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This is a list of "issues" I encountered or "questions" I thought of as I was working on WikiTree.com that I have not had time to research further. Will circle back around to these as time permits.
Note: Don't consider any answers below as definitive—they just reflect my current understanding.
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General
- Where do the various elements (e.g. Project Box) go in the profile text?
[[Categories]]
{{Research Note Boxes}}
{{Project Boxes}}
== Biography ==
{{Project Sticker}}
- How do non-project members most often first encounter maintenance categories and Projects?
Categories
- Why are location categories added to profiles? Do Project Sticker locations in anyway affect this?
- Why is US Southern Colonies Project missing Category:Jamestowne Colony, Family Brick Walls?
- How do {{Unsourced|location}} relate to {{US Southern Colonist|location}}? {{Virginia, Unsourced Profiles}} and Project Box and Project Sticker for example?
Research Note Boxes
- Why are there Project maintenance categories (e.g. Category:US Southern Colonies Project Maintenance Categories)?
- Is there a Family Brick Walls Research Note Box, or just categories?
- How do {{Unsourced|location}} relate to {{US Southern Colonist|location}}? {{Virginia, Unsourced Profiles}} and Project Box and Project Sticker for example?
- Confirm {{Unsourced|location}} takes colony like Jamestown or Jamestown Colony.
- Do Research Note Boxes add a location?
No, but they accept Project names and place the profile under that Project's maintenance category.
Maintenance Categories (by Project Boxes and Stickers)
- Should US Southern Colonies maintenance categories tables also include other ones like Long Profiles?
- There is also a Category:Needs Biography which is not listed on Category:Maintenance Categories.
- There are also Virginia Needs Birth Record, etc. under the Virginia Project Maintenance Categories.
- See Help:Project Needs.
Project Boxes
- How does Project:US Southern Colonies relate to Project:Southern Pioneers?
- Are Projects generally placed under a location category (Category:US Southern Colonies?
- Why is the Project (protected) function intermixed with the location categories and maintenance categories from an architectural standpoint?
- Need to reconfirm the US Southern Colonies Project colony names (e.g. Jamestown vs Jamestowne Colony; Carolina vs Province of Carolina).
- Do Projects have a technical writer role?
- Why don't Project Boxes have locations?
- Is Virginia Project being moved under US Southern Colonies Project?
Project Stickers
- Who should decide if a Project Sticker is added to a profile?
- If a profile is not in a Project, should a Project Sticker be used to add a Project maintenance category to the profile?
- Do Stickers, specifically Project Stickers, add a location category?
- Is there a limit to the number of profiles with a specific Project Sticker added?
Sources
- Why does WikiTree point to Evidence Explained for format, but then not follow it? What specifically is being pointed to?
Syntax
- What can span be used for?
- See Help:Profile Boxes which includes: Project Boxes, Research Note Boxes, and Stickers.
Tools
- Why does WikiTree+ for US Southern Colonies include pre 1607 date categories?
- Login to request to the join the Trusted List so that you can edit and add images.
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
- Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)