1776 Project-Managed Profiles

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1776 Project | Managed Profiles | Criteria Request Form

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Criteria for Management and Protection 3 Profile Review and Management 3.1 Managed Profile Request Form 4 What is "Controversial"? 5 Footnotes & Sources

Introduction

The scope of the 1776 Project is persons involved in the American Revolutionary War from 16 December 1773 (Boston Tea Party) to 21 June 1789 (ratification of The Constitution of the United States)—referred to as participants by this team.

In carrying out its activities, the project manages person profiles in order to:

• reduce conflicts and improve the accuracy of profiles of participants
• research and improve profiles of notable participants
• preserve profiles of participants that represent extensive work

The project accomplishes this in a variety of ways including:

• collaborating with other WikiTreers
• following the profile of a participant by adding the project to the Trusted List
• managing and additionally, in some cases, protecting the profile of a participant

This page presents the criteria by which the project decides to manage and protect person profiles—known as Project-Managed Profiles (PMP) and Project-Protected Profiles (PPP).

This page additionally points to other pages with additional, more detailed information and discussion.

Criteria for Management and Protection

PMP: The 1776 Project manages person profiles of participants meeting at least one of these criteria:

1. "controversial profiles of historically-significant people and widely-shared ancestors"^[1]
2. profiles of notable people^[2]
3. profiles that represent extensive work that should be preserved^[3]

PPP: The project additionally protects its project-managed person profiles if they meet WikiTree's Project Protection requirements.

In 1780, there were approximately 2.8 million persons in the Thirteen Colonies, most currently without a WikiTree profile. It is not possible or necessary for the project to manage all participant profiles, or even just those meeting the criteria for PMP and PPP. The Managed Profiles Team therefore exercises its best judgement in deciding which profiles are managed.

Profile Review and Management

The Managed Profiles Team reviews person profiles of participants against the above criteria and decides whether to make the profile a project-managed profile or a project-managed/project-protected profile.

The project manages the profile along with the profile's existing profile manager(s), which may also include other projects.

For more information about the team's activities and processes, including more detail about the information on this page, see:

• Workspace

Managed Profile Request Form

If you want the Managed Profiles Team to review a person profile for possible project management, or for possible removal from project management, please fill out the Managed Profile Requests form. The team is generally able to get back to you within 5 days.

What is "Controversial"?

"On WikiTree we collaborate on one family tree." But controversy does arise. Here are some examples that might result in the Managed Profiles Team designating a person profile as project-managed or project-managed/project-protected:

• The person's claimed origins or relationships (i.e., parents, spouses, or children) are disputed, especially when the disputed claims are frequently repeated in public genealogies that do not cite reliable sources.
• The person or their individual facts are easily confused (conflated) with someone else in the same area at about the same time.
• The person profile is often duplicated, resulting in repetitive merge effort.
• The person's life was controversial, resulting in differing opinions as to how their biography should be presented.
• The change history of the profile shows a recent history of conflicting changes by two or more WikiTreers, and the misunderstanding and disagreement is not being resolved between them.

These are just examples. The Managed Profiles Team will consider the person profile against the criteria as well as the entirety of the profile's history in making its decision.

Footnotes & Sources

1. ↑ Help:Project-Managed Profiles, scope
2. ↑ Wikipedia:Notability (people)
3. ↑ The Managed Profiles Team will make this determination.

Last reviewed 19 Jan 2024 by the Managed Profiles Team.