Hi Matthew, what a great find and opportunity to make WikiTree better. I'm a big fan of ERII and it could be a really fun short-term collaborative effort or community challenge to shape up her profile. I do have a few questions.
You ask whether the British Isles Royals subproject is "even active". Did you make any effort to contact the project leaders or members before posting here? Or the leaders of its parent project, Euroaristo? If so, what was the response?
Nearly all projects have thousands more profiles than they can possibly actively edit and improve at one time. Unsurprisingly, the volunteer members of a project will tend to spend their voluntary time working on profiles of interest to themselves. The volunteer leaders of a project don't generally dictate priorities, nor would it be likely to be effective if they did. You say that the volunteer members of the project should be punished for not prioritizing your own personal favorite profile at the same time as you say you don't want to join the project yourself to help out. I'm confused by that. You've clearly got the interest, knowledge, and passion to carry out exactly the work you believe needs to be done. Why should anyone else take up this torch at your demand after you have refused to do it yourself?
You mention that ERII's profile is project protected and that's why you haven't fixed it. Did you read up on project protection first, and are you familiar with what it means and what it doesn't mean? You may find it helpful.
Project protection limits only these three things:
- Protected profiles may be merged into, but may not be merged away
- Profile managers from non-protected profiles are not retained when their profile is merged into a protected one
- Parents may only be added to or removed from protected profiles by a profile manager or project leader/coordinator
The problems you highlighted with ERII's profile—missing spouse, incorrect sibling, a CLN/OLN you dislike (did you, however, check the project naming standards to confirm usage?), and a dissatisfying biography—are all editable, even on a protected profile, even by non-project members.
ERII's profile doesn't offer me an edit button either, but project protection isn't the reason. Since she is a living-but-notable person, her profile is semi-private and edits are limited to members of its Trusted List.
You need not become a project member to join a Trusted List. Before posting here did you submit a request to be added, and in it did you indicate that you are interested in undertaking work to improve those items in the profile? When I've asked to join the TL even of notable/contentious profiles and have written to the PMs that I am willing to put in productive work on them, I've almost always gotten a positive response.
Good luck with your efforts and I look forward to seeing the improved profile when you (and the collaborators you're sure to attract here) are finished! Thanks again for bringing it to the community's attention!
