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How to disambiguate same-name authors?
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The indicated number of spaces only looks at the last place, so people with double surnames or with Sr/Jr you might still need to check manually.
It is indeed quite likely you example are multiple authors. Without real prove, I would say that this case is likely enough to disambiguate them.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
On a related note, is there a way to search for an author with a specific number of spaces between first/last name, e.g. Jane^Smith or Jane^^Smith or Jane^^^Smith? I tried searching with the name enclosed in quotations and it didn't seem to work.
Thank you.