Hello WikiTreers,
Today we added two much-requested fields to person profiles: place of birth and place of death. Although you could enter this info in the wiki biographical space, genealogists have pointed out to me that having separate database fields will enable sorting and searches in the future. These fields will also be necessary when we implement “GEDCOM” data importing and exporting.
WikiTree is designed to be flexible. You don’t need to enter anything in these fields. If you click the “blank for extra privacy” for birth place and/or “blank because still living” for death place they won’t appear as outstanding questions and nobody else in your family will be tempted to answer them.
Keep your suggestions coming.
Chris
Hello WikiTreers,
Did you see the site this week? We introduced a super-sweet round of improvements, many of which were suggested by you guys.
One suggestion that I heard from four or five of you was to add a bigger-picture way to view family trees. And you made clear: “it should be easy to print.” Check.
Every person profile now has a Five-Generation Family Tree page. Click on the green “Family Tree” link on your profile. It has the basic information going back to your great-great-grandparents, links to full profiles, and makes clear where information is missing.
Keep your suggestions coming.
Onward and upward,
Chris
Hello Pioneer WikiTreers,
Progress continues apace. Cosmetically speaking, we’ve got a new logo. Ain’t it schnazzy?
Along with the new logo comes a new tagline. Instead of “WikiTree: Collaborative family history” I’m trying out “WikiTree: World history that grows from you.” What do you think?
I wanted to find a way to emphasize that family history is really just the beginning. We start by growing profiles for the people, places, and things that are most important to us. But it doesn’t stop there. Strangers will care about some of the same people, places, and things. As it grows, WikiTree will become an interconnected, collaborative world history resource. It will be valuable for future generations and historians alike.
If you have comments on the new logo or tagline let me know.
The technical back-end continues to improve as well. One significant improvement I wanted to mention are the Activity Feeds by e-mail. Now you don’t need to check to the site to see if any of your family or friends have made changes. If somebody edits a biography, uploads a photo, posts a message, etc., you’ll hear about it in your Activity Feed update.
The updates only come once a week, and they only come if there’s been new activity in your Watchlist. I know everybody gets overloaded with e-mail so hopefully that strikes the right balance.
Keep me posted here or via e-mail with your questions and suggestions.
Onward and upward,
Chris
