Wiki Genealogist Honor Code

WikiTree is free, but it's not a free-for-all. Our community is collaborating on something special: an accurate single family tree that's free and open to the world. This grand project requires mutual trust and a common understanding of how the community works.

If you were invited by a family member and are just creating or editing a few private family profiles, the following isn't critical. Those who participate at a higher level must agree to this shared code of ethics and principles.

Our Honor Code

1. We collaborate. When we share ancestors we work together on the same ancestor profiles.
2. We care about accuracy. We're always aiming to improve upon our worldwide family tree and fix mistakes.
3. We know mistakes are inevitable. We don't want to be afraid to make them. We assume that mistakes are unintentional when others make them and ask for the same understanding.
4. We know misunderstandings are inevitable. We try to minimize them by being courteous to everyone, even those who don't act accordingly.
5. We respect privacy. We privacy-protect anything we think our family members might not want public. If that's not enough for someone, we delete their personal information.
6. We respect copyrights. We don't knowingly copy information that's owned by someone else. If we ourselves want to preserve a copyright, we're clear about what's copyrighted so others don't accidentally copy it.
7. We give credit. Although most genealogy isn't copyrighted, researchers deserve credit for the work they've done.
8. We cite sources. Without sources we can't objectively resolve conflicting information.
9. We are united in a mission to increase the world's common store of knowledge. We always respect copyrights and privacy, but we keep information as free and open as possible.

Signers

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Simon Louden 16 Jul 2024. H. Appel 16 Jul 2024. Mark Matthews 16 Jul 2024. Allan Logie 16 Jul 2024. Lezlie Bowling 16 Jul 2024. Boone Morgan 16 Jul 2024. Megan Rose 16 Jul 2024. Stephanie Hensley 16 Jul 2024. William Horton 16 Jul 2024. Annette Clayton 15 Jul 2024. Pete Takash 15 Jul 2024. Annie S Rousseau 15 Jul 2024. Joel Church 15 Jul 2024. Maxwell White 15 Jul 2024. Gregory Rose 15 Jul 2024. Kimberly Litman 15 Jul 2024. Glenda Thacker 15 Jul 2024. Barbara Coetzee 15 Jul 2024. Alisha Hughes 15 Jul 2024. Elner Melvin 15 Jul 2024. K. Wenrick 15 Jul 2024. JA McGill 15 Jul 2024. Tim Sloop 15 Jul 2024. Bill Burnett 15 Jul 2024. Dan Sayles 15 Jul 2024. David Woods 15 Jul 2024. Robert Marcus 15 Jul 2024. Etta Noll 15 Jul 2024. David Basham 15 Jul 2024. Amy Carroll 15 Jul 2024. K Longpre 15 Jul 2024. Marcus King 15 Jul 2024. Oguz Guzel 15 Jul 2024. Dean Lewis 15 Jul 2024. James Withnell 15 Jul 2024. Matthew Brook 15 Jul 2024. Вадим Fomenko 15 Jul 2024. Scott Adamson 15 Jul 2024. Ville Multanen 15 Jul 2024. Petter Schmedling 15 Jul 2024. Chris Boyd 15 Jul 2024. Heather Spicer 15 Jul 2024. Luke Le Tortorec 15 Jul 2024. Gavin Wellman 15 Jul 2024. O Martinez 15 Jul 2024. Owen Scott 15 Jul 2024. Susan Lilley 15 Jul 2024. Johannes Cornelius van der Ven 15 Jul 2024. Tina Orr 15 Jul 2024. G. Long 15 Jul 2024. Dalton Brooks 15 Jul 2024. Tricia Alley 15 Jul 2024. Christina Vick 15 Jul 2024. Gary Driskill 15 Jul 2024. Kathy Falk 15 Jul 2024. Anon Spencer 15 Jul 2024. Fran Cartier 14 Jul 2024. Kim West 14 Jul 2024. John Prowant 14 Jul 2024. Michele Alford 14 Jul 2024. Lyndsey Hayes 14 Jul 2024. Richard Reid 14 Jul 2024. Chip Higgins 14 Jul 2024. K Wesolek 14 Jul 2024. Angie Henwood 14 Jul 2024. Pamela Lounsbury 14 Jul 2024. Kari Stromsland 14 Jul 2024. Susan Clark 14 Jul 2024. Jacynda Minor 14 Jul 2024. Pauline Larabee 14 Jul 2024. Debora Buerk 14 Jul 2024. Chris Hall 14 Jul 2024. Antony Stanley-Clarke 14 Jul 2024. Anonymous Hudson 14 Jul 2024. Laura Moran 14 Jul 2024. Melanie Kidd 14 Jul 2024. Graham Denton 14 Jul 2024. Rob Langlois 14 Jul 2024. Christopher Hupp 14 Jul 2024. Aimee Russo 14 Jul 2024. Isabelle Malmborg 14 Jul 2024. Jini Gilbertson 14 Jul 2024. Pennie Marsden 14 Jul 2024. Jennifer Madsen 14 Jul 2024. H Brannon 14 Jul 2024. E Phillips 14 Jul 2024. Liam Young 14 Jul 2024. Deb Harris 14 Jul 2024. Brandi Queen 14 Jul 2024. Robert Winsel 14 Jul 2024. Roger Luckey 14 Jul 2024. David Anderson 14 Jul 2024. Gemma Hayman 14 Jul 2024. Naomi Jenkins 14 Jul 2024. Robert Lamont 14 Jul 2024. M Hanke 14 Jul 2024. Heather McEneaney 14 Jul 2024. Keithen Peirsol 14 Jul 2024. Sharon Mooney 14 Jul 2024. Evelyn Leahy 14 Jul 2024.

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