Are these guidelines for Project Protection correct?

Question

I was working on a post for a profile that is a PPP but isn't associated with a project. It appears there are some conflicts in how we describe project protection or maybe I don't understand. 

I cannot make some changes to a PPP if I am not personally a manager. I don't want to personally manage all PPP profiles in the projects I manage.

I was recently advised that I should make changes under my own wikitree account, not under the project account. Why would anyone ever need or want to sign in to a project account?

How exactly does this occur?

"Rather than having hundreds of managers for historically-significant ancestors, individual members participate through the Project Account. The project as a whole works out controversial issues."

I thought only a project could manage a PP profile but these guidelines say "

Parent Protection: The parents of a PPP are also protected. You need to be a Profile Manager, Project Coordinator, or Project Leader to edit them."

But then it says: "Managers of merged-in profiles do not automatically become managers of a PPP. 

Rather than having hundreds of managers for historically-significant ancestors, individual members participate through the Project Account. The project as a whole works out controversial issues."

Please clarify exactly who can be listed on the trusted list of a Project Protected Profile and exactly who can be a manager. Thanks!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Project_Protection

Comments

I figure, if you're going to look after a profile on behalf of a project, you need to be a PM yourself, irrespective of the project account and Google Group feed.  Unless you're a Leader, in which case you can either remove the PPP temporarily or make yourself a PM temporarily when required.

Answer 1

First some profiles will be ppp without the project being obvious. The rules for ppp ing profiles have changed significantly over the last couple of years. If you find ppps without project bring them to G2G or if you can figure out what project they belong to, contact the project leader.

You don't have to manage those profiles, but when work needs to be done for ppp'd, you as a leader can adopt open profiles over 200 years old and complete the work. It's better for tracking if individuals make changes than projects, because the individual can't be identified when it just says Wikitree-xx

Re: Parent Protection: The parents of a PPP are also protected. Read on it's own this is confusing. What it actually means is that the parents (or non-parents) on a ppp profile cannot be changed.

Re: Managers of merged-in profiles do not automatically become managers of a PPP.  They are placed on the trusted list. This is to prevent purposeful creation of duplicates so that the person will be added as a manager.

Anyone can be on the trusted list of any profiles including ppp profiles. Different projects have different attitudes about having co-managers with their project. PGM for instance is quite happy to leave current active managers as managers. We welcome their assistance.

I think I covered everything