Finding IDs when doing comparisons.

Question

The place that I have a hard time finding IDs is doing a comparison. The person being compared may have a load of source material. Wouldn't it be sensible to have the ID in the heading area of the listing being compared.

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Great question!

I have a terrible time locating that WikiTree ID.  I have found that on profiles that aren't private, by clicking on the Family Tree Tab, and then the Family Group link, I can locate an ID for that individual. 

But I keep thinking there must be an easier way to locate that little number and I haven't had any luck figuring it out either.

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See answer below

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Ok Tom, I totally admit I am functionally illiterate when it comes to these details, but I just typed in that link and came up with:

There is currently no text in this page, you can search for this page title in other pages or edit this page.

So do I have to insert an actual  name in the URL? like WWW.Wikitree.com/Wiki/Hoyt-#?

or is this somewhere in the Help Index that I have just missed?  I would love to figure an easier way than what I have been trying with Family Tree>Family Group etc.  I wasn't necessarily talking about comparisons but was looking at how to find an ID in general and now reading this, maybe that is a different question altogether.

Thanks for replying.

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What he means is it's just the end of the URL of the profile. For example, my profile is here: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lavoie-74 and my ID is Lavoie-74.

Answer 1

But its so easy. Look at the URL. it's WWW.Wikitree.com/Wiki/Lastname-#.

When doing a comparison, scroll up to the top of the comparison page, (not the individual page) they borh are there, labeled L and R

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Sometimes the URL scrolls off the page, but great info, Thanks

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Hi Toby,

What browser do you use? Some make the URL more obvious than others.

In your original question you say you have a hard time finding the IDs when doing a comparison. Do you mean this sort of comparison?

http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:MergePerson&user1_name=Rockwell-390&user2_name=Rockwell-371&action=compare

That compares Rockwell-390 and Rockwell-371. The comparison pages are one of the few contexts where we do make a big deal out of the IDs. They should be right there in the headline.

Chris

 

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OK mostly it was just getting used to things. Another helpful thing is that hovering over a name shows the URL so I can determine which profile is the earliest. Thanks all.