Right now, the "auto_" in front of many of the scripts in the data_prep_scripts folder is important because we haven't yet transitioned to making all of the scripts a part of our automated script process. Eventually, though, once that transition is complete, it might be worthwhile to remove them, as they don't really tell us much about the files if every one inside the folder has that in its name. Not a big deal either way, but just something to keep an eye out for as we do cleanup.
Right now, the "auto_" in front of many of the scripts in the data_prep_scripts folder is important because we haven't yet transitioned to making all of the scripts a part of our automated script process. Eventually, though, once that transition is complete, it might be worthwhile to remove them, as they don't really tell us much about the files if every one inside the folder has that in its name. Not a big deal either way, but just something to keep an eye out for as we do cleanup.