Pending merges sorted by Oldest on Top is missing Pending merges

Question

Browse Pending Matches that are ready for action by any member, with 'Oldest on Top' selected, which is the default, there are many profiles missing. The oldest profile is showing a Last Updated date of 2022-10-30.  The merge looks like it was created Nov 13 2021, based on the comment on the Taylor-82217 profile.

Using Wikitree + with a Query 'merge=pendingmerge NOT privacy=open' sorted by Birth Date, the 2nd profile in the list had merge proposed May 17 2020, based on the comments on Devereaux-66 profile. Using the Browse Matches page and entering surname of 'Devereaux' it states that the 'Devereaux list is empty'. Both profiles in the merge have the same surname, so it should be listed. One of the profiles in that proposed merge is locked and one is open. Why would that merge not be included?  Using surname of 'Printz' shows one proposed merge and both profiles are locked, so it seems inconsistent. 

If no surname is entered, Locked / private profiles are shown, but when a surname is entered 'sometimes' only merges with both profiles 'open' are being shown.  The header is the same whether a surname is entered or not. 

Arborists are also trying to find all of the 'Pending merges' that are locked, which is the reason for the wikitree + query above.  Is there anyway to get a list that would be in order by the Proposed date, so we would know which ones have been 'default approved'?   

Can the Browse Matches page possibly be changed so it didn't show any profiles that are locked, which might help others to merge profiles without having to search to find a profile that is not locked?  On the 1st page of 20 proposed merges, there is only 2 sets of profiles that are 'open' for anyone to merge. The Arborists could use a Query on wikitree + to find the locked profiles and others could use the Browse Matches page. 

Answer 1

I added magicword ApprovedMerge, that returns the profiles, where the merge was approved or autoapproved. These profiles are now not returned by PendingMerge keyword. PendingMerge just returns the profles where the merge is waiting for the approval.

Until next publish of the data you have to use Merge=ApprovedMerge since the main index was not updated.

https://plus.wikitree.com/default.htm?report=srch1&Query=Merge%3DApprovedMerge&MaxProfiles=50000

There are 8219 merges approved and the query returns 16141 profiles.

Comments

Thank you. That will help since we can add location, etc. We really appreciate your help.

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That's so fantastic. It will be a really useful magic word to help us work through the approved merges. Thank you very much.

Answer 2

Thanks Linda for asking this question! There are a couple of key issues from my point of view, as it is getting hard to sort through all the Pending Merges Waiting for Action, as there are so many on privacy settings and the list is getting longer. So, in short we don't seem to be keeping on top of the Pending Merges Waiting for Action.

1. Is it possible to remove the pending merges that aren't able to be completed by any member from the Pending Merges Waiting for Action list? Alternatively can we add additional criteria to limit the search. Currently we can only limit by surname.

2. On WikiTree+, is there a magic word or a search that we can use to exclude pending merges that are not default approved, ie proposed less than 30 days before, using the PendingMerge search - or alternatively can we sort by the date the merge was proposed?