Could a "Cleaning Up Profiles" section be added to the Merging help page?

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I was wondering how to make it easier for people to do post-merge cleanup, and noticed that there is nothing about it on the Merging page in the Help section.

Could a paragraph or so about cleanup be added to the Merging page? Maybe link to a Help page specifically about profile cleanup?

I have found these pages helpful in learning to clean up profiles:

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Biographies

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/GEDCOM-created_biographies

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adding_links

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sources

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Footnotes

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Editing_Tips

in WikiTree Tech by Carole Partridge G2G6 Mach 7 (76.0k points)
edited by Keith Hathaway

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I will help you ADD IT  to the MERGING HELP page if it's okay with Fred & Michelle . Good collections of links here .

We also have the MAINTENANCE catgories at

:http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Maintenance_Categories.

Talk about clean-ups . Have a look

at http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Long_Profiles_in_Need_of_Cleanup

Fun to do when one is a little bored smiley

 

by Maggie N. G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
Sure Maggie. Actually Lianne was the the one that created the merging page so I guess it's up to her.  THe more info the better.
Thanks!
If you're talking about http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Merging that page was actually created by Chris long before I got here. But in any case, any WikiTree Leader can edit the help pages, so by all means if you have something to add, feel free to add it!
I think people are more apt to pay attention to "clean up" if instructions are listed along with the merges instead of a separate page in a separate category. Honestly, I would not think to look under "maintenance" to clean up biographies! I also think there should be more emphasis on the fact that the merge is not the END of the process, but a STEP in the process. Include something that says, "If they are duplicates, merge them and then make sure all the information is neat and correct." Well, you know what I mean! When I propose a merge, I often say, "Check relationships - siblings, spouses and children - for duplicates and clean up the biography." I don't know if it helps, but at least I said it!
Robin,

The maintenance categories are just categories to add to profiles.

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