word change requested for "to scrub"

[Alan Orndorff]

Christian Stimming wrote:
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> I just updated the explanation for "to scrub" in the glossary. It now reads
> 
> "scrub, to"
>    "DEPRECATED. To repair unbalanced transactions and orphan splits in an
> account tree. Any transactions that have debits != credits will get a
> balancing split added (pointing to a special new account called 'Imbalance').
> Any splits that do not have accounts are put into another special account
> called 'Orphan'. Deprecated - use the word '?' now."
> 
> On Thursday 09 August 2001 22:54, Dave Peticolas wrote:
> > >
> > > - "to cleanup"
> >
> > I think "Clean Up" would be best here.
> 
> I'm not too sure yet. For me, "to clean up an account" still sounds a little
> bit like "to destroy an account". I would prefer a term that leaves no doubt
> on the fact that this is nothing destructive here. However, the term still
> has to make clear that indeed some action will be taken here.
> 
> More ideas:
> 
> "to check"
> "to check and fix"
> "to scrutinize" [and fix]
> "to verify" [and fix]
> "to review" [and fix]

reconcile transactions?
reconcile unbalanced transactions?


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