# Duplicate database entries **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta\ **Created:** [January 8, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684 "2016-01-08T14:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/34 "2016-10-02T20:19:43Z")
Just merged Ark: Survival Evolved, Diable III: Reaper of Souls, Fallout 4, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 0, Party Hard, and Final Fantasy Type 0. Story of Seasons, Bravely Default, and Monster Hunter 4 all have 2 pages for the western releases vs. the Japanese releases. I guess they’re different enough for GB to warrant different entries. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/36 "2016-10-02T23:48:59Z")
Dragon Quest 7 is merged! I just added the wrong one to my wish list earlier today too! ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/37 "2016-10-03T13:52:28Z")
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**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/39 "2016-10-03T23:50:45Z")
Virginia is merged! The worst part about some of these is that the bad one still exists on Giant Bomb. I have the import script setup to ignore the old ones, but I’m surprised that some of these games remain on their site. Especially ones that they’ve done videos for, like Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/40 "2016-10-04T04:06:00Z")
Do you think it comes down to the volume of data and that they don’t have enough people combing the database looking for things like duplicates? ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/41 "2016-10-04T13:49:14Z")
I don’t really know what the issues is. They have a forum thread for duplicates and separations, and they certainly have a ton of users out there. They catch a lot of their duplicates because most of the duplicates we have in our system are already gone from theirs. I’m just surprised something like Virginia wouldn’t get caught. I can understand an obscure arcade from the 90s getting messed up, but there would theoretically be enough people searching for Virginia to notice they have 2 of them in there. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/43 "2016-10-04T23:31:21Z")
Warframe is merged! Used the former. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/44 "2016-10-05T13:33:17Z")
> [@emtilt](#): > > Anno 1602 is a mess: [Search results for "anno 1602"](https://www.grouvee.com/search/?q=anno+1602) I’ve taken a look at this, and it seems like these all might be legit. You’ll have to elaborate which ones you think need to be merged. They all seem like they’re separate games. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/45 "2016-10-05T14:06:00Z")
Wow, so I just started looking at some of the most recent games that we’re picking up from Giant Bomb. It’s a nightmare for duplicates. It seems like every game gets added 4 times to their database before their duplicates get knocked out. Every single game that got added last night had 3 or 4 versions added. I don’t quite know what to do about that… ---
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/46 "2016-10-05T14:09:59Z")
Do you have an idea of why they have so many duplicates? I am not familiar with how Giantbomb’s database is populated. Is it open to anyone, or is it controlled by the site admins? ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/47 "2016-10-05T14:20:39Z")
I’m investigating. It appears it’s all one person that’s added a million duplicates recently. Look up Rite of Passage here on Grouvee. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/48 "2016-10-05T14:21:44Z")
I found it, here’s the screw up: > **[Delete: 629 dublicates - Wiki - Giant Bomb](https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/delete-combine-requests-34/delete-629-dublicates-1802779/)** > > I messed up heavily while trying to speed up the process of adding pages for multiple games with a little automation. Most games got several copies cr ---
**Author:** ![BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/bmo/32/16491_2.png) [@BMO](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/BMO)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/49 "2016-10-05T16:00:37Z")
Wow. That’s quite the error. Poor guy probably didn’t mean any harm by it but that was definitely a significant mistake. ---
**Author:** ![emtilt](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/emtilt/32/5915_2.png) [@emtilt](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/emtilt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/50 "2016-10-05T16:14:33Z")
I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that “1602 A.D.” was the North American/Australian title for the game “Anno 1602: Creation of a New World.” The two German titles seem to be expansions or mission packs by a separate developer, so they might be legit depending on the policy on such things. I’m not sure of the details about them because I don’t speak German - I’m guessing based off of Google Translate translations of German webpages. EDIT: This page describes the expansions a bit: [Anno 1602 FAQ/Strategy Guide](http://galaxy.uci.agh.edu.pl/~szymon/strategy/1602/#intro_4) ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/51 "2016-10-05T17:06:55Z")
Yeah, I just deleted everything new in the last day. I might turn off updating for a day or two until that gets straightened out. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/53 "2016-10-07T12:15:25Z")
The Escapists The Walking Dead has been merged! Throw a link to the search page, or both games next time please 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kazooie](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/kazooie/32/5915_2.png) [@kazooie](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/kazooie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/54 "2016-10-07T19:13:46Z")
Sorry, my bad! I wasn’t thinking… thanks for merging all of this! ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/56 "2016-10-09T18:30:25Z")
Fingerbones and Haunted Hotel The X have been merged! ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/58 "2016-10-13T23:36:35Z")
Code Veronica has been merged! I can’t believe that one got through to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/peter/32/16487_2.png) [@peter](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684/60 "2016-10-16T13:17:56Z")
BrainBread 2 is merged! [Previous page](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684.md?page=1) [Next page](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/duplicate-database-entries/684.md?page=3)