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Configurable auto-name template
Correctly identified by Anson at https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=197305#p197305 -- the auto-naming should be configurable, most likely with simple printf-style %markers (or with {keyword} markers).
Relatedly, when a new site's name collides with an existing one, offer a dialog to rename the new one or (if possible) merge it into the existing one.
I'm guessing this is low priority, since it was suggested 2 years ago, but I've some ideas for this as well.
If the printf() type thing gets implemented, some catagories to consider.
Total ore sites counter. Individual ore site counter. IE, each ore type would have their own counter. Ore name and ore abbreviations, such as "Copper", "Cpr", and "C" (Coal would have to use some other single letter)
Now that we've got rich text, perhaps %ore-icon? not sure how well %ore-name would work given localisation?
Ore name definitely wouldn't work, exactly because of localization. Site names aren't localized, and I don't want to bring the locale system into it, either. The ore icon is just a perfectly fine idea, though.
Please note that printf markers are traditionally one character, so it's either %i %q %o %d (short, but cryptic) or {ore-icon} {quadrant} {distance-from-origin} {index-per-ore} (long, but much more intelligible).
There would need to be some documentation, too, to specify that "quadrant" is an intentional misnomer for octant (because "quadrant" is a more familiar term) and that "index-per-ore" refers to the per-ore-type counter previously described.