Perhaps I'm missing something, but I think this "stray" concept is of dubious value and has the potential to create a great deal of chaff and clutter in WikiTree. Presumably I would discover a "stray" if I tried to create a new profile with the same name and was steered to it by the list of suggested matches. Unless there is at least some data about the stray that correlates with info I have already found, I won't conclude it's a match and I'll create a new profile. If I think it's a match, then possibly I can't proceed until someone adds me to the trusted list. But either way, there has been no benefit to anyone to have had that stray profile sitting in the data base for months or years waiting for someone like me to find it. The only possible benefit occurs when there is sufficient common data to make me conclude there's a match, and then some additional useful info about the stray that I don't already have. And I need to be able to verify that additional info to be comfortable that yes, it's really my ancestor. That implies a need for source material as well. So IMHO, there isn't any value here unless someone has already done enough research to elevate that profile out of the "stray" category. As I say, maybe I'm missing the boat here, and if I am go ahead and take your shots!
