Something isn't working; I can't add new unrelated person

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I believe this is the return of a bug that has occurred in the past. I am using Firefox. The profile has a first name, last name, birth and death dates and locations, biography text, and two sources, so I don't believe that the problem is omission of any required information. And I even checked the box in front of the one computer-identified possible match, even though the person is only remotely similar.
in WikiTree Tech by Ellen Smith G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
retagged by Julie Ricketts

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That's happened to me occasionally.  I just have to close the page and start over.  It usually goes through the next time.  very frustrating though!
by Carolyn Martin G2G6 Pilot (281k points)
selected by Susan Laursen
I guess I should have tried that, but instead I evaded the problem by creating the person as the son of an existing profile. After he was created, I disconnected him from his temporary father.
I love the temporary father - at least as a way to add someone to wikitree.  Sadly, I don't love it so much as a condition of American culture at the moment.

But, I did chuckle at the use of temporary father (here).
Very odd. I think when the bug happened before it was associated with our data validation. The system is warning you about something, but the warning isn't showing (and might not be appropriate). Anybody who has clues about this please post. Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience.

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