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Re:Zotero: An open-source tool to help collect, organize, ci... by dstillman on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @07:42AM (#17608487)
It's not a usability decision — it's just one feature that hasn't yet been implemented [1]. Updating metadata is more complicated than creating a new item, because you have to deal with the existing metadata somehow. (Mendeley just overwrites the existing item, often with incorrect data, which we don't consider acceptable.)

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[1] https://github.com/zotero/zotero/issues/1515

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Re:Zotero: An open-source tool to help collect, organize, ci... by hyeonwho4 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @11:34AM (#17610052)
I really love the "duplicate finder" and its ability to pick and choose metadata to keep. Perhaps just create a duplicate item and deal with merge conflicts later?
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