Is there a place to ask questions longer than 120 character?

Question

Is this big box for more information for asking longer question?

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I see it is. I am Roane-111 would like to know if I can open new wiki acct Brown/LynnMass-1, same e-mail, different password and use it for my Brown, Lynn, Mass. indirect family group profile management, 3000+ profiles and growing , then use my Roane -111 acct. for my family and Brown- Charles direct family group? I can then have 5K profile limit  on 2 accounts for 10K limit total.

Answer 1

Hi Stephen,

Because WikiTree allows only one profile per person, that also means only one account per person.

Something you might consider is that there's a good chance at least part of your family is already on WikiTree. Some may even be managed by projects, which is a good thing. It means you won't need to add them again, and you probably won't need to manage them, necessarily. That might lessen the watchlist number.

You can also consider watching certain surnames on your tag list and seeing all the activity on those, without being an actual manager or trusted list member of those profiles. In order to keep my own watchlist down, I do that with more specific surnames like Glann and Kleinhampl. Those that are broader, I choose to manage so I can see just the family I am interested in, like Brown.

Unfortunately, there's no easy way around your situation. Another suggestion would be to manage just your direct line, and not entire sibling groups. You can still edit and improve those profiles, but leaving them open often encourages cousins who descend through those particular siblings to get involved and collaborate, including adopting the orphans.

Answer 2

Yes. You have about 800 characters I think. So please write your query clearly, without text speak. We will be happy to help you.

Answer 3

Stephen,

I think -- if I understand your question correctly, you are trying to put your entire question in the subject header.  You are correct that you should put the "bigger" part of your question in the larger box below.  

Try to put the essence of the question in the subject area, and the rest of the explanation about your question in the larger box, where you asked "Is this big box..." above.

Also, there is a spot for "tags" under your question before you hit the "add" button.  If you add tags that are helpful, the right people are more likely to take notice.  (If it's about DNA, add a "DNA" tag.  If it's about a surname, add the surname as a tag.  If it's two words, you can put the two words together with an underscore character, like "Adoption_Angels".

I hope this helps.

Reba

Answer 4

Answering your question about creating a second account for you're other line: That would be contrary to the wikitree rule of one person, one profile. Not to mention that "Brown/LynnMass" as a surname, will not search well and may create an error. Thank you for asking.

You can have a larger watchlist. It's frowned upon. Things don't always work right when you're over 5000. You can also create profiles and then orphan the people not in you're direct lines (like siblings and their families), which is much the easiest way to go about it. You also may find that some of those 10K people are already on wikitree. The farther back you go the more likely they are to be here already.

Answer 5

I have been wondering why I am increasingly seeing G2G questions that consist only of what I consider the "title" for the question, with no text. When I post a question, the page I see makes it pretty clear that the body of the question belongs in the box after "More information for the question." Are Stephen and other members using a mobile browser that isn't showing that part of the G2G question form?