BUG/ABSURD DATA .... Abrose of Milan .... Please let me make my own timelines

MJ. Smith

Okay, I was having trouble finding the entries in the time line that corresponded to:

So I decide to work backward from a date I do find on the timeline - the death of Ambrose of Milan. I do a search on "397 NEAR Ambrose" and choose the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary as a reasonable source that probably matches many resources. What I find:

1. AYBD provides both a birth and a death date while the Logos Timeline proclaims that Ambrose died but was never born.... if you trace the link to the HCC:AATM it only gives the birth date
2. According to the Logos Timeline, a church in Milan was named after St. Ambrose ~ 15 years after his birth and significantly before his death ... if you trace the link to the CD it says something like "by St. Ambrose in a church in Milan"

Yes, I realize that the timeline is a work in progress but

1. It is missing the data that I was looking for ... which I verified by checking the flags in my resource didn't have meaningful tags
2. Because it is partial, it is nonsensical so I can't use it in a presentation context
3. There is no obvious report typo function (unless I am to report it on the originating resource rather than the timeline) when the entry is erroneous
4. There is no way for me to create my own usable timelines as I could in L3

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

MJ. Smith said:

There is no obvious report typo function

There isn't a link in the panel itself, but you can email data@logos.com for now (see http://community.logos.com/forums/p/59819/425846.aspx#425846).

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

MJ. Smith said:

There is no way for me to create my own usable timelines as I could in L3

We're tracking this suggestion at UserVoice: http://logos.uservoice.com/forums/42823-logos-bible-software-5/suggestions/508583-user-generated-data-timelines 

Andrew Batishko

MJ, a hollow flag (like those in your first screenshot) indicate that the resource has been marked with a date, but there is no matching event in the timeline. Clicking the flag will take you to that date in the timeline, but don't expect to find a matching event there. A solid flag indicates a matching event. Clicking that will take you to the event in the timeline.

George Somsel

M.J. Smith said:

So I decide to work backward from a date I do find on the timeline - the death of Ambrose of Milan. I do a search on "397 NEAR Ambrose" and choose the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary as a reasonable source that probably matches many resources. What I find:

1. AYBD provides both a birth and a death date while the Logos Timeline proclaims that Ambrose died but was never born.... if you trace the link to the HCC:AATM it only gives the birth date
2. According to the Logos Timeline, a church in Milan was named after St. Ambrose ~ 15 years after his birth and significantly before his death ... if you trace the link to the CD it says something like "by St. Ambrose in a church in Milan"

LOL !!  That reminds me of some Dutch names that I found rather humorous such as "Nietgeboren."  My understanding is that some of the names were manufactured in jest as a reaction to the imposition of the requirement of surnames by the French (?).

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/614717#Comment_614717

Andrew Batishko (Logos) said:

Clicking the flag will take you to that date in the timeline, but don't expect to find a matching event there. A solid flag indicates a matching event. Clicking that will take you to the event in the timeline.

I realize that but my point is that the process for prioritizing and linking flags to the timeline is flawed:

• it does not provide sufficient context to allow the catching of obvious absurdity
• it has not yet built up a reasonable and usable database ... something understandable for a year or so but ...