Do not show records that are already attached under "Research Help"
Under "Research Help" are records that may be related to the person. But, on occasion, the record is already attached to the person. It would be better if such were not shown.
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Are you certain it is the same record? There are many similar records in the database - either 2 indexings of the same record or indexings of very similar records. If the URL is not the same, then it is not the same record.
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Under person, details, research help are a list of sources. If these sources are already attached to the person why should they show under research help? Seems like it would be best to show sources that have not been attached. But if they are attached, show the paperclip/paper icon.
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I've encountered already-attached indexed records as hints on other profiles, but never on the profile they're already attached to, unless it's a case of "oops, forgot to refresh the page".
(Family Tree is currently a bit weird about what's updated or refreshed automatically, and what isn't. Data problems update. Record hints don't.)
I'm not sure what circumstances prompt the hinting system to offer an already-attached source, but I do know that it's occasionally a good thing, because it points out an error in the tree (duplicate profiles, conflated profiles, misidentifications). Granted, most of the time it's just annoying. (I dismissed one today with the reason "Clue-by-four: the dates are off by Thirty Entire Years".)
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I dismissed a hint several years ago because it was for entirely the wrong family - different parents' names, different siblings, after the parents were deceased, etc. When I dismissed it, I said that and added the comment "silly hint." Twice in the last week, some braintrust has restored that hint and added it to the family to which it does not belong. I have removed it, twice, and cleaned up the mess. I've added alert notes to the family. Getting tired of it.
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One way to prevent a hint from being reattached to the wrong person is to find the correct person and attach the hint to that person.
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@Quint Hurst Of late, I've spent MORE time doing that than working on my own families.
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