[HOT] GNS name merging discussion thread

[Blake Girardot]

Hi,

Much like the discussion about what type of object to tag with place=, 
namely working out the conventions we are using, I have a question about 
alt_name v. alt_name_1,2,3,etc. tags

I have been adding via merging the tags as they are imported from the 
GNS file, so alt_name_1,2,3,etc  EVEN IF the existing node already has 1 
or more alternative names in an alt_name=alt;alt2;alt3;etc type tag.

This results in the same name being listed twice, but with different tag 
key values (alt_name v. alt_name_1,etc).

I certainly don't think it matters much to DB size over all or 
searching, but I am curious to know if I should keep doing that or stop 
it. Luckily it does not come up very much, maybe 5 - 10 times in the 
hundreds of nodes I have merged so far, but I figured I'd ask.

Regards,
Blake Girardot