Thank You for changing the Place Name display

Gordon Collett

I see that there has been a change in the place name editing box in Family Tree in that both the Display Place Name and the Standard Place Name always show. This will make it much easier to explain the difference between the two, the dual place name entry system in Family Tree, and the concept of the standard being linked to the displayed name. I also hope it will help people be comfortable with the two being different and leaving alone additional or variant information that is important for accuracy in Family Tree rather than editing it out.

Thank you!

Adrian Bruce1

Thank you @Gordon Collett - I noticed the 2 boxes but thought I'd got some subtle difference between the Display and Standard version that I couldn't see because I'd been staring at it too long. Nice to know I wasn't going daft...

Lars van Ravenzwaaij

@Gordon Collett ? Which change do you see? I really can't see any difference. 🤔 But maybe I do need new glasses.

Gordon Collett

Previously if the Display Place Name, the one seen on the profile page and which the user wishes to be read by others, was identical to the linked Standard Place Name, the textual representation of a specific latitude and longitude which has a unique ID number in the Places database, were identical, only the Display Place Name was shown. Now both place names always shows:

Previously, this would have looked like this:

Having both place names always present will make it easier to show how FamilyTree works and to explain why:

is entered correctly and standardized correctly just like the first image but just uses variant, historically more accurate names.

It will also quit confusing people when they see that if they enter place names in one language they only have one place name but when they then change languages on the website, they suddenly have two place names. I've seen people think that they somehow "unstandardized" the place name and then start editing all the place names to make them "standard" again. There have been a few users here who have gotten very annoyed because they correctly entered their family residences in German and other users have come along and changed them to English to "standardized" them. Ideally, understanding Family Tree's dual place name system better will prevent this.

Lars van Ravenzwaaij

@Gordon Collett Thx for the explanation. I really didn't consciously notice that , allthough I was seeing the "new" design for some weeks allready. 😬