CLean up accented names display

core/views/logbooks.py

@@ -152,12 +152,9 @@ class Expeditions_jsonListView(ListView):
 class QMs_jsonListView(ListView):
     template_name = "core/QMs_json_list.html"
     model = QM
-
-rx_person = re.compile(r"(?i)^(([A-Z]*[a-z\-\'&;]*)[^a-zA-Z]*)([a-z\-\']*[^a-zA-Z]*[\-]*[A-Z]*[a-zA-Z\-&;]*)$")
-rx_simple_person = re.compile(r"^([A-Z][a-z]*)[ ]*([A-Z][a-z]*)$")
     
 def person(request, slug=""):
-    """Original code as it has been for years. Trying to replace with better_person
+    """Now very much simpler with an unambiguous slug
     """
     this_person = Person.objects.get(slug=slug)
     return render(request, "person.html", {"person": this_person})
@@ -197,14 +194,19 @@ def get_person_chronology(personexpedition):
 
 
 def personexpedition(request, slug="", year=""):
-    person = Person.objects.get(slug=slug)
-    this_expedition = Expedition.objects.get(year=year)
-    personexpedition = person.personexpedition_set.get(expedition=this_expedition)
-    personchronology = get_person_chronology(personexpedition)
+    try:
+        person = Person.objects.get(slug=slug)
+        this_expedition = Expedition.objects.get(year=year)
+        personexpedition = person.personexpedition_set.get(expedition=this_expedition)
+        personchronology = get_person_chronology(personexpedition)
 
-    return render(
-        request, "personexpedition.html", {"personexpedition": personexpedition, "personchronology": personchronology}
-    )
+        return render(
+            request, "personexpedition.html", {"personexpedition": personexpedition, "personchronology": personchronology}
+        )
+    except:
+        msg = f" Person '{slug=}' or year '{year=}' not found in database. Please report this to a nerd." 
+        print(msg)
+        return render(request, "errors/generic.html", {"message": msg})
 
 
 def logbookentry(request, date, slug):