In Suggested Records: Show "Attached" and do not show "Does Not Pertain"
In the records page where it shows search results and suggested records for an ancestor, two things would help:
1) If the suggested record is already attached, show the paper clip icon and name and ID# of whom the record is attached.
2) If the suggested record does not apply to the person, allow patron to flag it as "Record Does Not Pertain to [name/ID]". Then do not show it as a suggestion for that person so that others will not waist time reviewing such records. But, provide an option to show "Records that do not pertain" with an option to undo the "Record Does Not Pertain"
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1) If the suggested record is attached to someone, that attachment is shown:
The other attached records are lacking the icon that opens the record in the Source Linker. That could be a helpful addition.
2) Right now, this whole topic of displaying Similar Records is a rather hot topic. See: https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/146986/new-feature-request-dedicated-similar-record-page#latest which in the posts following my initial suggestion you will find links to other discussions related to your request here. I'm not sure why this is suddenly drawing so much attention, but it certainly is.
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2) If the suggested record does not apply to the person, allow patron to flag it as "Record Does Not Pertain to [name/ID]". Then do not show it as a suggestion for that person so that others will not waist time reviewing such records. But, provide an option to show "Records that do not pertain" with an option to undo the "Record Does Not Pertain"
The Similar Records list is not about the ancestor the record is connected to, it's about the record itself. Maybe that needs to be more clearly explained in documentation, but that's why it shows the full name and ID of who it's attached to (if anybody) and not just a check box for attached yes or no.
It's useful for seeing what other people and families might get mistaken for this one, or for getting a slightly looser set of records to looks at -- ones that might not be close enough to show up as a Hint, but often times does apply to the ancestor. Or occasionally for finding records that have been attached to somebody else incorrectly, or, yes, for finding actual duplicate profiles, especially if one of the profiles has inaccurate estimated dates, or has incorrectly been marked as Not a Match. I could see maybe allowing people to turn off that feature for themselves, and maybe even turning it off by default for new users, but I don't want it to go away, I don't want other people to be able to hide it from me. I don't want another list of 'hidden' hints I have to go check when people get it wrong.
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