<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 5:24 PM, moltonel 3x Combo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moltonel@gmail.com" target="_blank">moltonel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":1h0" class="a3s" style="overflow:hidden">To me there's very little semantic value in distinguishing between<br>
name_2 and alt_name. Even old_name and loc_name arguably don't bring<br>
much to the table (I do see the nuance, but it doesnt seem to be worth<br>
the complication). We've got the same problem with the ref tag and<br>
many others.</div></blockquote></div><br>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.</div></div>