It's happened more than a few times that I get a request to approve a merger of a profile I created years ago with a profile created yesterday, when the data is absolutely identical. I understand new users might not realize that they need to check the suggested profiles, but it seems to be happening to experienced users as well.
Is there some way to make the software more robust?
1. Eliminate or reduce the obvious "non-matches" so that a user doesn't have to click boxes for "Arthur Davidson" when the new profile is " Elisha Davis". I've had that. Maybe a "strong" possibility list followed by a "weak" possibility list, if that's possible.
2. Require a user to actually check off all the boxes, and also check "This is NOT a duplicate profile", before WikiTree allows the creation of a profile.
I'm not suggesting punishment. But as more people join WikiTree, a few more checks and balances will make the process smoother for all of us. Just a thought!