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Issue 1489: Entry should be deleted. Eric Disagrees, delete the newer one instead

Object
Until We Meet Again (Dance)
Submitter
Murrough Landon (murrough)
Assigned to
Anselm Lingnau
Priority
Normal
Disposition
Being handled
Description

Iain Boyd requested by email that I delete this dance entry as it is a misnamed duplicate of his dance Until We Meet Again (https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/18201/).

However when I tried to delete it I found that it is linked from some Collections so I believe this needs Anselm’s intervention.

Previous Actions

  • Date  Aug. 18, 2018, 12:59 p.m.
  • User  Murrough Landon (murrough)

New issue submitted

  • Date  Aug. 18, 2018, 10:39 p.m.
  • User  Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)

Subject changed to »Entry should be deleted. Eric Disagrees, delete the newer one instead« (previously »Entry should be deleted«)
Assigned changed to »murrough« (previously »None«)
Disposition changed to »Needs help« (previously »New«)

NO. When we find duplicates, it is best, in my opinion, to keep the original entry (updated and improved), and delete the later one. In this case the name was misspelled in the original version, so that should be corrected. It is likely that the newer version will not yet have any “collection” links, so Anselm’s help won’t be needed… My reasons are:

  1. The Dance Number gives an idea of the time the dance entered SCDDB.
  2. It feels better to correct the error (someone made a duplicate by mistake) than to stert anew.

Eric

  • Date  Aug. 18, 2018, 10:55 p.m.
  • User  Heiko Schmidt (castle_ghost)

I support Eric’s point of view!

Cheers, Heiko

  • Date  Aug. 19, 2018, 11:17 p.m.
  • User  Murrough Landon (murrough)

Disposition changed to »Being handled« (previously »Needs help«)

Yes I take the point. I was being a bit lazy as the newer entry had more information associated it with it and the earlier one almost nothing.

  • Date  Aug. 19, 2018, 11:57 p.m.
  • User  Murrough Landon (murrough)

I have now transferred the information from https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/18201/ to this dance, including updating the publication May I Have the Pleasure (https://my.strathspey.org/dd/publication/1406/) to point to this older entry.

Unfortunately the newer entry also has links to collections…

  • Date  Aug. 20, 2018, 12:21 a.m.
  • User  Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)

Assigned changed to »anselm« (previously »murrough«)

Reassigned to Anselm, to transfer the collection links and delete the entry. Eric