Re: Brother's Keeper question

In message of 12 Feb, "D. Stussy" <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Jack" <jplasater@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:47b1a4d2.175292329@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I am using both BK 5.2 and BK 6.1.   Actually I did most of my work in
> > 5.2 and then got 6.1.   All of my data is on one large file.  Recently
> > I acquired a GEDCOM file from a relative that has information that I
> > don't have.  We have 3-4  of the same people on our files but most of
> > the new file are people that I do not have.   Is there some way I can
> > combine these two files without having to retype all of the data from
> > one of them into the other?  Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> Please don't ask the same question to multiple groups without
crossposting
> the question.

I am against cross-posting.

Most newsgroup discussions wander.  Even if the original article was
relevant to two groups, it soon becomes non-relevant to one or even both
groups and clogs up one newsgroup where it can be very foreign matter.

Further because there are two groups put together by this technique, you
get people on one group exposed to styles, opinion and facts that they
are not used to.  So they get upset and sometimes create enormous abuse.

By far the best technique is to ask raise the point on one group, wait
until all responses have died down and if they are not adequate then
raise it on the second group.

I have even noticed that some people deliberately cross-post when they
are trying to create a mare's nest.

Cross-posting is almost always bad news and is best avoided.

-- 
Tim Powys-Lybbe                                          tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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