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Re: A couple of data points
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Date: 
Thu, 6 May 1999 17:39:02 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu (Christopher L. Weeks)
writes:
Todd Lehman wrote:
All three came from the boxes.
Okie dokie -- thanks!

Out of curiosity, Todd, what if they were from other sources, say one of
each?  Would you use it with some behind the scenes method of flagging
it as imperfect, or would you not use it at all?

If it's not an official piece count, it typically goes in as the number
followed by a question mark, with some explanatory comments in an admin
field.  In many cases the source is also logged in the admin field even when
it does come from the box.

--Todd



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(...) Out of curiosity, Todd, what if they were from other sources, say one of each? Would you use it with some behind the scenes method of flagging it as imperfect, or would you not use it at all? (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)

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