1. A method for determining alternative names, the method comprising: retrieving, based on input from a user, a plurality of candidate alternative names for a target name; storing the plurality of candidate alternative names; identifying a plurality of media assets associated with the target name, wherein each of the plurality of media assets is provided by a source other than the user; generating a first classification group that includes each of the plurality of media assets that refers to a first candidate name; generating a second classification group that includes each of the plurality of media assets that refers to a second candidate name; computing a first value representing a first number of media assets in the first classification group; computing a second value representing a second number of media assets in the second classification group; in response to determining that the first value exceeds the second value, assigning the first candidate name, instead of the second candidate name, as an alternative name for the target name; and in response to determining that the second value exceeds the first value, assigning the second candidate name, instead of the first candidate name, as the alternative name for the target name.
1. A method for determining alternative names, the method comprising: retrieving, based on input from a user, a plurality of candidate alternative names for a target name; storing the plurality of candidate alternative names; identifying a plurality of media assets associated with the target name, wherein each of the plurality of media assets is provided by a source other than the user; generating a first classification group that includes each of the plurality of media assets that refers to a first candidate name; generating a second classification group that includes each of the plurality of media assets that refers to a second candidate name; computing a first value representing a first number of media assets in the first classification group; computing a second value representing a second number of media assets in the second classification group; in response to determining that the first value exceeds the second value, assigning the first candidate name, instead of the second candidate name, as an alternative name for the target name; and in response to determining that the second value exceeds the first value, assigning the second candidate name, instead of the first candidate name, as the alternative name for the target name. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the first value is a first proportion of the identified plurality of media assets that refers to the first candidate name, and the second value is a second proportion of the identified plurality of media assets that refers to the second candidate name.