Do you love to merge? Do you want to help keep the tree healthy? Join the Arborists! [closed]

Question

Have you always wondered how to become an Arborist and help keep our tree healthy?

If you meet the following criteria, just respond to this G2G and we will get you started!

1. An active Wiki Genealogist for at least 3 months with at least 1000 contributions.
2. Able and willing to collaborate with and communicate effectively with other members.
3. Able to add reliable sources to profiles on WikiTree.
4. Enjoy merging profiles, and confident you can do this in an accurate and efficient manner, with a focus on accuracy over efficiency.
5. Familiar with the Arborists project page and help topics on merging and duplicates on WikiTree; see Help Index.
6. In the last month, have proposed at least 10 merges and completed at least 20 merges.

Once you have joined you will start off in our Skills Team. This is a self-directed team, where you work on activities which will build your confidence and competence in merging.

Our goal is to keep our tree healthy and teach others how to do the same.

Answer 1

Been working on this for a while now and these are my recent ones (3 messages)

From 15 March to 26 March 

Proposals

Koser-65 and Koser-4

 Jordan-10181 and Jordan-255

 Jordan-2 and Jordan-10179

 Jordan-2606 and Jordan-10178

 Jordan-3936 and Jordan-10177

Wilcox-4103 and Willcox-41 

Arledge-107 and Arledge-235

Erwin-907 and Erwin-545.

 Waller-682 and Waller-3726.

 Roberts-11944 and Roberts-11756

Unknown-255068 and Byrne-133

Comments

Merges

Roberts-11939 into Roberts-11751:, 

Tilton-1142 into Tilton-128, 

Moxley-488 into Moxley-86, 

Broughton-1404 into Broughton-743

Withers-775 into Withers-42, 

Clements-1341 into Clement-2656, 

Comins-41 into Comins-35

Harrison-4971 into Harrison-3509, 

Dodderer-39 into Dodderer-21, 

Alden-968 into Alden-967

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Merges

Merges

Webster-2225

 Riley-6754 into Riley-6172), 

Mace-1883 into Mace-1650), 

Garland-2950 into Garland-2539,

Florence-675 into Florence-101, 

Small-4350 into Small-2617:, 

Hussey-1751 into Hussey-1579, 

Unknown-264368 into Isaac-397

Call-1097 into Call-1096,

Eaton-3072 into Eaton-176,

Roberts-11762 into Roberts-11743,

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Fantastic Marion. Thanks for all your work. It will be great to have you in the project!

Answer 2

I would love to join!

In the last month (since 1 March), merges:

31 Merryman-36

30 Goolsby-122

29 Brodie-1583

28 Walker-29750

27 Bracewell-119

26 Comer-369

25 Henderson-8167

24 Hebert-2370

23 Pennock-26

22 Wait-298

21 Schröder-669

20 Predmore-71

19 Hawkins-3363

18 Morse-647

17 Grady-227

16 Dean-3601

15 Skillings-7

14 Van_Winkel-1

13 Howard-15249

12 Combs-192

11 Bunce-236

10 Goodwin-2493

9 Chapell-28

8 Harrison-14372

7 Ruddick-28

6 Steele-3456

5 Paul-5610

4 Hayles-2

3 Ware-1371

2 Tabbutt-16

1 Rawbone-9

proposals:

14 Teague-1943 and Teague-249

13 Mullins-4629 and Reese-2427

12 Kennie-57 and Kinnie-226

11 Willingham-770 and Willingham-42

10 Chappell-1867 and Chapell-26

9 Clark-37520 and Clark-18108

8 Mullins-4627 and Mullins-576

7 Comer-562 and Comer-95

6 Lancaster-2225 and Lancaster-1564

5 Warren-11987 and Warren-11966

4 Childers-1949 and Childers-1671

3 Price-8175 and Price-1795

2 Antram-56 and Antrim-10

1 Batter-26 and Batter-1

Comments

Hi SJ!

You would be a great new member to our project.

Give us some time and we will add you :)

Answer 3

Hi,

I would love to join. These past few months, without actively looking for duplicate profiles, I have found many while working on improving the profiles on my watchlist, and working on the Data Doctors Project, and the Connectors Project (From what I have seen, unconnected profiles often have one or more duplicates). I find it very satisfying to merge profiles and add sources and new profiles if need be.

Thanks.

Comments

Hello G,

Let us take a look at your contributions and we will get back to you - but it looks like you'd be a great addition to the project :)

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Thank you so much!

Answer 4

Sarah and Gillian .. Thank you for your leadership. Please, keep me on the Arborist Team. I am actively merging and editing duplicate profiles. 

C'est Bon .. 

Comments

Thanks Jerry! It's good to have you on our team already :)

Answer 5

Yes please...

Comments

Hi Valerie, I just saw this post. Thanks for already being a valued Arborist! Please get back to me if I can help with anything else.

Answer 6

I would love to be an arborist.

Comments

Hi Payne, thanks for your interest in becoming an Arborist. I'll follow up with you by private message.

Answer 7

I really like the idea of not having duplicate profiles in the global tree, so I have been helping to get rid of duplicates on a regular basis for months now. Whenever I search for any name, I always sort by birth date and make merge requests for dups I find. I also regularly monitor my pending merges and follow up to try and complete all of them.

Now that I know that the arborists project covers this type of work, I would like to join please.

Comments

Hi Nikki, we're really glad you are interested in becoming an Arborist. I'll follow up with you by private message.

Answer 8

Hi Sarah,

Would I be able to become an Arborist. I haven't done many merges over the past month but I've done heaps over the past year. The Skills Team sounds like an excellent idea to me.

Comments

Hi David, sorry about the delay in responding to your post about becoming an Arborist. I'll follow up with you by private message.

Answer 9

Yes. How do I join?

Comments

I also would like to join !! Since April, I've done about 3,000 merges.

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Hi, thanks Robbie and Mitchell for your interest in joining as an Arborist. I'll follow up with you both by private message.

Answer 10

Hi,

I find myself doing so many merges (mainly for duplicates of old Norwegian profiles) that I'd like to join this project :)

Comments

Hi R, thanks for your expertise with Norwegian profiles, and for your interest in becoming an Arborist. I'll follow up with you by private message.

Answer 11

I'd like to join the Arborists. I'm also a Data Doctor, Connector and Sourcerer. I love finding duplicates, proposing and completing merges. I recently went through an alpha list of the entire Perkins family (12,000+) profiles and was able to propose merges for quite a few. I've proposed at least 20 merges and completed more than that many merges this month so far.

Comments

That's my favorite way to find merges--going through an entire surname list. You're so awesome, Traci!

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Hi Traci,

Fantastic that you want to join the Arborists. Sorry to take so long to get back to you. I'll follow up with you by private message.

Answer 12

I would love to be a member of the team!  I believe I have met all of the criteria.  I have proposed and completed many merges now, but I don't have an exact count!  Is there a WikiTree report that can give that?

Please let me know what should be the next step!

Thanks,

Bart

Comments

Hi, Bartley!

As you might have guessed, we're a bit behind in welcoming new Arborists to the project! 

I'll be in touch via private message.

Thanks for volunteering!

Answer 13

I'd love to join and completely forgot that I've been in the Arborists prep group since January! Here's mine, I got tired going through my contributions so did some recent ones:

Proposals:

 16 Sept: Firth-475 and Firth- 474

 21 Sept: Wain-93 and Waine-16 

 24 Sept: Stockley-244 and Stockley-243

 12 Oct: Matthews-8005 and Matthews-5821

              Turner-19968 and Turner-14282 

              Turner-19969 and Turner-14286

              Holland-3998 and Holland-3088

15 Oct:    Burt-467 and Burt-1011

               Woodhouse-1308 and Woodhouse-1309 

               Wright-39056 and Wright-39065

               Ottford-1 and Ottford-2

               Ashley-1696 and Ashley-4020 

               Derricott-27 and Derricott-19

Completed:

22 Sept:        Beaver-1651 into Beaver-698

                     Blades-451 into Blades-428

                     Blades-447 into Blades-431

                     Blades-449 into Blades-430

                     Blades-410 into Blades-89

                     Wentz-760 into Wince-43

                     Wince-43 into Wince-33

                     Fox-1334 into Fox-1332

                     Fox-1341 into Lancaster-3620

24 Sept:       Sherleycar-2 into Shorlicker-2

12 Oct:         Porteous-208 into Porteus-30

                    Bennett-12197 into Bennett-9709

                    Brackenbury-285 into Brackenbury-217

                    Bennett-12198 into Bennett-9711

                    Barrand-73 into Barrand-61

  15 Oct:      Slade-1988 into Slade-1910

                    Grimes-3578 into Grimes-3566

                    Boult-38 into Boult-35

                    Perry-10919 into Perry-10891

                    Chilton-568 into Chilton-276

Thanks :)

Answer 14

I would like to become an arborist.  I am very interested in the merging process since I believe it really is a great tool for combing profiles to add additional sources to improve the health of our trees.

Thanks

Answer 15

I also enjoy merging duplicate profiles and keeping our tree healthy.

Answer 16

I just got asked on G2G whether I was an arborist so I guess it's about time I put my hand up. I think I meet the criteria. I've just checked my contributions list and over the last month I've proposed 23 merges, completed 20 and tidied post merge another 4.

Does that count?

Answer 17

Yes, so would like to help in keeping our tree healthy. So ready to begin.  How do I join the Arborists project? Sign me up, please.

Answer 18

I would like to join the Arborist team, recent merges and proposals 

Derstine-4 and Derstine-87

Northrup-587 and Northrop-227

McBurnie-60 and McBurnie-34

Emerson-2902 and Emerson-1563

Newman-5229 and Newman-3491

Putnam-1401 and Putnam-198

Ingebrigtsli-4 and Ingebrigtsli-2

Wellington-282 and Wellington-813

Lieber-160 and Lieber-159

Farmer-1263 and Farmer-5816

Brent-495 into Brent-394

Mann-3051 into Mann-2146

Kennedy-6110 into Kennedy-799

Putnam-3430 into Putnam-1401

Woodward-7317 into Woodward-2686

Pascoe-1692 into Pascoe-1282

Reisinger-239 into Reisinger-9

Poppingo-10 into Poppingo-1

Trimble-2344 into Trimble-1069

Gorman-2709 into Gorman-2096

Vanderhall-4 into Vanderhall-3

Ryckman-280 into Ryckman-254

Vaughn-5791 into Vaughn-2962

Lovejoy-897 into Lovejoy-736

Briggs-2125 into Briggs-1866

Walton-5949 into Walton-2287

Lieber-158 into Lieber-117

Bohannon-828 into Bohannon-331

Hay-4711 into Hay-3219

Peterpenner-3 into Peterpenner-1

Answer 19

I would love to have an arborist badge.  I have been a member for awhile.  While connecting with other profiles, I have merged duplicates.

thanks,

Marla

Answer 20

I would love to join the Arborists! I seem to find duplicate profiles wherever I look.  Thanks! LK

Merges suggested, completed, and profile cleaned:

Massey-5686 into Massey-1727

Massey-2201 into Massey-236

Lewis-27328 into Lewis-27327

Massey-3793 into Massey-3488

Stover-2019 into Stover-789

Stover-2687 into Stover-1856

Greenleaf-937 into Greenleaf-321

Hiney-51 into Hiney-15

Upham-724 into Upham-231

Upham-748 into Upham-216

Upham-710 into Upham-201

Upham-561 into Upham-187

Ellis-16525 into Ellis-3171

Upham-595 into Upham-290

Upham-642 into Upham-263

Simmons-9387 into Simmons-754

cleland-1016 into Cleland-250

White-58097 into White-8478

Chapman-18080 into Chapman-2253

Chapman-18079 into Chapman-2252

Comments

Thanks so much LK. It's great to have you joining us.