Question

What does PPP mean

Answer 1

PPP = Project Protected Profiles.

Wikitree has Projects where volunteers work on a defined set of criteria that group individuals.  For example:

1776 Project or Descendants of Pocahontas.

(You can find more here: Projects)

Profiles in these projects are identified and developed.  They get properly sourced, their biography gets developed and their vitals are checked and corrected.  Because we do not want these merged away or altered incorrectly, they get a special protection to prevent this. Thus Project Protected Profile.

Read more about them here: Project Protection

Thanks for a great question.

 

 

Answer 2

A PPP is a project-protected profile. That means that it is managed by one of our projects, and therefore major edits to it should be discussed with the project members first. It also means that the profile cannot be merged into another one (ie. its ID is protected).

Comments

Hi Lianne,

You got in while I was working on my answer.  I need more practice at this <grin>.  Thanks.