it seems to have gone too far - its difficult to enter names that begin the same now .I thought the idea was to stop plurals and such like.
Im trying to do a word beginning with Advent for one of the contests but finding it impossible as it says someone entered every word even if I try something really odd
Based on my observations, under current prevailing conditions itād be possible to enter a word āadventā followed by āadventorā,for example., However youād be prevented from doing the same operation in the reverse order.
@Jose, we have received similar feedback from few other users as well, and we agree that it needs to be less restrictive. We will work on modifying the similar name check algorithm.
I have had that happen on two contests in the last week, especially when a CH says they want a word used, such as the symbian contest. By the time I read the brief, I pretty much couldnāt enter Symbian anything!
Especially on like the Dive contest where he wants HYDROā¦ you know darn well all the names we are entering are not already submitted, some yes, but itās blocking almost everything. Opposite of trying to give the contest holder what they want.
Update: We have changed the algorithm, and made it less restrictive. It should now allow you to submit most variations, unless it is very similar (e.g. plurals, extra spaces etc).