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Description of Error - 602: Separators in Birth Location
In the Birth Location field no separators should appear except for: comma , dot . space, dash -, single quotation mark, ' pairs of parentheses ( ) or pairs of brackets [ ]. All other separators create this error.
Content of info column: Offending character
Possible Causes
These locations were part of GEDCOM imports or simply entered in a non-uniform way.
Action Steps
Remove the separators, that are not needed.
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Birth Location on public and open profiles is checked if it contains any unwanted characters.
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I am aware of why the suggestion was made and how to fix it; I was just unaware that it was a Wikitree policy to disallow typographical punctuation in location fields.