Nearly five years ago I had some fun at the expense of CIS statkeepers, particularly in basketball. I'm glad to report that since then, the names listed in boxscores are generally correct. However, now that CIS boxscores include play-by-play, it unfortunately means more opportunities for misspellings.
I fully admit I am the only person who seems to care about this, but having done the work to fix the names, I'm still going to share the many examples of typos or other inaccuracies that just shouldn't be happening.
These are all actual names as listed in men's basketball play-by-play. This is only men's basketball because I did that first. Women's basketball would presumably have the same problems.
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Thomas Filigiano, Acadia
FILIGIANO,THOMA
FILIGIANO,THOMAS
FILGIANO,THOMAS
Issack Egueh, Brock
EGUEH,ISAACK
EGURH,ISSACK
EGUEH,ISAAC
EGUEH,ISSACK
C.J. Smith, Brock
SMITH,C.J.
SMITH,CJ
J. SMITH,C
Kelson Devereaux, Cape Breton
DEVEREAUX,KELSON
DEVEREAUX,KELSEN
DEVERAUX,KELSON
Clinton Springer-Williams, Carleton
SPRINGER-WILLIAMS,CLINTON
SPRINGER-WILLIAMS,C
SPRINGER-WIL,CLINTON
SPRING-WILL,CLINTON
Jean Pierre-Charles, Carleton (or Jean Emmanuel Pierre-Charles, depending)
PIERRE-CHARLES,JEAN
E PIERRE-CHARLES,J
EMMANUEL PIERRE,JEAN
PIERRE-CHARLES,JE
Jean-Andre Moussignac, Concordia
MOUSSIGNAC,JEAN-ANDRE
MOUSSIGNAC,JEAN-A
MOUSSIGNAC,J-A
Kashrell Lawrence, Dalhousie
LAWRENCE,KASHRELL
LAWERENCE,KASHRELL
LARENCE,KASHRELL
Joseph Nitychoruk, Lakehead
NITYCHORUK,JOSEPH
NITYCHORUK,JOSHEPH
NITYCHORUK,JOESPH
Mathew Schmidt, Lakehead
SCHMIDT,MATHEW
SCHMIDT,MATTHEW
SCHMIDT,MATT
Tychon Carter-Newman, Laurentian
CARTER-NEWMAN,TYCHON
CARTER-NEWMAN,T
CARTER-NEWMAN,TYCHAN
Laurier Beaulac-Dufresne, Laval:
BEAULAC-DUFRESNE,LAURIER
BEAULAC-D,LAURIER
,LAURIER BEAULAC-DUF
BEAULAC-DUF.,LAURIER
DUFRESNE,L
BEAULAC-DUF,LAURIER
Winn Clark, McGill
CLARK,WINN
CLARK,W
CLARK,D (huh?)
Aleksandar Mitrovic, McGill
MITROVIC,ALEKSANDAR
MITROVIC,A
MITROVIC,ALEKSANDER
Te'Jour Riley, McGill
RILEY,TE'JOUR
RILEY,Y
RILEY,T
Alpha Kisusi, Memorial
KISUSI,ALPHA
KISSUSI,ALPHAEUS
KISUSI,ALPHAEUS
Chris Henderson, Memorial
HENDERSON,CHRIS
HENDERSN,CHRISTOPHER
HENDERSO,CHRISTOPHER
Johnny Berhanemeskel, Ottawa
BERHANEMESKEL,JOHNNY
BERHANEMESKEL,JOHN
BERHANEMESKEL,JOHNN
Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue, Ottawa:
GONTHIER-DUBUE,GABRIEL
-DUBUE,GABRIEL G
GONTHIER-DUBUE,GABR
GONTHIER-DUBUE,GAB
G.-DUBUE,GABRIEL
GONTHIER-DUB,GABRIEL
GONTHIER-DUBUE,G
Sukhpreet Singh, Queen's
SINGH,SUKHPREET
SINGH,SUHKPREET
SING,SUKHPREET
Nikola Misljencevic, Queen's
MISLJENCEVIC,NIKOLA
MISLIJEVIC,NIKOLOA
MISLENCEVIC,NIKOLA
Juwon Ogunnaike-Grannum, Ryerson
OGUNNAIKE-GRANNUM,JUWON
OGUNNAIKE-GRANNUM,J
OGUNNAIKE-GRAN,JUWON
OGUNNAIKE-GARNNUM,J
OGUNNAIKE-G,JUWON
Osman Odol, Saint Mary's
ODOL,OSMAN
OLOL,OSMAN
OLAL,OSMON
Mile Pajovic, Toronto
PAJOVIC,MIKE
PAJOVIC,MILE
PAJOVIC,M
Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo, Toronto
PRESCOTT-CORNEJO,ALEJANDRO
PRESCOTT-CORNEJO,A
PRESCOTT-COMEJO,A
PRESCOTT,A
PRESCOTT-C,ALEJANDRO
P-CORNEJO,ALEJANDRO
Laszlo Schuetz, Toronto
SCHUETZ,LASZLO
SCHUETZ,LASZIO
SHUETZ,L
Dan Quiron, UNB
QUIRON,DAN
QUIRON,DANIEL
QUIRION,DANIEL
Opel Samuel Otieno, UPEI
SAMUELOTIENO,OPEL
OTIENO,OPEL SAMUEL
SAMUEL OTIENO,OPEL
Vincent Lanctot-Fortier, UQAM
LANCTOT-FORTIER,VINCENT
LANCTOT-FORT,VINCENT
L-FORTIER,VINCENT
,VINCENT LANCTOT-F
-FORTIER,VINCENT L
Rotimi Osuntola, Jr., Windsor
OSUNTOLA JR,ROTIMI
OSCUNTOLA,ROTIMNI
OSUNTOLA JR.,ROTIMNI
OSUNTOLA JR.,ROTIMI
OSUNTOLA,ROTIMI
JR,ROTIMI OSUNTOLA
,ROTIMI OSUNTOLA JR
,ROTIMNI OSUNTOLA JR
ROTIMI,OSUNTOLA JR
Matthew Ziobrowski, York
ZIOBROWSKI,MATT
ZIOBROWSKI,MATTHEW
ZIOBROWSKI,NICK (good hustle there, York scorekeepers)
ZIBROWSKI,MATTHEW
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Many are double-barrelled last names, but many are not, and I don't know what having one or two last names has to do with spelling "Grannum" four different ways.
As I wrote in 2008: "There are two possibilities: the scorekeepers are incorrectly copying the names from the roster sheet, or the spellings on the team rosters are inconsistent from game to game. Neither mistake is hard to fix; neither mistake should happen as often as these do."
It's now 2013. There has been progress, but not enough. Let's fix this, okay?
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By the way. There are many more -- at least 100 -- but I kept this list to those with three spellings or more.
ReplyDeleteThe CIS stats are filled with errors; trying to put together a bunch of CIS stats is a challenge. And forget trying to look for stats much older than a few years. This reflects poorly on the organization and makes the CIS seem second-rate.
ReplyDeleteIf people used StatCrew correctly, this wouldn't be a problem. The "fix" - such as it is - consists entirely of people properly importing rosters into StatCrew, instead of just typing whatever occurs to them on the night of the game.
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