On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Alan Mintz <[email protected]>wrote:
> At 2012-01-15 05:35, Mike N wrote: > >> On 1/15/2012 8:28 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: >> >>> Actually the script also expanded the W to West. But my point is that it >>> is a TIGER entry error, and any future script needs to take into account >>> that these exist and people may have already fixed them to the correct >>> names. >>> >> >> Agreed- if we're thinking of a bot that periodically fixes everything, >> we need a special tag that says "abbreviation_bot=back_off" (but perhaps >> not so verbose) - something that tells the bot not to touch the name >> because it is unusual and has been manually checked. >> > > I hope there is no such bot being contemplated again. The last one created > lots of issues. Sounds like it would be better to come up with a more comprehensive algorithm for the bot, not outright deny the need for it altogether. Granted, it did make minor messes in Oregon (where names with "St." meaning "Saint," "Santa/o" or "Sainte" are slightly more common) and Oklahoma (where single-letter street names are slightly more common), but overall, the automation saved countless hours of manual name expansion for the minor cost of having to deal with a very small number of largely regionally-isolated edge cases.
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