Why merge added unsourced?

+3 votes
120 views
Good day, 
Thank you for all your efforts,

Today the computer added {{unsourced}}, to the Bio..
any idea how I can prevent this in the future?
Thank you
 

[[Category:Reid, Mississippi]]

[[Category:Reid, Mississippi]]

[[Category:Cleveland, Alabama]]

[[Category:Cleveland, Alabama]]

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{{Unsourced}}

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

WikiTree profile: Leonard Murphree
in WikiTree Help by Richard Balsley G2G Crew (950 points)
edited by Ellen Smith

1 Answer

+4 votes
It happened because at least one of the profiles in the merge was unsourced and had the category.  It can just be removed after the merge if the merged profile has sources.
by Kathie Forbes G2G6 Pilot (647k points)
It can be removed during the biography's text selection process of the merge, as well.  But you need to know to look for such things.
Unsourced template is now removed. Also a duplicate line about birth and death information.  When a merge is done, the system tries to put sources together, but a review is needed of both text area and the sources area to remove any duplicated information and to make sure that any templates are correct and not duplicated, also.

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