Status flags on parents

Question

Is it desirable that these should always be set, one way or another?  Or is there a place for leaving them unset?

Answer 1

I think this is what they are discussing here, it might relate to your question 

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1049548/mother-or-father-not-set

Answer 2

According to Help:Relationship Status:

"Selected indicators will appear on certain family tree views and will affect Relationship Finder results."

So while I don't believe it is a hard requirement to set them, I would say it is a best practice to do so.

Comments

But the settings make no difference to the Relationship Finder.

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But they do mark the relationship as confident or uncertain, etc.

Answer 3

They should be set when you are confident. These status buttons are one of the features that make WikiTree data that more reliable to others.  In comparison to Ancestry.com, I would have to use a TreeTag to accomplish the same effect.

Everyone should make an asserted effort to set the statuses on each profile as appropriate.