Addon:CheckPlaceTitles

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The CheckPlaceTitles tool brings up a way for checking current place titles.

A place object needs a name. Title is the legacy content and the label on Place Editor. We can let gramps managing the title according our preferences and data : a dynamic and smart display.

• Data migration : the legacy place title can generate confusions and empty place title should be the default design.

The tool

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The pass

One pass will check all place objects whatever type (town, region, country, street, etc.) and will retrieve the current place title, which is related to our preferences set : the displayer. So, we have :

• one legacy place title, inherited from previous database and place formatting.
• a dynamic place title, handled by gramps according to our policy, historical data, design, choices and preferences : the auto-title features.

Once a legacy title does not match current auto-title or is not empty, this can generate some frustrations and confusions. So, this one pass tool will list entries not matching.

Columns

Two columns :

• the hardcoded and legacy place title, also visible on Place Editor without auto-title support (see Preferences on Display item)
• the displayed title

Why radio-buttons are checked?

Two status : enable/disable auto-title on Places.

According to your preferences, the default selection will either check all entries with differences or only few.

Keep in my mind that the primary goal of the tool was to check place titles for a complete data migration. A minor difference between the legacy place title and the automatic displayed one will be detected.

If you had set postal code or and old name for a province and state, and now have more consistency on place names by using place hierarchy, then the pass will return the data.

Options

You have three options, available at the bottom :

• clean - remove legacy content for place titles
• copy - copy old place titles to a new note.
• tag - assign a tag and mark places

When the Apply button is clicked, then changes will be made on your selected place objects.

There is also a Help button to see this page.