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who owns the trees?
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Who owns the family trees that are uploaded and can they be completely
removed at the contributers request??
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Jul 10, 2012
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They are "owned" by the wikitree community... living people can be removed but contributed trees are not usually allowed to be deleted once posted as the whole community would be hurt by this.
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Jul 11, 2012
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Good answer, Lindsay. Just for reference, here are help pages:
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ownership_and_control
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Deleting_a_Person_or_Account
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