codeforamerica/Data-Wiki — Issue #33: workflow: merging
Author: chachasikes
Created: 2011-10-25 16:45:42+00:00
State: open

people contribute data that is helpful, but these are discreet units of helpful information

the merging isn't a simple problem... but it needs to be solved

there are the flag as duplicate buttons... i really think it will take a concerted effort to really look at the real information and see if and how new fields need to be made - or if there is a clever way to unite the content.

the main duplications will be of communication channels. but also descriptions and then multiple imports

the idea is that a piece of data contributed several time should up it in the ticker of how recommended it was.

and then all of hte contributors should be merged in their history

the most common solution would be to make fields for group channels - but that is sort of terrible for CSV files.

more though required.