sweet at okstate.edu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, everyone
>>> 
>>> I've been updating the OP with names and devices that have been
>>> registered. But I'm encountering a problem in correlating some of the
>>> registered names with what is in the OP.  I know that on the name
>>> registration form there is a line for the submitter to list previously
>> used
>>> names. But that information is not visible to the casual viewer of OSCAR.
>>> 
>>> Do I need to get a (reading) account to view that information? Or is it
>>> even there at all?
>>> 
>>> Or would it be better throw those names out here and hope someone else
>>> knows the peeps involved?
>>> 
>>> I realize that not all the names registered will necessarily have an
>> entry
>>> in the OP but I've got 33 names with possible matches and 62 names with
>> no
>>> clear or semi-obvious match. And this doesn't even touch the problem of
>>> whether or not the name was registered simply to allow registry of arms
>> and
>>> they want to use this other (unregistrable) name as their OP entry.
>>> 
>>> Any help with answers greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Estrill
>>> Zodiacus
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