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I found the profile of a 7th great uncle, Baudreau-16, with 4 spouses. After reading all the profiles of the spouses it was obvious that three of them were the same person. I suggested some merges, one of which was "blown off" for a nonsensical reason by the profile owner.

I have zero tolerance for people who do things like that and am not noted for my diplomacy. Could I get some help fixing this profile from someone with some arbitration skills and clout that I don't have?

Ed Lebeau
WikiTree profile: Jean Baptiste Baudreau
in Policy and Style by Ed Lebeau G2G Crew (620 points)
retagged by Ellen Smith

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Ed, I hear you and understand that you are frustrated.  I, too, am not noted for diplomacy, which has gotten me into all kinds of hot water here several times because tact, diplomacy, and being nice to each other are literally requirements here.

First, I recommend that you immediately edit your question and remove the name of a WikiTree member that you have there.  The only time we are permitted to identify a member in this forum is to express appreciation for something wonderful they did.

Next, apparently a member - possibly a profile manager of one of the duplicates you found - does not agree that they are duplicates, which is not appropriate to describe by saying you were "blown off for a nonsensical reason".  We collaborate here, which means that we have respectful communications with other members, either by private messages, comments on profiles, or posts here in G2G.  These communications allow us to fully discuss any differences of opinion we have and, sometimes by further research, finding a source to support them, to eventually reach a consensus of the valid circumstance.
by Gaile Connolly G2G Astronaut (1.2m points)
selected by Patricia Roche
I just looked at the linked profile and see comments indicating that this merge has been proposed many times, yet has still not happened.  There is also a problem with 2 of the 4 wives having different names, but the identical marriage date and place, so either they are duplicates or there is some bigamy involved here.  The sources on the linked profile are either not adequate ones or are not adequately cited (or maybe both) for a pre-1700 profile.  I have not looked at the potential duplicates at all, though, but clearly more work is needed on the linked one prior to completing a merge.
Source #4 in the Baudreau-16 profile explains it all. So Suzanne (Unknown) Baudreau (Unknown-239689) has the wrong parent and should be edited and locked so it doesn't get changed again.

The other two Suzannes should be merged.

I have once before collaborated on such a problem (the case of two sons of Pierre Perthuis dit Lalime both of whom were named Pierre and it was a delightful experience and more or less settled the question of which one was who. I hope that can happen here.
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Hi Ed, thanks for your question. I've asked the relevant profile managers to add any other sources that they have to their profiles and moved the rejected match back to an unmerged match, to allow time for the further research to be done. In the meantime, I notice a merge has been proposed between Susanne Panyouasas and Margueritte Emashapa Panyouasas , so if that merge is completed, other duplicates will need to be merged into Panyouasas-1.

by Gillian Thomas G2G6 Pilot (285k points)

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