How do I determine whether to grant Trusted List to a PPP? [closed]

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I am the only manager for a Project-Protected profile with Public privacy that someone from a project decided to protect. (I'm not part of the project; I just happened to be the profile manager when the profile was protected.) Now someone is requesting Trusted List access to the profile. How do I decide whether to grant access?
WikiTree profile: George Sinnett
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in Policy and Style by Kitty Linch G2G6 Mach 4 (42.9k points)
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I would grant the access if the request is at all reasonable.

  • Since this is a Public profile, this person cannot edit it unless you give them Trusted List access or change the Privacy setting to Open.
  • Since this profile is PPP, a person you add to the Trusted List will have less power than they would for an unprotected profile. Specifically, they cannot merge this profile away or change its parents.
by Ellen Smith G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
selected by Kitty Linch
Ellen, thanks for your input. Please see my reply to Michael.
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Kitty, I think there are two questions here.

PPP's are created to prevent the profile LNAB being merged away. They are put there by a Project Leader after care consideration and current policy.

A Project may have reason to become the Profile Manager of a given profile, because there is no PM and the Project can control the Trusted List.

As I see it on this profile, you are the PM and the Project has not taken control of the profile, so you get to say who goes on the trusted list.

I would let them know that they can make edits without being on the trusted list but then ask them a few polite questions on their interest for being on the trusted list and if they are aware of the PPP policies.

A public profile does not necessarily need a PM because anyone can contribute to the profile, we are Wiki after all.  If fact, if you have no real interest in the Profile, you could remove yourself and reduce your Watchlist.  But if the person requesting access has a genuine interest in actually managing the profile, let them in.

My two cents worth.
by Michael Stills G2G6 Pilot (519k points)
Remember, with great power comes great responsibility.
Michael, as long as this profile is Public, this other person can't edit it unless they are on the Trusted List.
Right! totally overlooked that.  Thanks.  I was thinking it was opened.  Oy, this kind of stuff is happening more frequently these days.
Thanks, Michael. I'm actually working on another project that this profile is a part of (a one-name study). That's why I happened to create it. Since the person requesting access is a relative (I'm not), I will go ahead & grant access.
Um, why isn't this profile Open?

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