656558 Fri Oct 02 10:23:13 -0700 2009 64 40 Technical Help 0 5074731 I marked two Slanted Door records as duplicates yesterday. They are still showing up today in the search list with no indication they are duplicates http://search.chow.com/search?query=Slanted+Door&location=San+Francisco&type=Restaurant&board_ids=1&advanced=1&sort_mode=best_match What does happen when you click on the link is that it redirects to the record marked as the original post. Which would be fine except I made an error with one which I explain here http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/655808#5073940 So the first item in the list is directed to a firewood store. Even WORSE ... this is really, really bad ... all three Slanted Door show up in posts and because I made an error on the first, everyone will be linking to a firewood store instead of this immensely popular restaurant. Take a look at this http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/656254#5074711 Fri Oct 02 10:23:13 -0700 2009 10264 rworange 1 5076459 To avoid errors, the Mark as Duplicate feature should confirm by showing the name of the places record rather than just accepting the number with no feedback. Sat Oct 03 09:49:34 -0700 2009 5074731 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5076573 "Mark as Duplicate" did work for me, though there may be some latency or quirks. I marked 559125 (4 discussions) as a duplicate of 38 (64 discussions). Both links still show up in the search, but 559125 redirects to 38. One odd thing is that while the search results show 4 discussions for 559125 and 64 for 38, "Dig Deeper" for the consolidated record shows 551. I presume that has to do with the way the system now lumps linked topics in with keyword hits. Sat Oct 03 11:10:59 -0700 2009 5074731 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5083301 Thanks for the detailed report on this. 1. the duplicate record doesn't disappear immediately from search, but it should be gone within 8 hours, and in the meantime it will redirect to the correct record. 2. We'll fix that slanted door/firewood link error 3. We are likely going to remove access to the 'mark as duplicate' tool for 3 weeks until we launch an improved UI that will make it much less error-prone. Tue Oct 06 12:31:42 -0700 2009 5074731 227280 CHOW HQ 2 5090320 It appears "Mark as Duplicate" has already been deactivated. So here's one for the Chow staff to fix: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/139685/soba-totto is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/19653/soba-totto, introduced in the redesign. Fri Oct 09 00:42:20 -0700 2009 5083301 10496 squid kun 3 5091491 Another: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/129465/woo-chon-restrnt is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/41935/woo-chon Fri Oct 09 11:41:42 -0700 2009 5090320 10496 squid kun 4 5094550 Another: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/126428/mesa-grill is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/11788/mesa-grill I'm not looking for these duplicates; I'm just running across them randomly when I search for venues. They're cropping up in a majority of searches. They weren't introduced by volunteer users, so volunteer users shouldn't have to clean them up. They were introduced by the outside data provider brought in by Chow, so it falls to paid Chow staff to take care of them. This thread seems as convenient a place as any to flag dupes, so I'll continue to do so here, whether or not "mark as duplicate" is restored. Sun Oct 11 02:27:39 -0700 2009 5091491 10496 squid kun 5 5094552 Another: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/106973/251-ginza-sushi is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/37307/ginza Sun Oct 11 02:38:14 -0700 2009 5094550 10496 squid kun 6 5094908 Another: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/107976/klee is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/14258/klee Sun Oct 11 08:59:20 -0700 2009 5094552 10496 squid kun 7 5094937 Another: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/86083/babbo is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/4404/babbo Sun Oct 11 09:15:12 -0700 2009 5094908 10496 squid kun 5 5094973 Another: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/97074/wu-liang-ye-lexington-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/14612/wu-liang-ye BTW according to the data provider's entry, the primary cuisine at this Sichuan restaurant is "Mexican." Sun Oct 11 09:35:44 -0700 2009 5094550 10496 squid kun 5 5101595 Three more: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/131129/saigon-vietnamese-sandwich is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/2064/saigon-banh-mi-1. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/97171/joe-the-art-of-coffee is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/605/joe-the-art-of-coffee. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/86093/joe-junior is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/28528/joe-jr. Tue Oct 13 22:36:17 -0700 2009 5094550 10496 squid kun 5 5103435 More dupes to be cleaned up ... http://www.chow.com/restaurants/75114/ninos-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/25395/ninos. Note that the dupe - like many records supplied by Chow's data provider - appends automated-listings verbiage ("Ste Frnt") to the street address. The result is a bad map that places this Upper East Side restaurant somewhere on the Brooklyn waterfront. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/113353/parma-restrnt is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/51413/parma. Same map problem as with Nino's: the dupe appends extraneous words ("Frnt 1") to the street address, and the resulting map is wrong, placing this Manhattan restaurant in Brooklyn. The original record, whose address doesn't include "Frnt 1," has an accurate map. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/138542/jakes-saloon is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/38297/jakes-saloon. Same map problem on the dupe. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/134076/accademia-di-vino is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/6609/accademia-di-vino. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/858436/stumptown and http://www.chow.com/restaurants/858437/stumptown are duplicates of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/858423/stumptown. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/126888/lukes-bar-and-grill is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/19468/lukes-bar-and-grill. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/111063/cacio-e-vino is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/15989/cacio-e-vino. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/104011/crooked-tree is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/16614/crooked-tree. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/96982/librettos-pizza is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/26471/librettos. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/139282/adaro-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/27058/adaro. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/134188/blind-pig is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/50846/blind-pig. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/102903/antonucci-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/14410/antonucci. Wed Oct 14 15:07:06 -0700 2009 5094550 10496 squid kun 5 5105854 I'm running across a whole bunch for the SF area as well, and that's just random use for my own daily needs, not a campaign to find them. Not only are there duplicates of what was already in the Places database, there are duplicate records for a single restaurant that were supplied by the data provider and some refund would seem to be in order if they're priced by unique record. It seems that the 750K database of restaurants was loaded without a thorough data scrub to look for duplicates. I've not worked with a database that large before, but I have purchased large contact files. I always directed IT to scrub for duplicates before loading it into our systems. The incentive was not only to have a clean database with all unique records, the payment was based on new records we didn't already have so I would be sure to kick out all dupes. Given the magnitude of the problem that we're finding here, I would suggest the same to Chow.com with the caveat that I have no background on how this deal is set up. Trying to find them one by one, as you're doing, is not going to work. If it's too costly to scrub the entire database (750K), I would suggest focusing on the ones with state code of NY and CA. Those two states had the highest number of existing records before the cutover and have the highest likelihood of duplicates. Suggested data passes would be 1) match on name and address. After that is done, the remaining records would be scrubbed for 2) match on phone number and address. And then, what's not kicked out in either of those two would be scrubbed for 3) match on address. Then a paid staff member would need to review the reports, decide what's valid, and work through removing the duplicates. Thu Oct 15 12:20:05 -0700 2009 5094550 10039 Melanie Wong 6 5105906 Thanks for the redirect from the other "New Restaurants Section" thread. I agree with Melanie--any of us reporting one-off duplicates here on this thread isn't a viable option. The sheer volume is too great. So while I was going to post some of the issues from the New England board (specifically CT), instead I'll wait to hear as to how Chow.com plans to proceed. Help me help you...what can we do to assist, if anything? ALSO, I've been having fun updating local spots on my board. But as one of my friends pointed out, it's too bad there is no "flag" that sends an update to anyone's reading list. I know there are people I'm reading who are updating places, adding photos and doing "quick reviews." I'd love that info to land in "My Chow." That would be a really nice enhancement for a future wish list. Thu Oct 15 12:36:46 -0700 2009 5105854 249664 kattyeyes 6 5105930 This is absolutely happening quite a bit. What is really difficult is that opentable link. Also ... please, please, please ... on my knees please ... bring back the section that had explicitly linked records. Yes, I realise there are places in the country not as active as the metro areas, but this is throwing out relevant info for the largest segment of the board for the few. There were two sections before. Please reinstate that. Here's an example, because I truly don't know what to do here There was a great report on Crab House on Pier 39. It was buried in a post asking for seafood recommendations ... I think If we could find explicitly link records, I could find that report which would be useful to another poster. It would also clear up which of the three restaurant records were duplicates. I am guessing this is the original because it has a lot of info http://www.chow.com/restaurants/5944/crab-house-at-pier-39 This is probably a duplicate, though it is possible the report I want is linked to it. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/646614/crab-house-at-pier-39 This is the record generated by the load because it has the opentable link http://www.chow.com/restaurants/654303/crab-house-at-pier-39 I was just going to mark the last two as duplicates in the title, but I am unable to move that opentable info into the real original record that possibly has all the links Even though those links can't be found without literally spending at least a half hour to open and read every single post currently listed, I am hoping that those links will someday be useful again. Thu Oct 15 12:45:05 -0700 2009 5105854 10264 rworange 7 5105967 I'm confused. CHOW HQ above said they were disabling "Mark as duplicate"--can we still use this feature? I will if I can. Thu Oct 15 12:54:59 -0700 2009 5105930 249664 kattyeyes 8 5106091 Nope. Until this was fixed I just going to put the word "duplicate" in the title for the time being so the correct record would get linked I know squid kun is putting duplicates in this link, but is the Chow staff going to do anything about these? Or will they just wait until the updated interface is installed and then posters will need to take care of it. Thu Oct 15 13:37:50 -0700 2009 5105967 10264 rworange 9 5106131 OK, I guess I'll wait to hear next steps. Thanks for clarifying. You're in a far bigger area than I am. Once I know how to proceed with duplicates in my area, I won't have as long as list as you or squid kun to deal with. Any intel on "Quick Reviews" and where they "live" in the land of Chow? It's disconnected that they appear to exist outside Chowhound (and just on Chow)...guess that's why they don't link to your profile or anything. Bummer. I like the flexibility of being able to post pics with captions, but then the posts are out there in "no man's land" of CH. Thu Oct 15 13:49:56 -0700 2009 5106091 249664 kattyeyes 10 5106155 When you post on Chowhound, clicking on the review box puts your report in the Quick Reviews section of the restaurant record. The advantage is you have a two hour window to edit. If you enter your review on the restaurant page it cannot be edited. Thu Oct 15 13:55:48 -0700 2009 5106131 10264 rworange 11 5106172 Too bad that relationship isn't a two-way street. It would keep the boards current to have updates on a restaurant record trigger something new to read on the local board. Oh, well. Maybe if anyone finds that idea of value, it can be a future implementation. And, yes, I noticed the no edits part. I will have to remember that for future updates. Thu Oct 15 14:01:50 -0700 2009 5106155 249664 kattyeyes 9 5106311 I cleaned up all the ones above, I think. Thu Oct 15 14:46:16 -0700 2009 5106091 10021 Jacquilynne 10 5106334 Help me understand--would you like us to post duplicates here for cleanup, or do you have some other solution in the works? I'm happy to post a few. My list won't be long. Thu Oct 15 14:55:43 -0700 2009 5106311 249664 kattyeyes 11 5106374 If you've found them, you may as well post them, and I'll fix them. I wouldn't go off on a witch hunt for duplicates, though, as it seems like it's something that's going to need a larger solution than them being fixed one at a time. Thu Oct 15 15:08:48 -0700 2009 5106334 10021 Jacquilynne 12 5106440 Thanks, please see this post and the two that follow it (one is rbailin's): http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/655867#5095998 Thu Oct 15 15:35:11 -0700 2009 5106374 249664 kattyeyes 13 5106518 Talking about this with Engineering they did ask that people not make edits to the names of duplicates that you find, clean them out, etc. Until Mark as Duplicate is returned to contributors, or Engineering is able to find a broader solution, please just report any duplicates you find here, and I'll fix them. Thu Oct 15 16:06:05 -0700 2009 5106440 10021 Jacquilynne 14 5114887 A few more ... http://www.chow.com/restaurants/144432/perilla-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/1741/perilla. The dupe incorrectly places Perilla in Soho; it's in Greenwich Village. Records from this data provider contain numerous errors like this one. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/92973/brick-lane-curry-house is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/13422/brick-lane-curry-house. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/148938/kum-gang is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/12817/kum-gang-san. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/94946/kefi-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/13768/kefi. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/795118/arirang-resturant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/18932/arirang. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/126419/great-burrito is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/23956/great-burrito. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/91877/the-post-house is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/19504/post-house. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/145897/l-and-b-pizzeria is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/12982/landb-spumoni-gardens. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/111629/eds-lobster-bar is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/8817/eds-lobster-bar. Mon Oct 19 12:39:17 -0700 2009 5106518 10496 squid kun 14 5128840 http://www.chow.com/restaurants/106269/lan-cafe is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/19610/lan-cafe. The address on the dupe includes the robo-listings language favored by our outside data provider (not just "342 E 6th St" but "342 E 6th St Frnt A"). Perhaps not coincidentally the map on the dupe record is way off, placing this East Village restaurant in Park Slope, Brooklyn. (The map on the original is correct.) More duplicates ... http://www.chow.com/restaurants/128641/thai-pavilion-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/13716/thai-pavilion. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/135577/flight-151 is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/38542/flight-151. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/92977/alcala-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/9453/alcala. Sat Oct 24 23:18:35 -0700 2009 5106518 10496 squid kun 14 5135231 Again, as squid kun points out, the duplicate problem for records supplied by your data provider should not be the responsibility of users to clean up. He and others have already been down that road with the old system. Tue Oct 27 13:11:49 -0700 2009 5106518 10039 Melanie Wong 14 5135606 http://www.chow.com/restaurants/104671/trader-joes is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/24033/trader-joes. BTW this dupe record, apparently from Chow's data provider, classifies TJ's as a deli. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/93469/mitchell-fish-and-chips is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/21948/mitchells-soul-food. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/140353/braai-south-african-rest is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/35354/braai. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/112961/tiffin-wallah-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/3281/tiffin-wallah. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/142553/10-down-st-restaurant is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/41081/10-downing. Tue Oct 27 15:36:35 -0700 2009 5106518 10496 squid kun 14 5143064 http://www.chow.com/restaurants/126977/50-restaurant appears to be a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/56866/il-menestrello. I say "appears to be" because the later record bears the same address and phone as the earlier one but a different name - probably one that appears on a business license, but not one recognizable by the dining public. This is another result of buying information from an outside data provider and putting it on the site without sufficient checking. Fri Oct 30 10:02:30 -0700 2009 5106518 10496 squid kun 7 5105969 It looks to me like the url numbers of the original Places records were retained. Before the cutover, I think they went up to about 60000 or so (squid kun, do you recall?). So, anything larger than that is new from the data service. Thu Oct 15 12:55:22 -0700 2009 5105930 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5106234 For Euro Pane Bakery in Pasadena, CA: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/46538/europane-duplicate is a duplicate of http://www.chow.com/restaurants/3858/euro-pane-bakery (The latter spells Euro Pane correctly as two words.) Thu Oct 15 14:21:14 -0700 2009 5074731 85884 maxzook 1 5110393 http://chowhound.chow.com/restaurants/604811 http://chowhound.chow.com/restaurants/1129 Sat Oct 17 10:57:46 -0700 2009 5074731 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5114827 Sears Fine Food Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/4276/sears-fine-food Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/594945/sears-fine-foods-restaurant Mon Oct 19 12:17:18 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5119102 Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/646563/carmens-restaurant Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/857639/carmens-restaurant Wed Oct 21 02:05:37 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5119819 Blowfish Sushi To Die For Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/5261/blowfish-sushi-to-die-for Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/559218/blowfish-sushi-to-die-for Wed Oct 21 09:36:39 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5119854 duplicates: ABC Sea Food in Foster City Acme Chophouse in SF Acme Express in Martinez Ravenous Cafe in Healdsburg Wed Oct 21 09:48:16 -0700 2009 5074731 10039 Melanie Wong 2 5135191 AA Tofu House (original record) http://www.chow.com/restaurants/17729/aa-tofu-house Tue Oct 27 12:57:32 -0700 2009 5119854 10039 Melanie Wong 2 5135412 Yoshi's branches in San Francisco and Oakland both have duplicates. I noticed that the records I reported in the post directly above are still in the system. Does it take that long for the consolidate to update? Tue Oct 27 14:14:55 -0700 2009 5119854 10039 Melanie Wong 3 5135655 No, it's pretty much instantaneous. I, however, am not. I just hadn't done them. I have now, though I can't find a duplicate for Acme Chophouse. Tue Oct 27 15:57:05 -0700 2009 5135412 10021 Jacquilynne 4 5135715 LOL! Here's the duplicate for Acme Chop House http://chowhound.chow.com/restaurants/581752 Tue Oct 27 16:21:02 -0700 2009 5135655 10039 Melanie Wong 4 5137951 The duplicate and original for ABC Sea Food are still in the database. Someone just linked to the duplicate in a posting. ETA: I marked it as a duplicate using the new interface. Let's see if that sticks. Wed Oct 28 12:39:26 -0700 2009 5135655 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5123573 Three listings for the newly reopened Mazzarino's Italian Restaurant in Sherman Oaks, CA. The correct listing (12920 Riverside Drive): http://www.chow.com/restaurants/7295 Incorrect addresses: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/30435 http://www.chow.com/restaurants/648499 Thu Oct 22 14:50:06 -0700 2009 5074731 85884 maxzook 1 5125419 Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/4447/cindys-backstreet-kitchen Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/586750/cindys-backstreet-kitchen Fri Oct 23 10:19:42 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5125905 The Royal Oak - Silverado Resort Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/53617/the-royal-oak-silverado-resort Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/654381/the-royal-oak-silverado-resort Fri Oct 23 13:10:57 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5126125 Village Inn Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/4064/village-inn Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/561865/village-inn-and-restaurant Fri Oct 23 14:33:58 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5126754 Depot Hotel Restaurant Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/33632/depot-hotel-restaurant Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/628975/depot-hotel-restaurant-and-garden Domaine Chandon - Etoile Restaurant Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/26509/etoile-restaurant-at-domaine-chandon Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/654305/domaine-chandon-etoile-restaurant Fri Oct 23 20:43:12 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5126917 Pier 23 Cafe Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/15126/pier-23-cafe Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/643728/pier-23-cafe Fri Oct 23 23:41:21 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5129663 Nation's Giant Hamburgers - 13296 San Pablo http://www.chow.com/restaurants/15901/nations-giant-hamburgers Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/845723/nations-giant-hamburgers-and-great-pies Actually it looks like all the Nation's records were duplicated. Since I added them all a while back and made the name consistant, all of Nation's Giant Hamburgers are originals http://search.chow.com/search?location=&query=%22Nation%27s+Giant+Hamburgers%22&sort_mode=best_match&advanced=1&type=Restaurant&page=2 While the duplicates are "Nation's Giant Hamburgers & Great Pies" http://search.chow.com/search?query=%22Nation%27s+Giant+Hamburgers+%26+Great+Pies%22&location=&advanced=1&type=Restaurant&sort_mode=best_match While Sun Oct 25 13:01:22 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5132416 Matching Half Original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/912786/matching-half Duplicate http://www.chow.com/restaurants/912785/matching-half Mon Oct 26 13:20:05 -0700 2009 5074731 10264 rworange 1 5135180 Mezcal in San Jose, here's the original http://www.chow.com/restaurants/41952/mezcal-restaurant Tue Oct 27 12:51:41 -0700 2009 5074731 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5138229 Oliveto Downstairs & Cafe appears to have been inappropriately merged with Oliveto Restaurant. Same address, different menus, prices, hours, and reservation policies. http://www.chow.com/restaurants/27015/oliveto-cafe Wed Oct 28 13:54:11 -0700 2009 5074731 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5140794 I can't mark this one as a duplicate because the restaurant name doesn't appear on the list: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/847564/two Original: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/34/two Thu Oct 29 12:03:19 -0700 2009 5074731 11369 Robert Lauriston 2 5142153 There are three Chambars in the resto listings for Western Canada -- only the third has discussions linked to it. Thu Oct 29 23:51:28 -0700 2009 5140794 169233 grayelf 1 5148794 Two entries for kuletos in Burlingame and the resto is closed. Mon Nov 02 07:58:54 -0800 2009 5074731 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5149121 Two listings for Langer's Delicatessen in Los Angeles: Correct: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/2287/langers-delicatessen Incorrect: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/630055/langer-al-langers-delicatessen-and-restaurant The "Mark As Duplicate" button still doesn't work ... Mon Nov 02 09:29:12 -0800 2009 5074731 85884 maxzook 1 5155910 Romeo's in Petaluma has two records. Blue Mermaid in SF has a duplicate. Wed Nov 04 12:51:39 -0800 2009 5074731 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5158269 When I couldn't pull up a place I wanted to post about in the linking function, I went to look for it inR&B search. Not there anymore when I searched by name. So I pulled up everything in Salinas, CA. There are a bunch of duplicates created by the data provider. I'd entered a lot of places in my hometown that didn't get recognized in a purging of duplicates. So what's the plan for getting rid of the duplicates in those areas where users had populated the database in the early days of Places? Bear in mind that NY, LA, and SF (I wouldn't consider Salinas vital) are the primary battlegrounds for going head to head with Yelp. This feature dumped a bunch of bad entries in your key competitive markets. Thu Nov 05 10:06:31 -0800 2009 5074731 10039 Melanie Wong 2 5161815 Engineering does have something they're working on for finding possible duplicates so we can fix them. Fri Nov 06 13:38:08 -0800 2009 5158269 10021 Jacquilynne 3 5161836 Thanx J. I'm mostly using the site on mobile and it's just too painful to deal with the dupes I run across inthat format. Glad to hear abt this. Fri Nov 06 13:46:25 -0800 2009 5161815 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5160121 Boccalone Salumeria in SF had two duplicates from the data provider. I've marked them but wanted to note it here that you're getting doubles from your vendor. Thu Nov 05 22:59:46 -0800 2009 5074731 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5191350 This entry for Two: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/847564 Is a duplicate of: http://chowhound.chow.com/restaurants/34 However, I can't mark it, because when I enter "two" in the field, I get a bunch of places with names starting with "2" (many of which are out of the area). Wed Nov 18 08:28:37 -0800 2009 5074731 11369 Robert Lauriston 2 5191980 Yeah, I've been piling up some examples of the same problem. The drop-down doesn't go beyond around 10 venues, and at least on my browser it can't be scrolled past that point. Wed Nov 18 11:43:57 -0800 2009 5191350 10496 squid kun 2 5192124 Actually, *all* of the restaurants on the list were out of the area. Worked OK today, so maybe it's fixed. Wed Nov 18 12:26:50 -0800 2009 5191350 11369 Robert Lauriston