duplicates list not updated automatically?

axon

Hello,
after using zotero for a while, populating it etc, it finally occured to me to check if I have any duplicates that I have classified in different subcollections. I clicked on the 'Duplicate Items' on the left and located 5 pairs. Each of those entries has an attached file to it from the local filesystem. I right click on a pair's two entries separately to show the files on the filesystem.
I delete one of them. Then I proceed to click on the one of the two subcollections that contained the duplicate entry and delete that as well.

When I click back on 'Duplicate Items' the same pair continues to appear even though it shouldn't. Perhaps something gets cached incorrectly????

Thanks,
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axon

ps. I'm using zotero Standalone (latest beta) with chrome plugin on ubuntu 11.04 if that helps.

fbennett

I'm not completely sure of the steps as you describe them. When you say "I delete one of them", do you mean you are deleting one of the Zotero items, or one of the files (in the filesystem) that is attached to one of the items?

In any case, that seems an odd way to use the duplicates feature. If the pairs that show up in the Duplicates View are true duplicates, is there a reason why you don't just merge them?

axon

Hi, pls let me clarify:
I use the duplicates feature to locate duplicate entries.
Then, independently, I look for those entries under "My Library",
delete one entry of the two in a duplicate pair (along with its associated file system file attached to the entry).

Then after deleting one of the two in a pair, I check the duplicate entries feature again and the pair still appears!

fbennett

If you delete the entry, any documents that you have that were linked to it will break, and it will disappear from any collections where it appeared. If you merge it, it will be preserved in collections, and documents will not break. Merging has the same effect as deleting the item, but it doesn't break so many things.

If you really want to do delete instead, have you emptied the trash before re-trying the duplicates view?

adamsmith

also - are you sure you're not just removing them from a collection? If you're actually deleting an item you will get prompted before it's deleted. If you don't get that prompt, you're not deleting.

axon

Hi Adam,
I think you're right, I must have done something else, perhaps remove from collection, not delete entry... today it seems to be working correctly...
Thanks to both for your responses!
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