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Let me explain what will happen if you no longer wish to continue on WikiTree, all of your living profiles will be deleted for privacy reasons, all profiles meeting the 150/200 year rule will be opened up and orphaned so others may adopt them and your personal profile will be deleted. I understand how tough that will be after all the work you have put into building profiles. Is there someone you can transfer your profiles to? If yes, please contact me and I will send you information on how to do that.
Thank you for all of your past contributions and hopefully future contributions.
And, be sure you put a direct link to the persons profile on Find A Grave, instead of using the Ancestry records as a source. For an example, see my ggggf profile here, at point 9 under sources.
What you do is enter the information, for instance the birthdate or marriage info. Then, copy your source citation, pick where you want to insert in the profile, click once to get your cursor there, then click the C above the edit box. That will open up the citation. Then, just paste what you copied!
The Millenium File is not considered a credible source, here is why: "It is user supplied information with no supplied sources. Therefore using it should only be done with extreme caution. Verify all data you find there or don't use it." Also, geni.com is the same, considered non-credible. The reason being, all of those can be manipulated by user data - it's not a concrete source.
Hi Kaylene! Wow!! You are on FIRE today adding sources. I love it! Excellent job. I'm going to take a peek at a few profiles and show you how to write a brief bio. That's something you can do as you are adding sources. It doesn't have to be extensive. Next stop, inline citations! :D
No worries, Kaylene. As long as you work on what you've already created, you'll be golden. :) And I'm here to help you every step of the way, okay? That's what makes WikiTree so special - we care!!
Let me explain what will happen if you no longer wish to continue on WikiTree, all of your living profiles will be deleted for privacy reasons, all profiles meeting the 150/200 year rule will be opened up and orphaned so others may adopt them and your personal profile will be deleted. I understand how tough that will be after all the work you have put into building profiles. Is there someone you can transfer your profiles to? If yes, please contact me and I will send you information on how to do that.
Thank you for all of your past contributions and hopefully future contributions.
Please see: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Collaboration https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Suspending_Your_Participation https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Honor_Code
Link to some helpful tools https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:To_Err_Is_Human_To_Correct_It_Takes_A_Genealogist
For Isaac Hill - You'll see I reformatted your sources, and added a citation needed for dates of birth and death.
Then, I demonstrated how to write a brief biography, using your sources, and making inline citations.
Let me know what you think!!
Summer
The Millenium File is not considered a credible source, here is why: "It is user supplied information with no supplied sources. Therefore using it should only be done with extreme caution. Verify all data you find there or don't use it." Also, geni.com is the same, considered non-credible. The reason being, all of those can be manipulated by user data - it's not a concrete source.
Hope this helps.
Whenever you put sources into a profile, you can remove the { {Unsourced} }from that profile. Good job on adding sources!
Summer
Summer
Please contact me as your mentor, thanks!
Summer
Also, please do not create any new profiles until we speak privately. Thank you!!
Summer-WikiTree Mentor
Summer