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Category: United States, Unsourced Profiles

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:United_States%2C_Unsourced_Profiles

PIP Voyager Resorces Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Profile_Improvement_Project_Resources

Profile Manager

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Profile_Manager#Do_you_have_to_communicate_with_the_manager_before_editing_a_profile.3F

Communication Before Editing

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Communication_Before_Editing

Watchlist

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Watchlist

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PIP Voyager Goals

[PIP Goals

Three Main Points

  1. Well-sourced: All facts presented in the profile should be accompanied by reliable sources.
  2. Well-written: The text portion of the profile should be genealogical in nature and enjoyable to read.
  3. Well-structured: The text portion of the profile should be structured in a way that makes it easy to read and easy to find information, as well as visually appealing. Large amounts of text about a place, event, etc. should be split off into a free-space page.

Templates

So here's a template that you may have seen
This profile lacks source information. Please add sources that support the facts.
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The template Template:Abc template breaks down as follows: {{ denotes start of template abc is the name of the template. | is a delimiter between the name and any argument. arg is an argument. }} denotes end of the template

The delimiter and 0 or more arguments might be optional, depending on the template. Now let's take that to a more concrete example Find A Grave: Memorial #70656084

This is the template for memorial 70656084 at FindAGrave. The software will do automagical to convert this to the full clickable link to the URL for the grave memorial (e.g., https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70656084/william-henry-studebaker)

If you are still with me, you might also have a FindAGrave template using the sameas argument Find A Grave: Memorial #69003531

This says that the memorial is not for the person in the profile. The example above is Elsie on the profile for Ira Draper.

Now we have a similar pattern for the templates used for the links to FamilySearch. I don't know if you remember the whole bruhaha a few months ago when FamilySearch changed their URL (or maybe it was the links provided in their Cite this Source). Anyway, if we use the template then the software can take care of this for us.

There are two templates that we want to use for FamilySearch. The first is for a record, such as the census records. It will look like: FamilySearch Record: MXXF-WSG

So in this case, "FamilySearch Record" is the name of the template, and MXXF-WSG is the argument. The argument is the record id, which you can get from the URL for the record (its at the end after the last :) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXF-WSG. When you use this template in your source citation then the citation will have a link to the record. To use this, you would replace the entire lines https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXF-WSG with FamilySearch Record: MXXF-WSG.

Try this with William's family search records.

The other template we want to use for FamilySearch is the one that will take you to the FamilySearch profile, which is simply FamilySearch Person: FS-ID

where FS-ID is the family search id. If you go to the FamilySearch profile you will see the ID at the top. If you then click on it, it will copy this for you. So for William I did this and got GJCC-PHC. Now to include this in the profile, after the == Sources == and lines add a line that says See Also: then after that add the line for the FamilySearch profile. You can see how I did this for https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Toepelt-15

Citing Sources Properly

Find a Grave Source is displayed with template: (Dave Draper's father, Thomas Draper)

Family Search Source is displayed with template: (Dave Draper's father, Thomas Draper)

RECORDS (note: add the reference marks before and after source: < ref > < / ref >

  • 1939 Thomas Earl Draper, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991" "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ3-PDTJ : Wed Oct 18 14:06:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Earl Draper and Cassie Maxine McGinness, 8 Apr 1939.

Fair Use Picture Use Laws

Fair Use Doctrine and Pictures Found On Find A Grave by Norman Gasbarro

Picture Source Explanation Field

When uploading a picture to a profile, WikiTree requires an explanation where the picture originates. The text below will appear above the field where you will source the picture:

Say where you got this image, e.g. if you took the photo, if it was scanned from a family collection, etc. This is required. If you found the image on another website explain why it is not copyrighted or how you obtained permission (images on Find A Grave and most other websites are copyrighted).


Example 1: Find A Grave member unresponsive (copy and paste this into the field)

  • Picture found on (Find A Grave Memorial -- Family Search Profile ID ) contributed by (fill in name) used according to Fair Use Doctrine Title 17, Section 107 of the United States Code "Limitations on Exclusive Rights."
  • Example 2: Permission Granted by Find A Grave member (copy and paste this into the field)

Picture found on (Find A Grave Memorial -- Family Search Profile ID ) contributed by (fill in name) and used with contributor's permission and in accordance with Fair Use Doctrine Title 17, Section 107 of the United States Code "Limitations on Exclusive Rights."

Example 3: (copy and paste this into the field)"

  • Uploaded picture from the (add correct location as: Draper Family Photo Album) held privately by family members.

Example 4. (copy and paste this into the field):

  • Uploaded picture is an original photo/scan of and existing picture in the (add location: Draper Family Album) held privately by family members.


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