def create_entity(name):
'''
Create a generic person name taxon, rather than a particular personality/celebrity
'''
taxon = Taxon()
n = name.strip().lower()
taxon.name = 'person_name.{}'.format(n)
taxon.phrase = n
taxon.phrasenorm = taxon.phrase # Nothing more to normalize.
taxon.is_valid = True
taxon.tags = []
#if n in non_person_names:
# taxon.is_valid = False
return taxon
