Can one see when a Wikitree participant was last active?

Question

On more than one occasion I have written to other profile managers with a link to an official document or parish register that enhances or corrects one of their profiles.

The result is sometimes a resounding silence.

Not wishing to be impolite by „barging in“ on somebody else‘s work - how long should I wait before concluding that the person concerned is inactive (dead? just not bothered? who knows?) and make the alteration myself?

To this end, it would be helpful if one could see when a PM was last active, and draw conclusions from that.

Or have I missed something in the Help files? If so, please point me in the right direction.

Answer 1

If you click on your name above (where it says "in Policy and Style by Patrick Chadwick") you will come you your G2G profile page with lists your most recent activity.

Alternatively, on the WikiTree profile for a person, click on the contributions link. E.g. on your profile at the top it says:

"Signed 15 Apr 2023 | 3,612 contributions | 17 thank-yous | 438 connections Help". Click on the "3,612 contributions" link and you can see the date of the most recent contribution.

Comments

Thanks! I just knew it must be in there somewhere.

Answer 2

Honestly, I'd just change it. A lot of the profiles I come across are still in their gedcom import stage or haven't been touched in ages. If the profile was created within the past year or so, or if a lot of work has been done, I'd hesitate. But most of the time I still go for it if the user is active but the profile changes are not.

Comments

For the genealogy that I am researching, the occasional entries marked gedcom and nothing else appear to be unsupported claims of the type „tales my grandma told me“.

Or am I just biased in favour of documentary evidence? To adapt an old adage - family verbal tradition isn‘t worth the paper it‘s written on.