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From: "William M Roberts" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Edit Info for Beginner
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:19:54 -0400
References: <3B675DAB.EA168DB4@mindspring.com> <02dd01c11a4c$58723180$d311fe3f@oemcomputer> <010401c11a78$e8fa4cc0$5cf1883e@carolinegurney>


Caroline

I believe the "?" is not necessary as you should set the default to "N" and
the cleaned to "Y" The "P" is ok to show a work in progress..

If you use "?" for the default, you have to manually go through all of the
individuals in your data and set them yo "N". What a lot on unnecessary
work.

Myrnice

"Caroline Gurney" wrote:

> 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



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