Feature Request - no autodelete of collection /locality events if a 'Collecting Event Name' (nickname) is present?

[DerekSikes]

Issue Documentation is http://handbook.arctosdb.org/how_to/How-to-Use-Issues-in-Arctos.html

I'm just back from an expedition and have many collection events. I'd like to enter each event as follows:

Make a new locality & click 'add event', edit the event & add my collector code to the 'event name' field - then once done entering these, perhaps many days later, I want to enter the specimen data in data entry & link them to these collection events using my unique collector codes in the 'event name' field.

However, I see this at the top of the first one I just made:

This Collecting Event (12130510) [ help ] contains nothing. Please delete it if you don't have plans for it. NOTE: Unused and unnamed events are automatically deleted; please see documentation

Describe what you're trying to accomplish An clear and concise overview of the goals; why are you asking for this?

I thought 'event name' was designed to allow us to do such a data entry protocol. ie, create many specimenless events in advance and then link specimens to them later?

Thus, I'd like to ask that the auto-delete of events NOT delete events with data in the 'Collecting Event Name' field

And obviously, the localities that those events belong too, also specimenless for a short while, will also need to not be deleted.

Priority Please assign a priority-label. Unprioritized issues gets sent into a black hole of despair. High. I don't want to enter tons of data to have it deleted before I use it.

[DerekSikes]

Nevermind! I see in the documentation: "A Collecting Event Nickname will prevent both of these actions and should be used in pre-created Collecting Events. Please remove nickname from any Collecting Events which you no longer intend to use."

however, the term 'nickname' is depreciated? and might confuse new users?

-D

[DerekSikes]

Maybe this could be edited to avoid future confusion:

This Collecting Event (12130510) [ help ] contains nothing. Please delete it if you don't have plans for it. NOTE: Unused and unnamed events are automatically deleted; please see documentation

to

This Collecting Event (12130510) [ help ] contains nothing. Please delete it if you don't have plans for it. NOTE: Unused and unnamed events lacking Collection Event Names are automatically deleted; please see documentation

[DerekSikes]

Just reopening to see if anyone agrees on two slight improvements here:

editing the text warning of deletion of collection events and changing the term 'nickname' where used to be consistent with the actual field name (for both events and localities).

[dustymc]

docs updated

"unnamed events lacking...Names" seems a little Department Of Redundancy Department-ish??