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From: "Caroline Gurney" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Edit Info for Beginner
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:53:30 +0100
References: <3B675DAB.EA168DB4@mindspring.com> <02dd01c11a4c$58723180$d311fe3f@oemcomputer>


Chuck Wolfram wrote:

<<I've created a CLEAN flag to let me know what persons I've "cleaned" and
are in correct order. I've included a letter of P in that flag for "Part",
meaning that I've worked on correcting that person, but more work is
needed.>>

Thanks very much for that tip, Chuck. I have also created a CLEAN flag but
it is often difficult to complete the process at one go, particularly if the
person has a large number of tags. Also, however hard I try to work
methodically, checking one aspect of the data often leads me off down
another path (changing the way a source is set up globally, looking at &
amending a relative's tags etc).

The P idea is neat & set me thinking about other ways of using flags to
sub-divide & track the cleaning process. I have just now created several
CLEAN flags as follows:

CLEANCIT: Tags have a source, properly cited, with sureties.

CLEANDAT: Dates checked & verified or changed to EST. SORT dates added where
necessary.

CLEANREL: Relationships checked & verified or changed to CAN, SAME? etc.

CLEANSEN: Sentences modified as necessary & reading correctly.

For all 4 flags the possible values are: ?CNP

?=Status unknown (default)
C=Cleaned
N=Not Cleaned
P=Partially cleaned

I am not sure how this will work out in practice but it certainly should
help to get things better organised.

Thanks again for helping me to get the old brain working.

Best wishes,

Caroline Gurney
Portsmouth





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