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Yesterday I took a closer look at this site's "name ratings" and found a problem. Namely, some people have been jamming the ballot box. I added some code to clean things up somewhat by deleting identical ratings that came from similar internet addresses. I've also added safeguards to prevent this in the future. Note that these ratings came from anonymous sources -- users who have not logged in.

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Some names were targeted more than others. Allah and Mohammed both had a campaign of negative ratings. Unfortunately, even after cleaning, these Islamic names still fare poorly.

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https://www.behindthename.com/name/allah/rating
https://www.behindthename.com/name/mohammed/rating

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Donald likewise had a large negative campaign. The campaign also rated the name feminine. The cleanup has mostly righted these skewed ratings.

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Conversely, Adolf had a campaign of positive ratings that led the name out of the devious category and into the wholesome. Ugh. It seems to have been the work of a single person, and the cleanup has helped.

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There were other, less "controversial", names that had the same problem and have been remedied. Consequently you may notice that the ratings for some names have jumped a bit over the last day.