Issue 777: Sidlaw Hills by John W Mitchell: are there two?

Object

Sidlaw Hills (Whetherly 7) (Dance)

Submitter

Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)

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Priority

Normal

Disposition

Fixed

Description

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Both Whetherly Book 7  and Whetherly Book 12 have a dance "Sidlaw Hills" by John W Mitchell.
Could someone who has both books please check if these dances are the same or differ.  I would appreciate a copy of the instructions to make the entries complete.

Previous Actions

Date Sept. 9, 2015, 12:03 a.m.
User Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)

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New issue submitted

Date Sept. 9, 2015, 3:02 p.m.
User Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)

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_Disposition_ changed to »Fixed« (previously »New«)  

The two 4C 32-bar Strathspeys called "Sidlaw Hills", in Whetherly Book 7 and Book 12, are different.   That can lead to endless confusion.

I have therefore appended a note to each dance name.  The dances are now called

Sidlaw Hills (from W.Book 7)  
and
Sidlaw Hills (from W.Book 12)

I see no other way to allow users to distinguish them, as in most displays that users see the publication is not shown.

Date Sept. 9, 2015, 3:17 p.m.
User Anselm Lingnau (anselm)

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This situation sucks – much of the Strathspey SCD Database is built on the assumption that names are unique per dance author. Still, with a mind as prolific as John Mitchell's, it may not be that surprising after all. We will have to remember this when dealing with a MiniCrib for the dance, if there ever is one.

I have changed the tags in the titles a little to make it more obvious where the dances come from. Let's keep our fingers crossed that this doesn't become a fashion.

Date Sept. 9, 2015, 5:28 p.m.
User Heiko Schmidt (castle_ghost)

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I tried to find the via the quick seach interface, but did get no match for neither "Sidlaw", "Sidlaw Hills", nor "Sidlaw Hills (Whetherly 7)".
As a quick fix, I have added "Sidlaw Hills" as official alias as well.

Now the quick search finds it again.

Cheers,
Heiko

Date Sept. 9, 2015, 5:32 p.m.
User Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)

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I am not worried about matching a Minicrib.  If Minicrib uses the expanded name, no problem.  If the Minicrib uses an ambiguous name, it has to be assigned to a dance "by hand" anyway.  Again no problem.  Eric.

Date Sept. 9, 2015, 10:45 p.m.
User Eric Ferguson (EricFerguson)

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I briefly disabled one "Sidlaw Hills" alias; the quick search found that dance anyway.  That shows that the alias is not needed for the search.  But I agree there's much to be said to keep the original (ambiguous) name as an alias.  Eric