* after a person's name in profile

Question

What does the * after a person's name indicate?

Comments

When I have been involved in merges of particularly numerous, and sometimes erroneous children, I have marked the lowest profile number with an *, any erroneous children not yet removed with a -, and children where there is a question with a ?  I find that it helps keeps things straight while the merges and removals are happening.   After I have finished all the merging and removing, I go back and delete the symbols.

Answer 1

A lot of people seem to use it in their personal GEDCOM files to indicate a direct ancestor. It's not something that needs to be used on WikiTree.

Comments

i.e., so remove it when you see it.

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Thanks, Erin. Didn't know that little trick, but then, I know every one of my main direct lines.

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When I encounter an *, if I have edit capability, it will magically disappear.