Kirk Michael in Arbory, Isle of Man - no such place?

Question

I've run across a problem with some place names on Isle of Man which seems to originate in FamilySearch, but may be on other sites as well. I've raised it on FamilySearch, but heard nothing but crickets.

A few Manx profiles have a location of Kirk Michael in Arbory. This is offered as a pre-filled field in Wikitree. (The problem exists for Kirk Patrick as well).

I can find no evidence that such a place exists or has ever existed. Kirk Michael/Michael is a parish & Arbory is a different parish. (Kirk Patrick/Patrick is yet another). The two do not adjoin. When I check the sources on profiles, it is clear that the events occurred in the parish of Michael (Kirk Michael). This is shown in the original event place field in FamilySearch records, but has been adjusted in FamilySearch.

I'm adjusting names in place name fields to reflect the source and leaving a comment, but wondered if anyone can suggest a solution that might address the cause, rather than correcting the result.

Can we adjust the prefill place name options in Wikitree to exclude dodgy choices? Or can Wikitree get FamilySearch/whoever to remove them?

A profile that I haven't touched yet as an example.

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Answer 1

Mark, there is no requirement to use names as they are shown in the drop down place list.

Family Search generally will not change place names, after having asked multiple times, I have given up.

WikiTree utilizes FamilySearch's Place Research database to make suggestions for location names based on what you type.

For more information go to;

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

Comments

OK, thanks for that. I was hoping there was some way we could remove the temptation for Wikitree users to select a ficticious place name suggestion.

I'll just add it to the list of odd place names I search for & replace from time to time.