[Babase] unconventional snames...and Cameroon

Susan Alberts alberts at duke.edu
Mon Nov 23 17:55:31 EST 2009


Oops, sorry for the double posting ...

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On Nov 23, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Susan Alberts wrote:

> Thanks Niki, this is helpful and the list looks good.
>
> If possible, can we eliminate the sname CAM and retain just CS1 for  
> her, erasing all record of anyone with the sname CAM from the  
> database? That would free up a good and useful 3-letter code for the  
> future, always appreciated. I don't know what is involved, so veto  
> me if this is a lot of work or problematic from some other  
> perspective. THis animal had a short life in our study population I  
> think, so this would not be a problem from the perspective of  
> current info I think.
>
> Susan
>
> On Nov 23, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Niki Learn wrote:
>
>> When working with old data I have sometimes encountered older  
>> baboons with oddball snames that do not fit the current convention  
>> of being the first three letters of the name.  I had started making  
>> a list of these so that I didn’t have to look up older individuals  
>> all the time to make sure I had the right sname.  I have just  
>> uploaded what I believe to be a complete list to babase_pending  
>> titled “unconventional_snames”.  It lists the oddball names that  
>> appear in alphabetical order and includes 7 additional names from  
>> snames_not_in_biog at the bottom.  I thought people might find it a  
>> handy reference when entering older data.
>>
>> While reviewing snames_not_in_biog for unconventional snames, I  
>> noticed that Cameroon is listed in this table with sname CAM.   
>> There is, however, in fact, a Cameroon in biograph who appears in  
>> the unconventional names list.  She was from Proton’s group and is  
>> listed in biograph as CS1 (pid = CAS1).  I am guessing this is the  
>> same baboon and her name did not get fully changed when she was  
>> given a real one but perhaps someone can confirm that?  If that is  
>> the case then we should probably change her sname to CAM (there are  
>> no other CAMs) in biograph and delete her from snames_not_in_biog  
>> and unconventional_snames, yes?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Niki
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