BUG? Inconsistency in Factbook contents

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 21 in English Forum

I clicked on an entry on the left side to open the entry on the right side - as you can see the information shown is quite different. With the similarity of the items covered by the entries, this gives the impression that the data shown for a thing is a bit of a crapshoot.

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle Member, MVP Posts: 32,435 ✭✭✭

    I clicked on an entry on the left side to open the entry on the right side

    Where / what did you click?

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Logos Employee Posts: 5,362

    The sections that are displayed for an entry will vary based on the type of reference(s) for the page. Some types of data will never have any content for a section, so that section is not displayed.

    In your situation, the panel on the left contains an LCV topic reference, and the one on the right is a Biblical Thing reference. I would expect these to display different sections.

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In your situation, the panel on the left contains an LCV topic reference, and the one on the right is a Biblical Thing reference. I would expect these to display different sections.

    The problem is that the user simply sees two parallel altar entries treated differently in a way that is unacceptable - it requires arcane knowledge to "decipher". But I suspect, I should be complaining to the data side rather than the coding side. Thanks for your explanation.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 13,412 ✭✭✭

    ... it requires arcane knowledge to "decipher". But I suspect, I should be complaining to the data side rather than the coding side. Thanks for your explanation.

    Coincidentally, this week I was looking at how a bronze altar was constructed (specifically the horns; Accordance imagery). But this thread caused me to track down, what was tabernacle vs what was temple. Arcaneness appeared ... the Chronical-er added it to the Temple ... or the Kings-er removed it.  I wondered if Factbook is designed for such issues.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Logos Employee Posts: 5,362

    The problem is that the user simply sees two parallel altar entries treated differently in a way that is unacceptable

    You are correct, and we are actively engaged in finding ways to make improvements on this problem. You'll have to wait a bit more to see the results of this work.

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • Christian Alexander
    Christian Alexander Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭