WorldconVotingSystems / WorldconVotingSystems/nomnom

In proposed work matching, normalize articles and punctuation

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Description

In a similar vein to #222

When looking to match a Work name for a Nomination, perform normalization on both:

  • strip leading articles (A, The, maybe others)
  • strip following articles (", A", ", The", etc...)
  • replace all punctuation with and then collapse all whitespace

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Research direction

Start by locating the proposed work matching code and review the similar work in issue #222. Add matching normalization for leading and following articles, punctuation replacement, and whitespace collapsing; done means equivalent normalized work names match as intended.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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