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Do capitalization and accents matter in merging?
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When merging, does it matter if the capitaliztion of a name is different? Example: Fitzwarin-10 and FitzWarin-11. As the spelling is the same except for the capital letter, are they indexed the same? Also, what about names with accents?
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Capitalisation and accents both matter. So, find the profiles with the correct spelling, capitalisation, and accents, and then the lowest number out of those.
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