Keep earlier "date added" when merging duplicate items
I often get aware of publications (e.g. on Scholar) some time before I find their complete bibliographic information (e.g. in SpringerLink). In such situation I save both items from the webpage as I find them and merge the duplicate. This works fine.
However, when I base the merged item on the newer, more complete version, I lose the "date added" of when I first got aware of this work (which I find quite insightful in retrospection).
I would find it logical, if after merging the "date added" is the date of the earlier item.
Alternatively, I could base the merged item on the earlier version, but (1) I would need to change many other fields to be taken from the newer version, (2) I cannot choose authors and editors from the newer version.
Alex
However, when I base the merged item on the newer, more complete version, I lose the "date added" of when I first got aware of this work (which I find quite insightful in retrospection).
I would find it logical, if after merging the "date added" is the date of the earlier item.
Alternatively, I could base the merged item on the earlier version, but (1) I would need to change many other fields to be taken from the newer version, (2) I cannot choose authors and editors from the newer version.
Alex
Would it be an option to adjust the merge function in such a way that you can choose which authors you want to keep?
I didn’t find any differences between an old item and the newly added item for testing (re-creating from Zotero connector), except for the fields of “Journal Abbr” (which I have deleted in the old item), “Date Added”, “Modified” and “Extra”.