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Use this page to suggest upgrades to the profile narrative that results from GEDCOM uploads. For comparison here's a profile page of the current display format: Andreas Jauch. Use this G2G topic for discussion.
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Fields Generated
Chris has elsewhere suggested that this section cannot be changed without significant re-programming of wikitree.
[First Name] [Middle Name] [Last Name]
Born [Date] in [Place]
Son/Daughter of [FatherName] and [MotherName]
Brother/Sister of [SiblingName1], [SiblingName2], etc.
Husband/Wife of [SpouseName] -- married [MarriageDate] in [MarriagePlace]
Father/Mother of [ChildName1], [ChildName2], etc.
Died [DeathDate] in [DeathPlace]
Profile manager info, when last changed, how many times accessed, etc.
Narrative
The following is a suggested re-design of the narrative generated by uploaded GEDCOMs. When sources are included in the GEDCOM, they are footnoted and placed in the <ref>....</ref> ... <references /> space. (I argue below for a revised footnote display.)
Biography
This section would start with Event fields (those with dates) and present them chronologically. If a GEDCOM field is empty, there would be no display of that field.
Events
The following refers to INDIVIDUAL (not FAMILY) Events.
- Birth: [BirthDate], [BirthPlace] <ref> [BirthSource], [SourceDate], [SourcePage] <small><blockquote> [SourceText] </blockquote></small></ref>
- Notes: [BirthMemo] <-- This would capture the contents of memo fields that are associated with each event or fact type. Not all software programs have this, but more recent programs do; i.e., they have three fields associated with a fact/event: date, place, memo; these should all be grouped together. If the relevant Memo field is empty, nothing would be displayed.
- Christening: [ChrDate], [ChrPlace] [1]
- Notes: [ChrMemo]
etc...
Facts
Following a chronological list of Event fields would be an alpha list of Fact fields (those GEDCOM fields without dates). If a GEDCOM field is empty, there would be no display of that field.
- Education: [EDUC]
- Note: [FactMemo]<-- If the relevant Memo field is empty, nothing would be displayed. (Currently Wikitree adds the name of the Fact type into empty Memo fields.)
- Occupation: [OCCU]
- Note: [FactMemo]
- Religion: [RELI]
- Note: [FactMemo]
etc.
Notes
Following Facts would be any narrative included in the INDIVIDUAL's Notes field. Currently, Wikitree adds a "Note" entry in the long list of fields, with an internal link to a numbered Note, e.g., "#N2642" which is pasted near the bottom of the narrative. Instead, simply place the Note field contents in its own section here.
[IndividualNotesFieldContents] (do not put in nonexistent line breaks)
Family
The current display of this information is, IMHO, pretty whacky; it concatenates spousal information of the relevant individual with parents/siblings of relevant individual in a confusing way. Exclude information about individual's parents and siblings, which are already described in the very top section.
(IF Marriage Fields contain data ELSE empty)
- [IndividualName] married [SpouseName] on [MarriageDate] in [MarriagePlace]
- [MarriageMemo]
- Marriage Event: [TypeField] - [EventDate], [EventPlace] [2]<-- Currently Wikitree displays "Event" then "Type:" then the [TypeField]; all that is unnecessary; simply display the contents of the [TypeField]
- Memo: [EventMemo]
- Child(ren): (IF Children Fields contain data ELSE empty)
- [ChildName1]
- [ChildName2]
- [ChildName3]
- etc.
etc. (i.e., repeat for each Marriage Event/Type. End family section with:)
- Marriage Notes: [MarriageMemoContents]
Other Imported Data
- UserID: [UserID]
- Ancestral File Number: [AFN]
- Automated Record ID (Individual): [Indi.RIN}
- Automated Record ID (Family): [Fam.RIN]
- etc.
Sources
Footnotes (or Endnotes or Citations)
- ↑ [ChrSource], [SourceDate], [SourcePage]
[SourceText]
- ↑ [MarrSource], [SourceDate], [SourcePage]
[SourceText]
Bibliography (or Authorities or References)
Ideally the following would display appropriately anything entered in the <REF> tags as grouped by the <references /> tag. I.e., we would not use S123, S456, etc. but simply, for each referenced item above. The order of the fields would match standard citation practice:
- [Author], [Title], [PublicationPlace]: [PublicationDate]. [Type]. [RepositoryName]. (am I missing any fields?)
Acknowledgements
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