problem with duplicate entries
hello. in zotero (last stable) i have item A & item B created from scratch and not by duplication process (i'm 99.9% sure they wasn't created by duplication).
Zotero tells me they are duplicate
So i create item C, and copy by hand item A content to item C.
Then i create item D and copy by hand item B content to item D.
then i move to trash and definitively delete item A e B.
result is: zotero tells me that Item C e item D are duplicates.
items are book chapters with same same title, same first author, same date, same publication place, same press, but different editors, different pages, different book title and different isbn.
How to resolve the problem?
thanks
Zotero tells me they are duplicate
So i create item C, and copy by hand item A content to item C.
Then i create item D and copy by hand item B content to item D.
then i move to trash and definitively delete item A e B.
result is: zotero tells me that Item C e item D are duplicates.
items are book chapters with same same title, same first author, same date, same publication place, same press, but different editors, different pages, different book title and different isbn.
How to resolve the problem?
thanks
it could interesting to implement a function in the right click menu to "separate duplicated items" that generate another ID to the one created from a duplication process. often i need to duplicate an item for made a little modify in a fast way then separate the items to have 2 items with 2 different IDs but little different content. the same "separate" function could be useful for resolve false positive too.
Items A & B (book chapters) differs in:
editors
book title
pages
isbn
(item creation timestamp)
but the merge function allow me to choice the right version only for book title, pages and isbn fields: for the editors field it doesn't allow me to choice between the two differents editors fields.
it's a known behaviour?
In my opinion, certain zotero functions (like merging or import/export) makes you feel a security that is actually missing, and a notification message alerting you about possible inconsistent or bad behaviours would be very useful.
I know, for example, that the zotero manual explains about import/export limitations & strange behaviours but not everyone read that specific manual part, because the expected behaviour of an import/export is data consistency and the last thing an user has it's about a possible data consistency problem of a "primary function" of a stable program that reached the 5 version.
- look in the Extra field and if it finds a "Duplicate: NO" AND
- the items identified as duplicates are tied by the "related" feature THEN
override the duplicate identification?