Internal error interrupting merge

Question

While working on db:error 912, intending to correct the LNAB of
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johansson-82
to Johansdotter
an internal error occurred in the server.

The result was that a new, stunted profile was created:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johansdotter-1657

This profile has no other info than a Last Name At Birth and a Current name. It is formatted as a guest member The two managers of the original profile are managers of this new profile as well
I am on the trusted-list for it.

I was kicked off the trusted-list for Johansson-82
so I cannot complete a merge immediately if I should initiate it.

Answer 1

Hi Eva,

I don't know what happened there, but I completed the merge so this profile should be OK now.

Chris

Comments

Thanks. Then I'll source her tomorrow morning.

This has happened twice before in the same context. The first time I did as the message for internal errors told me and sent a mail to info@wikitree - but since there was basically no response, I initiated the merge myself and the next time I just initiated the merge. They'll go through in due time. This time I thought that you really should know that this happens occasionally; perhaps once in 120 changes of LNAB.

Normally a change of LNAB goes through in the time it would take me to take a sip of coffee, if I had a cup at hand. When it goes wrong, it goes into a spin for a minute or two and then comes out with the error page.

Could be a knot in the Atlantic cable ;-)

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Had another internal error just now.

Not involving any LNAB change this time, so not a big problem.

Again went into a 90 second-or-more spin and landed on the error page.

The interesting thing was that the changes I had made in the bio were saved - whereas the changes to fields for preferred name and current name did not come through.

When it started spinning I had the time to copy the info in the bio, where had cleaned up GEDCOM cruft and provided a couple of sources. Turned out I didn't need that, but you never know.

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Had another internal error right now, when creating
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pålsdotter-114

She came through with only a name and me as manager, red private.
But I'll re-fashion her to what was intended.