Who can correct the date of death for this protected profile?

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The date of the marriage of Gerret Newkirk and Anna Vischer has been entered as his date of death. This generates an error message for each child added to his wife's profile (and his)

I don't know the correct date of death.  May I remove the date of death and leave it blank??

WikiTree profile: Gerrit Newkirk
in Genealogy Help by Janne Gorman G2G6 Mach 4 (41.4k points)
retagged by Ellen Smith

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That profile has the New Netherlands Settlers Project as a profile manager. The project consists of its members, who are supposed to be working collaboratively to improve the profiles managed by the Project. Project management absolutely does NOT mean that individual project members, such as Janne, need to play a game of "Mother May I?" before making obviously needed improvements, such as removing an unsourced death date that doesn't make any sense. There are few death records for New Netherlanders, but many GEDCOM-created profiles (such as this one) include unsourced death dates. Often those deaths dates have no apparent basis, but in this case it's clear what the basis is, and it's clear it's wrong. Please fix that date!

This profile is one of many profiles that need a lot of research, but are project-protected by the New Netherland Settlers Project to ensure that there will be no more LNAB changes until someone does the research (and documents the research) to determine what the person's LNAB should be. That's why it's categorized under  New Netherland Settlers Project Needs LNAB. What's needed to determine this man's LNAB is documentation of the exact text of his marriage record (not a version of that record found in a published genealogy or another website).

by Ellen Smith G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
selected by Pip Sheppard
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I would suggest leaving a comment on the profile page. That way the Project managing the profile will get a message from WikiTree with your comment and can take appropriate action.
by Deb Durham G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
Well, you obviously did not open the profile, since the comment has been there since March

I did open it but missed the comment. One hundred lashes with a wet noodle for me! crying

No problem.  And, wet lashes to me, since I probably can just remove the death date, and drive on.  I just hate not knowing if it is "okay."

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