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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William Wight 4 May 2024. Ann Parker 4 May 2024. Donna LaMay 4 May 2024. Debi Julian 4 May 2024. Andrew Taylor 4 May 2024. Karrah Humphrey 4 May 2024. J Ritchie 4 May 2024. Patt Emmett 4 May 2024. Robert Churchill 4 May 2024. Devin Scully 4 May 2024. Margaret Sharp 4 May 2024. Ken Merte 3 May 2024. Andrea Nelson 3 May 2024. Linda Tubbs 3 May 2024. Holly Thornton 3 May 2024. Darlene Froland 3 May 2024. Tammie Hill 3 May 2024. Jerry Rohrer 3 May 2024. Merri Martin 3 May 2024. Kristin Cantrell 3 May 2024. Helen Gunn 3 May 2024. Theresa Sutton 3 May 2024. Carla Cacovic 3 May 2024. Jacqueline Moore 3 May 2024. Sara Adams 3 May 2024. Beverly Jones 3 May 2024. Mészáros Sándor 3 May 2024. Dewald Venter 3 May 2024. Thomas Gard 3 May 2024. David Barnette 3 May 2024. Elizabeth Ann Carter 3 May 2024. Charron Hodge 3 May 2024. Joyce Faulkner 3 May 2024. Sonia Migdal 3 May 2024. Alizebeth Lewis 3 May 2024. Iztok Lešer 3 May 2024. Tina Kelley 3 May 2024. William Carlisle 3 May 2024. BL Reyment 3 May 2024. Vernie Wilson 3 May 2024. Martin Crowther 3 May 2024. Tom Pace 3 May 2024. Megan Thomas 3 May 2024. Miriam Hellens 3 May 2024. Mona Leipold 3 May 2024. John Elliott 3 May 2024. Juliet Miller 3 May 2024. Edward Patel 3 May 2024. James Robinson 3 May 2024. Robert Ford 3 May 2024. Ian Macrae 3 May 2024. Anél Kriegler 3 May 2024. Peter Mathias 3 May 2024. P Hill 3 May 2024. Kris Montgomery 3 May 2024. Karen Campbell 3 May 2024. Oliver Boardman 3 May 2024. Melissa Martin 3 May 2024. John Dugan 3 May 2024. L Fuller 3 May 2024. Elden Ewen 3 May 2024. W Bigelow 3 May 2024. Tamara Faulkner 3 May 2024. Dannon VanDeLinder 3 May 2024. Bradley Hicks 3 May 2024. Sinna Sells 3 May 2024. Ashley Beranek 3 May 2024. Carolyn Coombes 3 May 2024. Daniel Stokes 3 May 2024. Lacey Frazier 3 May 2024. Cheryl Rice 3 May 2024. Juan Bayona 2 May 2024. Virginia Tee 2 May 2024. Forest Seaberg-Wood 2 May 2024. Gayle Hinton 2 May 2024. Sarai Rosario 2 May 2024. Jennifer Woods 2 May 2024. Bill Morgan 2 May 2024. Andrée Yvonne Marie Louise Le Borgne 2 May 2024. Shelley Lewis 2 May 2024. Jennaya Dunlap 2 May 2024. DL Eslick 2 May 2024. Phillip Davies 2 May 2024. Anik Richard 2 May 2024. Kane Mastin 2 May 2024. Linda Seidman 2 May 2024. Tanner Guskey 2 May 2024. Stephanie Akers 2 May 2024. Nathan Brown 2 May 2024. Anona Birch 2 May 2024. Daniel Giberson 2 May 2024. Ruthie Tompkins 2 May 2024. Patrick O'Neill 2 May 2024. Eric Steagall 2 May 2024. Richard Lynch 2 May 2024. Laurie Peterson 2 May 2024. Alexander Carey 2 May 2024. Joshua Toby 2 May 2024. Shirlee Smith 2 May 2024. Kimberly Clayton 2 May 2024.

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