Merge approval enhancement

Question

A merge was proposed and I approved it.  The next day I check Pending Merges and it's ready to go ... I looked at my Family Activity listing and those approvals weren't recorded.  Would be nice if approvals were also logged ... I don't always get around to checking Pending Merges but I always look at the daily log.  Just a thought.

Comments

i agree with you Bob.  Many times I have thought a person was "inactive" because the system does not log the merge approvals, only when you complete a merge.   Agree, it would help.

Answer 1

I noticed this question right after http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/277020/why-must-keep-approving-the-match-between-delay-and-delay-11 and at first assumed it was the same issue. But on that question David is talking about a merge approval that doesn't appear to have been recorded at all. That is some sort of bug.

Bob and Robin are asking about whether there could be a history item recorded for merge approvals.

I think the reason we didn't initially do this is because we assumed this would be the most common scenario: A user on one of the Trusted Lists proposes a merge. At the same time, their approval is recorded. A history item is created for the merge proposal. One for the approval would be duplicative. Later a user on the other Trusted List completes the merge. A history item is created for the merge (two, actually). One for the approval would be irrelevant.

We could consider adding history items when this is not the scenario. I realize it is often not. But it would be a little complicated.

Comments

What happened in my case was that the second approval was given and then no further action was taken ... kind of not a common scenario.

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A quick look at the merges proposed today...and about 70% were proposed by someone other than a person from either profile's trusted list.   Working with the db-errors group and the arborists this a "norm" right now.   Most of the merges needed are found an proposed by "someone' working errors or a family line, or a project....especially the one-name studies are finding the duplicates that are alternate spellings.