Are comments lost when merge is completed

Question

Are comments lost that are posted to a profile that is merged into another profile?  Some people post information and sourcing in comments, which should probably be included in a profile.  I came across quite a few profiles last night like that, so I sent a message to the person that posted the comments and he has now added the information into the profiles.

Comments

Great question, thanks for asking it!

Answer 1

When profiles are merged all of the comments from both merged profiles are displayed. They're not lost.

Comments

Thanks.  I did not want to complete some merges until I was sure of that, but I also think that information, especially with sources, needs to be in the profiles where everyone will see them.

---

Thanks for the answer, good to know!

---

Some people don’t want to tread on toes so leave info in comments. Often I add to (or create) ==Research Notes == with possible record of blah. I put the source and anything else found. Then the manager can make the final decision, but the info doesn’t get lost

---

Marion, I do the same.  I was worried about the many comments this one person included in comments, and he has updated all the profiles that I proposed for merges last night, so I think we are covered for sure now.  At least, they will be in the change log, if PM removes them.  When people put them in comments, we lose them totally.

---

Yup.  Someone might get the impression that they disappear from this: I will sometimes delete my own comments from a merged profile because what I suggested has already been done (e.g. - which name, place or date is correct).