....We should be able to store the citation once as the lumpers would like, but be able to link the one source to as many events as the data support without have to make copies of it in the database......
Which is exactly what lumpers do, and I am one of them. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 2:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] webinar/changing colors once sourced I'm not sure there can be such a thing as "too many". I have 400 Master Sources (a little over 4,000 individuals) but I might well consider that someone with only 40 Sources had more than was necessary or advisable if that person was a splitter, not a lumper. A long time ago I minored in computer science. The "lumpers" in this debate make me think of the axioms of systems analysis and design: "Data should be entered into a system only once" and "data duplication should be avoided." See Shelly, Cashman & Rosenblatt. On the other hand, as one who does research professionally and a "splitter", I agree with Wikipedia: "A prime purpose of a citation is intellectual honesty: to attribute prior or unoriginal work and ideas to the correct sources, and to allow the reader to determine independently whether the referenced material supports the author's argument in the claimed way." We should be able to store the citation once as the lumpers would like, but be able to link the one source to as many events as the data support without have to make copies of it in the database. Yes, I know I can do a global search and replace. I just think that that is poor design to the system. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
