Evidence Layer · Conflict Radar
Name Similarity Checking
How the World Naming Board flags exact, opening, visual, phonetic, and syllable-frame conflicts without claiming legal clearance.
Product owner and release accountability: Will Hu · Implementation and automated evidence: Manus AI · Updated · Independent human naming-quality reviewer pending
The conflict radar runs locally whenever a name is saved, edited, imported, or removed. It compares each record with the active Board and returns small, explainable warning objects rather than a hidden approval score.
Signals used
| Signal | Implementation | Editorial use |
|---|---|---|
| Exact | NFKD normalization; letters and numbers retained | Find duplicate records |
| Opening | First three normalized characters | Find crowded cast or map openings |
| Visual | Normalized Levenshtein similarity at or above 72% | Find page-level lookalikes |
| Phonetic | Approximate consonant skeleton | Find names likely to sound alike |
| Syllable frame | Vowel-delimited consonant pattern | Find repeated rhythms |
Generation filter versus Board warnings
The generator uses a stricter near-duplicate threshold inside a new batch so the initial 12 results are distinct. The Board uses broader warnings because intentional similarities may be useful for families, dynasties, historical layers, or regional naming. An editor decides whether a warning helps the story or burdens the reader.
Known limits
Similarity is an editorial signal rather than trademark, copyright, linguistic, cultural, or identity clearance. Pronunciation is an English-readable approximation rather than IPA. The site does not claim cultural authenticity, legal availability, uniqueness, ranking performance, or human review that has not occurred.
Report and revision
Use the persistent contact and correction form to submit the route, generated result, seed, engine version, observed problem, and requested correction. It returns a public reference and status URL. Will Hu reviews correction and rights reports within five business days.