Re: [Gramps-users] Place Cleanup Gramplet preferences

[Paul C. <pau...@gm...>]

Regarding IDs; there is a definite advantage to using the GEO IDs; if they
are used the tool can much more easily find places when it comes time to
enclose a place.  It would reduce your work a bit.

It is not necessary to change the Gramps ID settings; they will still be
used if you manually (or on import) create a new place.  The Place Cleanup
tool will replace them with GEO IDs when you accept the values from the
tool.  Gramps doesn't care if you have a mix.  And the 5.1.x Reorder ID
tool is smart enough to NOT renumber the GEO IDs unless you specifically
want it to.

As always it is usually a good idea to make a backup or at least a copy of
your tree (by using a backup) for experimentation.  You might not like how
the tool works, or might determine that some alternate settings of
languages or something would suit your purposes better.

Paul C.

On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:59 PM Richard Troxel <ric...@gm...>
wrote:

> Thanks Brian!
> I have not shared my database as of this time. The few "draft" reports
> that I have distributed (published) do not include any Gramps Id's, so
> these are not really considerations.
>
> If I use the GEO Id's, should I change my Gramps ID Format settings? Does
> it hurt to have a mixture of Id's? I have already manually set up a number
> of enclosures. Part of me says that it would be less trouble to keep the
> Gramps Id's but I don't know if there is an advantage to the GEO Id's.
> Does that make sense?
>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 10:42 AM Emyoulation--- via Gramps-users <
> gra...@li...> wrote:
>
>> For others not familiar with the gramplet:
>> This option is in the section labeled  "Result/Edit view". This view
>> appears after pressing Find button, showing of 10 rows of results.
>>
>> https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:PlaceCleanupGramplet#Result.2FEdit_view
>>
>> Using the Original Gramps ID is strategic if you have copies of your tree
>> out with other people doing edits. (Or perhaps you've published your Tree
>> with the automatically generated Gramps IDs or Custom IDs.)
>>
>> When you compare/merge those Revised trees, having the same ID means a
>> new item won't be added to your Place tree. It might save you from having
>> to merge duplicate places with different IDs.
>>
>> Likewise, if you import data from other people (or files) already using a
>> GeoNames standard ID, the databases is less likely to add duplicates if
>> you're already using the the same standard ID naming.
>>
>> -Brian
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:16, Richard Troxel
>> <ric...@gm...> wrote:
>> I have just discovered this Gramplet and can definitely see its
>> usefulness. I do have a question about certain options that it presents.
>>
>> In the WIKI it says,
>> *ID* field. This field displays the Gramps ID. It cannot be edited.
>> There is a small Orig checkbox just above this field, if checked, the
>> Original ID from the place is used instead of the found ID. Note that this
>> checkbox is disabled if there is no original ID.
>> What are the pros and cons of using the GEO Id vs the original Gramps Id?
>> What do you do?
>>
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