Errors questions

Question

hope everyone is having a good day.   Today i was checking more things on wiki tree  to learn . i try to learn one thing a day, plus working on profiles.

Today was  Errors.  First of all i have 3  that are pre 1500, and there is no way i can edit them, as there are others there .   When we correct an  error,  do we  click on     corrected and hide?..  I Or are we suppose to just  correct our mistake,   and then  click on save changes   and  not fill out error status

 

debbie

tn

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DBE_Status   this is the official help page for filling out the error status report.  Yes this should be filled out for each of your errors.  

This is the link to all of the errors and how to work with them https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Database_Errors

Good luck with your errors!  If you have questions let us know.  There are a number of data doctors who answer questions on this list.

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I was on WT for almost 2 years before I stumbled onto the Error Report and started to deal with it on a weekly basis. In some ways WT is very complex and it can be a slow, learn as you go endeavor. Don't get me wrong, I love WT. But all of the little nuances such as what the Error Report is and how to use it can be very challenging.

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I have a similar experience, Bart. I just discovered teh errors report also, and am trying to learn how to use it.  I just read the project page and feel like there are things I am supposed to know that I do not.  For example:

• If you have several profiles that need attention, send them as a list to Paul using the Open Profile Request rather than many individual requests. Use this only when the profiles have the same profile manager.
  
  If one is a rookie, how might one go about finding out who "Paul" might be, and how this person might be contacted?

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"Paul" is Paul Bech, who (among other things) deals with the Open-This-Profile Requests.  If you were sending an 'Open Request', it would go to him.  So what this is saying is: if you have many 'Open Requests' for profiles all managed by the same person, send a list rather than lots of 'Open Requests'.

You don't need to send them to him personally; it's just that he's the one who will be dealing with them.

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paul@wikitree.com  is his email address.

When working errors we often see a number of them coming from the same PM due to a bad gedcom import.  The first step is always to try contacting the PM first.  You can go to their profile page and use the private message link on that page.   I would suggest you give a complete explanation of what you found and what that PM needs to do to fix the problem.   I also always offer to help if the number is daunting.  I have had more than 1000 from the same PM show up.  

Hope that helps!

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Thanks!  I learn new things every day here!

Answer 1

If you have Pre-1500 errors that need corrected, since you are not certified for those profiles,  feel free to come to G2G to ask for help from someone who is certified.

Answer 2

Assuming you've clicked on the profile which needs an error corrected, you make whatever change is necessary (If any) and then save it.  Then you go back to the error page and click on the error status and mark what you did and make a comment and then click on add.  if you've clicked on some things you can reload the error page and the profile you've changed will no longer be there.  But you don't HAVE to do this, you can just change the profiles and save them and the next error report will make the profiles which have been fixed (or you mark as fake error) go away. So it's up to you how you deal with the errors and warnings.  Just remember to save any changes you do make to a profile.

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Didn't you leave out a step, though?

After you make the correction, you put in the little explanation box on the edit page what you did, THEN save...

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True, though if it's a simple typo on the biography the default explanation is sufficient IMO.  And in any case, it's always clear what was done on the change page.

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But when you think of all the lists that change comes up on (like your own Daily Feed or the Rangers list...it makes it so much easier if you can see straight away what has been changed, rather than going into the profile, into the Changes tab, scrolling up and down to find the date, and then seeing it was just a typo.

Wouldn't it be easier and quicker for you to type in 'typo in category corrected' or 'gender set to male' or 'Removed USA from pre-1776 profile', so that when it pops up in the PM's  WT daily Feed, you can dismiss it straight away?