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POLICY genealogy
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+13
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5
answers
490
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Profile ethics - unflattering information.
asked
4 days
ago
in
The Tree House
by
Kristina Adams
G2G6 Pilot
(
419k
points)
policy
style
+6
votes
3
answers
171
views
External interrogation of Wikitree profiles
asked
Nov 18
in
Policy and Style
by
John Machell
G2G6 Mach 1
(
12.7k
points)
dodds
policy
+6
votes
0
answers
100
views
Profiles versus Biographies - possibly living people
asked
Nov 17
in
Policy and Style
by
Phil Phillips
G2G6 Mach 2
(
20.8k
points)
living_people
policy
+38
votes
6
answers
824
views
Are you following the latest guidelines on Living People?
asked
Oct 15
in
Policy and Style
by
Robin Lee
G2G6 Pilot
(
911k
points)
connection_finder
living_people
policy
announcements
challenges
project_leaders
+27
votes
4
answers
452
views
Can we improve announcement/notification of policy changes and proposals?
asked
Oct 14
in
Policy and Style
by
Nathan Kennedy
G2G6 Mach 4
(
47.5k
points)
policy
announcements
admin
+42
votes
2
answers
524
views
Question or problem with a WikiTree policy, rule, or help page?
asked
Sep 12
in
The Tree House
by
Chris Whitten
G2G Astronaut
(
1.6m
points)
announcements
policy
conflicts
+9
votes
4
answers
360
views
If the "biography" says "X" born of "Y" and "Z" and so sourced why no parents
asked
Aug 25
in
The Tree House
by
Phil Phillips
G2G6 Mach 2
(
20.8k
points)
policy
+6
votes
10
answers
1.0k
views
Proposal for Differentiating Notable and Infamous Profiles
asked
Aug 16
in
Policy and Style
by
Jimmy Honey
G2G6 Pilot
(
211k
points)
notables
categorization
policy
+8
votes
1
answer
186
views
Can a non-member profile of a living person be set to Private with the persons permission?
asked
Aug 9
in
Policy and Style
by
Scott FitzGerald
G2G2
(
3.0k
points)
privacy
policy
+10
votes
2
answers
230
views
What to do about living people profiles in my tree?
asked
Aug 7
in
WikiTree Help
by
Charlie Poole
G2G6 Mach 1
(
12.3k
points)
policy
living_people
+14
votes
3
answers
509
views
What type of Project is WikiTree Challange WikiTree?
asked
Aug 6
in
WikiTree Help
by
Louis Heyman
G2G6 Pilot
(
103k
points)
challenges
project_leaders
projects
policy
+3
votes
0
answers
132
views
FYI: ACM issues techbrief on Data Privacy Protection
asked
Jul 25
in
The Tree House
by
Judy Bramlage
G2G6 Pilot
(
257k
points)
privacy
policy
+8
votes
5
answers
442
views
what to do about ''placeholder'' profiles
asked
Jul 24
in
Policy and Style
by
Danielle Liard
G2G6 Pilot
(
743k
points)
policy
unsourced_profiles
place-holder_profiles
+18
votes
4
answers
259
views
Are the following reliable sources enough to create a pre-1700 profile: marriage and baptism of his four children?
asked
Jul 7
in
Policy and Style
by
Peter Boonstra
G2G1
(
1.1k
points)
netherlands
pre-1700
sources
policy
+6
votes
1
answer
175
views
Who writes The History Files?
asked
Jul 3
in
Genealogy Help
by
Jack Day
G2G6 Pilot
(
492k
points)
policy
sources
citations
+16
votes
6
answers
640
views
Advice for profile that is a crazy mess with misinformation?
asked
Jun 30
in
Policy and Style
by
Connie Pullen
G2G6
(
9.8k
points)
profile_improvement
youngblood
policy
southern_colonies
united_states
+3
votes
2
answers
391
views
Can someone alter the LNAB of another person's family name profile, to a different person, without agreement or proof?
asked
Jun 24
in
Policy and Style
by
Sara Senour
G2G Rookie
(
220
points)
policy
+18
votes
4
answers
456
views
What is the policy for gendered categories?
asked
Jun 21
in
Policy and Style
by
Clare Spring
G2G6 Mach 8
(
87.1k
points)
policy
gender
categorization
+25
votes
8
answers
665
views
What can we do about the location dropdown?
asked
Jun 9
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Gill Whitehouse
G2G6 Pilot
(
164k
points)
policy
drop-down_lists
+18
votes
4
answers
364
views
Order for answers to G2G questions: earliest to latest OR latest to earliest OR both?
asked
Jun 6
in
Policy and Style
by
Ray Sarlin
G2G6 Pilot
(
137k
points)
policy
style
g2g
+19
votes
7
answers
823
views
What’s your lean on privacy for yourself as both genealogist and root/owner of your tree?
asked
May 31
in
The Tree House
by
Chris Jones
G2G4
(
4.0k
points)
privacy
policy
g2g
+8
votes
3
answers
395
views
Can I use photo's from a dead person's tree on Ancestry?
asked
May 20
in
The Tree House
by
Anne Fiordalisi
G2G6 Pilot
(
153k
points)
notables
photos
ancestry
policy
copyright
+16
votes
5
answers
831
views
Remove categories for Europeans in India pending proposal approval
asked
May 17
in
Policy and Style
by
Brad Foley
G2G6 Mach 9
(
94.3k
points)
england
india
categorization
proposals
policy
+3
votes
1
answer
260
views
Living people in tree
asked
May 2
in
Genealogy Help
by
Tommie Rodgers
G2G Rookie
(
220
points)
durham
phillips
policy
living_people
+11
votes
2
answers
217
views
Photo Permissions
asked
Apr 5
in
Policy and Style
by
P Whittington
G2G6 Mach 2
(
29.9k
points)
policy
photos
findagrave
help
images
+10
votes
2
answers
316
views
Removing non-relevant comments on profiles
asked
Apr 4
in
Policy and Style
by
Walt Steesy
G2G6 Mach 5
(
58.8k
points)
profile_managers
policy
+9
votes
2
answers
236
views
Site Suggestion: Public Profiles without Sources
asked
Mar 21
in
WikiTree Help
by
Brenda Lang
G2G6 Mach 1
(
11.3k
points)
policy
unresponsive
unsourced_profiles
+4
votes
0
answers
673
views
Is it OK to add 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc when a name is re-occuring in families as found in some genealogy references?
asked
Mar 16
in
Policy and Style
by
Debbie Stanway
G2G6
(
8.7k
points)
foresman
suffix
policy
+5
votes
5
answers
715
views
Current last name, does it need clarification in help listing?
asked
Mar 12
in
Policy and Style
by
Danielle Liard
G2G6 Pilot
(
743k
points)
name_fields
quebecois
policy
style
+10
votes
1
answer
272
views
Name order (e.g. Japanese) and Kanji vs romanization etc.
asked
Mar 9
in
Policy and Style
by
Ben Jones
G2G1
(
1.9k
points)
japan
surnames
transcription
policy
lnab
+8
votes
3
answers
354
views
Is there a style policy for copy and pasted FamilySearch indexed data?
asked
Feb 21
in
Policy and Style
by
Kie Zelms
G2G6 Mach 1
(
18.2k
points)
policy
+23
votes
3
answers
1.0k
views
Policy proposal: all languages are welcome
asked
Feb 17
in
Policy and Style
by
Jim Richardson
G2G Astronaut
(
1.2m
points)
language
policy
proposals
project_leaders
g2g
communication
+11
votes
3
answers
375
views
Why are there no categories for languages spoken?
asked
Feb 16
in
Policy and Style
by
Dan Culp
G2G4
(
4.3k
points)
categorization
language
proposals
policy
+18
votes
5
answers
1.2k
views
Technical improvement required, Unknown is not appopriate in other languages
asked
Feb 13
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Danielle Liard
G2G6 Pilot
(
743k
points)
improvements
language
policy
unknown
+25
votes
12
answers
1.3k
views
Policy proposal: seeking clear guidance on sharing information about non-notable living people
asked
Feb 11
in
Policy and Style
by
Jim Richardson
G2G Astronaut
(
1.2m
points)
policy
proposals
living_people
wiki_team
project_leaders
+15
votes
1
answer
354
views
Privacy issues
asked
Feb 10
in
Policy and Style
by
Danielle Liard
G2G6 Pilot
(
743k
points)
privacy
policy
improvements
living_people
+24
votes
3
answers
929
views
Do we need English to guarantee the Honor Code?
asked
Feb 8
in
Policy and Style
by
Oliver Stegen
G2G6 Pilot
(
198k
points)
honor_code
language
policy
project_leaders
wikitree_team
+7
votes
2
answers
663
views
SURVEY CLOSES TOMORROW
asked
Feb 8
in
WikiTree Help
by
Matthew Ryckman
G2G5
(
5.5k
points)
profile_changes
proposals
notables
living_people
editing_relationships
policy
+10
votes
2
answers
293
views
Do we have a procedure for removing non pre-1500 certified PMs?
asked
Jan 31
in
Policy and Style
by
Gill Whitehouse
G2G6 Pilot
(
164k
points)
pre-1500
policy
+9
votes
1
answer
239
views
What is the etiquette for merging profiles that are managed by others?
asked
Jan 27
in
WikiTree Help
by
David Kearns
G2G6
(
6.3k
points)
policy
merges
+8
votes
3
answers
339
views
Do we have a policy for adding copy from ChatGPT?
asked
Jan 23
in
Policy and Style
by
Peggy McMath
G2G6 Mach 8
(
80.9k
points)
chatgpt
artificial_intelligence
ai
policy
biobuilders
+20
votes
1
answer
313
views
Death of a member
asked
Jan 20
in
The Tree House
by
Andrew Simpier
G2G6 Pilot
(
800k
points)
policy
death_of_a_member
memoriam
gill
wikitree_love
+6
votes
3
answers
409
views
Cemeteries, do we also do defunct cemeteries or only current ones?
asked
Jan 20
in
Policy and Style
by
Danielle Liard
G2G6 Pilot
(
743k
points)
cemeteries
categorization
policy
+7
votes
2
answers
216
views
City with uncertainty or County with certainty?
asked
Jan 12
in
Policy and Style
by
Ashton Carter
G2G4
(
4.5k
points)
uncertain
locations
policy
formatting
+7
votes
2
answers
325
views
How do I confirm YDNA Using BigY700 info. when MRCA is unknown?
asked
Jan 10
in
WikiTree Help
by
Alie Ruff
G2G6 Mach 3
(
33.6k
points)
dna
y-dna
dna_confirmation
help
style
policy
+8
votes
3
answers
365
views
Veteran Status
asked
Jan 9
in
Policy and Style
by
Andrew Simpier
G2G6 Pilot
(
800k
points)
military_and_war
policy
style
data_doctors
improvements
profile_improvement
+7
votes
2
answers
304
views
LNAB spelling differs between generations. How do I choose?
asked
Dec 28, 2023
in
Genealogy Help
by
Jean Paradis
G2G6 Mach 6
(
65.3k
points)
lnab
name_fields
policy
+10
votes
2
answers
312
views
Should I be transliterating names into English?
asked
Dec 23, 2023
in
Policy and Style
by
O Butler
G2G4
(
4.7k
points)
policy
style
language
+4
votes
3
answers
256
views
Why doesn't the gedcom file populate my family tree?
asked
Dec 19, 2023
in
The Tree House
by
Michael Sullivan
G2G Crew
(
520
points)
gedcom
gedcompare
policy
+18
votes
9
answers
742
views
Proposal: Switzerland place of origin sticker
asked
Dec 9, 2023
in
Policy and Style
by
I. Caruso
G2G6 Pilot
(
114k
points)
switzerland
policy
proposals
templates
stickers
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