Why was I declared unsourced? [closed]

Question

Is it a new WikiTree practice to list as unsourced profiles that have perfectly good, albeit secondary sources?  Is it also a new WikiTree practice to go against the accepted decisions of the Finnish Project?

Answer 1

It came in with the Unsourced profile that was just merged in.  I have removed it.  It is just a template that is at the top of a profile.  When sources are added, you can remove it.  You already had sources, so it just wasn't removed during the merge.

Comments

Thanks Julie

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Thank you Julie.  The merger either added the template or it was on the other merged profile.  The merger 'fixed the names' why not remove the template?

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The template was on the 'merged in' profile, which did not have any sources.  When a merge is done, the person doing the merge can change anything.  They can select which 'data' to use, selecting some from each, if they want.  The Biography section gets merged usually by putting all the 'sources' in one place and the biography usually needs work to clean it up and remove the duplicate text and sources. The template came in with the biography and just needed to be removed since it didn't apply after the merge.

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It takes a person to "clean" the profile after a merger.  The system cannot do that.

So if the unsourced template was on the other profile and the person doing the merge doesn't see it, or doesn't remove it, it goes along to the "new" profile and has to be removed afterwards.

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It seems more likely it was on the other merged profile and merges can be complex, there is a lot to remember to do, and not removing the template was probably just an oversight.

It's when Honor Code III comes into play  - "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."

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That all makes sense.  The Unsourced was on the other profile and the merger forgot to remove it. In a way I am more concerned with the changing of the names.  I would rather the merger leave the editing to one of the PMs who might know the naming decisions being used.

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When I look at the changes tab - you proposed the merge on 5 Feb 2020, Norm, and it was completed on 26 March, which means it would have been over the 30 days, and anyone could complete the merge which is what has happened.

I often forget myself, but you can check the merges you have proposed if you go to Find > Pending Merges > Pending Merges Initiated by Me then you can see those merges and complete them yourself after 30 days if the other profile manager hasn't approved the merge in the meantime.  

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Norm, at least in my experience, many people who complete merges do little or no post-merge cleanup.  That's fine with me because I like doing it myself and getting to make the choices about biography format, etc.

As for names, when you propose a merge, there is a WikiTree prompt that shows what the final merged name will be, and if the outcome isn't what you want, you can reverse the direction of the merge at that time.