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[Simon Hanna <933277@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are the first and last names actually used somewhere? (It might be the
searching, I didn't check)

Currently it is possible to add authors that only have one name. When
adding authors from the song edit form, the form doesn't enforce more
than one word. Adding one word there, just adds the text to the display
name and leaves the first and last names empty.

The way I see it if removing first and last names is no problem, they
could be removed. If they are essential, then the song edit form should
as well enforce more than one word

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Title:
  Song author system doesn't support single word authors, like bands

Status in OpenLP:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The way the author system is currently implemented you are required to
  provide both a "First Name" and a "Last Name". This doesn't work for
  bands who have a single word name. When a band has a multi word name I
  can work around this issue by putting half in the "First Name" field
  and half in the "Last Name" field. For single word authors I've worked
  around this by putting a single space in the "Last Name" field.
  Ideally each author would have a type, (i.e. Person or Band), and then
  if you pick Band there would only be a single text field. Having 3
  fields, "First Name", "Last Name" and "Display Name" is probably over
  kill anyways. A single "Name" field would probably be sufficient. I
  understand that at this point changing fields in the database could be
  difficult, but it would be nice if there was an elegant way to handle
  single word authors.

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