Is there a way to sort profiles?

Question

Since I have just started,  and was working with a ton of names from Bibles, and my uncle notes.  I know some on my profiles don't have adequate sources.  Is there a way to sort these out from the others on my watchlist?

Promised myself no more additions until a were clean an sourced.  Which is hard., when it is so much fun to look for more info.

Thank you  Jamie

Answer 1

Just go to your watchlist, and hit the green button that says unsourced.   That will give you, sort alphabetically, all of your profiles with the unsourced template.

Comments

I don't see a green button that says unsourced when I go to my watchlist, Robin.

Where on the page is it located?

Do you know if it may be browser-specific or if it requires Flash?

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There are 8 white boxes with green lines around them above your watchlist. Unsourced is the box/button furthest to the right.

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does not show up as green on mine either,  but it is there,  great tool

thanks for the info

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Apparently we just use different terminology for the same thing - I just call them links (or links in boxes!!).

I just wanted to make sure we meant the same thing.

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I wouldn´t normally call them boxes either. I was just trying to offer descriptive help to find them :)

Answer 2

One option would be personal categories, more info about which can be found here:

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

I keep meaning to try them out, they look like they might help my workflow.

You could also try what I do now, which is copy and paste my watchlist into an excel file. I have added columns for tasks I want to have done and can check things off, make notes, and sort.

Answer 3

Hello, Jamie!

This is not exactly an answer to your question, but I find that sorting my watchlist by oldest date (and working on one of the profiles at the top) is a good way to cycle through my profiles. After I edit a profile, it then moves to the bottom of the list; so I always have "fresh" profiles to work each time I log in. I feel it is also a good way to get into a rhythm for editing!

One caveat is that you HAVE to edit the profile to move it down the list; a simple tweak of a certainty setting (Preferred Name is a good choice, as one rarely knows if the person actually preferred it) is sufficient, so no biggie!