Give warning if potentially importing a duplicate

mebbert
Hello,

It would be really nice if Zotero gave a warning if I was trying to import a reference that I already have. I realize this could get complicated in certain situations, but I suspect it's possible to get it right most of the time. e.g., Zotero already offers duplicate checking afterwards. Why not give the option to run that check at import?
  • mebbert
    I think this should be especially easy when importing by, e.g., PMID. with the magic wand (if the first has the PMID in the record).
  • tim820
    The Zoplicate plugin handles duplicate checking nicely ... but only as a downloaded item is actually being added to Zotero.

    It would indeed be nice if the Zotero connector could flag potential duplicates *before* download. But that would add some search time to every connector download (IIRC that's why Zotero devs have preferred not to go that route, along with duplicate catching never being 100% accurate).

    The method I use is to add direct searching of my Zotero web library to my browsers (Firefox and Chrome), so that when I find a paper title somewhere (or PMID) I can right-click search my library before downloading it (in the normal way via the connector) ...
    https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/128537/firefox-address-search-bar-now-allows-direct-search-of-zotero-web-library-from-a-browser-page
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