Certainty status
Hi WikiTreers,
Among the variety of recent improvements: “certainty status” buttons for WikiSpace free-space pages. You’ll find these buttons all over the site now.
WikiTree is designed to make it easy to see what you know and what you don’t know. When your family members are signed-in they’ll see question marks asking for their help. This makes collaboration easy and fun, and keeps your family history growing.
If you’re describing an event but not sure if you have the date right, just mark it as “uncertain”. Others will see a link that says “[is this right?]” next to the date. If they can confirm it they’ll mark it as certain.
If you’re adding a relative and you don’t know their middle name, leave it blank. Others will see a link that says “[middle name?]“.
If you’re adding a relative and you know they don’t have a middle name, leave it blank … and also check the “intentionally blank” button. This way others won’t think it’s just missing.
Are you hesitant about adding a birthday for privacy reasons? Mark that field as intentionally blank. This way others won’t make the mistake of adding it.
It’s a neat little feature, I think, and helps make WikiTree uniquely valuable for growing personal history.
Chris