On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 5:24 PM, moltonel 3x Combo <molto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To me there's very little semantic value in distinguishing between > name_2 and alt_name. Even old_name and loc_name arguably don't bring > much to the table (I do see the nuance, but it doesnt seem to be worth > the complication). We've got the same problem with the ref tag and > many others. > These are artifacts of the TIGER import, and I think I've already beat that horse until it's a horse-shaped hole. Try grepping the archives for "TIGER import considered harmful" or something to that effect. My mood about TIGER has lightened for the most part, but I know in the early days a few years ago after the imports, particularly in the Portland area, it was like "shoot me now" bad trying to fix a lot of it.
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