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new merge unable to merge large profile unless empty profile becomes main profile.

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April 9, 2020 edited September 28, 2020 in Suggest an Idea
m said: new merge unable to merge large profile unless empty profile becomes main profile. by empty i mean name only filled in.

not good. decided not to merge.
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    joe martel said: Are you sure it's the new merge? Please provide the PIDs so your post can be researched.
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    m said: giant profile: LBKJ-JK8

    empty profile: 995G-DGQ
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    joe martel said: There are multiple screens in Merge. Which PID is on the left? Can you post the error you are getting and on what screen that error is happening?
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    m said: Wait a sec, is the surviving person on the right now? Maybe I'm totally confused. I think the new merge is too hard for me right now with no sleeping lately.
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    Logan Allred said: Yes, surviving person is on the right now
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    m said: Oh, no! harder to figure out.
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    Jordi Kloosterboer said: lol. Yeah it says surviving person and possible duplicate at the top. It is like the source attacher where things move to the right. :) Just have to get used it being the otherway round haha
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    m said: i couldn't even understand the stuff at the top----too much stuff at top first of all ---and too hard to figure out what the stuff means at top second of all.
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    Erika Campbell said: This new merge program is totally useless. Please put the former one back in operation. I don't know what the engineers were thinking.
    Erika
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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    April 9, 2020
    Erika Campbell said: Why? What was wrong with the other program? It worked perfectly.
    Erika
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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    April 9, 2020
    gasmodels said: no it did not there were issues with not retaining all relationships and also not being able to carefully review before merging. I spend several hours each week undoing incorrect merges just because the mother and father have the same given names. People will merge and get two or three children born the same year in one family (very unlikely). I don't know if this merge will resolve all of the issues but am hopeful that it will be better.
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    Jessie Hearle said: I find the new merge process & especially the warning messages to be a great improvement
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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    April 9, 2020
    Logan Allred said: The previous version was also very expensive and slow for patrons in areas of the world with poor internet or metered connections. Those with fast internet may not notice the difference, but load times on 3G networks is vastly improved with the new pages as is download size.
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    m said: Logan, that's a good enough reason for me.
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  • LegacyUser
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    April 9, 2020
    Logan Allred said: It seems a bit harsh to say totally useless. I recognize that the new design is clearly not comfortable for you. The most constructive thing is to list specific flaws so they can be addressed. The changes were made due to feedback from other patrons that were struggling or making too many mistakes, and unfortunately to help some, they have to make things sometimes more inconvenient for others.
    I hope we agree it's much more work to undo a bad merge than it is to make merges a bit more deliberate.
    Is it primarily having multiple steps that is annoying, or are there other changes that will make it more difficult for you to do good merges?
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