ERROR REPORT: Placename Standardization?

Áine Ní Donnghaile

It appears the placename standardization algorithm has now been applied to the locality search pages. If it starts with New, it must be the same place.

See - for example - this screen snip from the New York USA search page, with links to New Zealand, New England, and New Spain. Not to mention the link to "See All {CLEANEDPLACE}..."

Similarly, for New Jersey USA:

New Mexico USA

North Dakota conflated with Northern Ireland?

I'm glad my home state of Georgia is not conflated with the country of the same name, but it seems to be sadly neglected:

You get the idea. There's a real problem with the current layout of the locality search pages.

@N Tychonievich please and thanks.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Oh, my lord. That's ....impressively bad. I hope they can revert it quickly, before the sarcastic blogs start getting written.

Áine Ní Donnghaile

South Carolina gets a double whammy:

Áine Ní Donnghaile

And clicking that "{CleanedPlace}" link, from the SC page, takes one to a strange list that includes South Africa, South Dakota, and the South Seas. https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/learning-center-search/?q=South%20Carolina

Stephanie V.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It has been escalated and I will report back when I have some answers. Thanks!

Áine Ní Donnghaile

Thanks, @Stephanie V.