Steven Kolins

This is a good question. I have such a situation where a late-nineteenth century ancestor was adopted in infancy when his parents died and used his adopted parents' family name (his older brothers were also raised by the same family but kept their family name). The only way to reflect the connection with the adoptive family is with wikilinks in the biography text of the relevant profiles.

One could reverse the preference, but when putting the adoptive parents in the parents fields, click "non-biological." Then put the biological parents in the text. A template exists that I think can be used in either case: Template:Adopted_Child.

I'm actually thinking about how such wikilinks might enable mapping of social connections, although it would get complicated to separate out those links by type (adoptive parent, business partner, teacher/student, etc.).

If you haven't searched G2G, there are several relevant discussions there (I searched "adoptive"). HTH...

Hi, yes maybe I saw Bahai_Faith and Bahai but I didn't notice either on Baha'i entries like Chase but I hardly know what I'm looking at so far. Yes please add me as you see appropriate on Baha'i profiles.

I'm "in" wikitree for a few reasons: yes I have some geneological work to do on my own family, but obviously also Baha'is in general. Additionally there is a realm of understanding the broader engagement of Baha'is and hmmm - what to call it - socially engaged scholarly publication? It's a curiosity of mine too. I think and old term would be citizen journalism or citizen scientists.

Hi again Steven,

Would you mind putting in a Trusted List request for Thornton Chase's profile? You can use this link here: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Chase-7215&action=joinnetwork Once you do that, I can add you to his and other profiles.

Thanks!

Thanks. I don't know the syntax equivalent but see https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Source_for_looking_up_Bahá'ís to which your input would be welcome.

The "tags" I mentioned above are one thing seemingly particular to registered individuals? Then I see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Baha%27i_Faith … but not how to be added as an interested person. Compare with say https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bahá%27%C3%AD_Faith/Members where you add yourself to a list…

Hi again Steven,

Yes, tags are specific to user accounts and I believe their purpose is to share your genealogical interests with other users (since WikiTree is primarily focused on collaborative genealogy). Not sure if you've seen this already but here's a link to the page which explains how tags work on WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Tags

Whereas, categories are mainly for profiles, although you can also put yourself in a category if it fits. There's an entire Categorization Project here on WikiTree which controls how categories are formed and which go where: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Categorization

My name is in the "Interested Members" box because I was advising them at one point on how Baha'i categories could be formed in the framework they were using for other religious organisations. However, I'm sure they'd welcome more input! I've been doing this by myself for several years now and it's always good to have others involved.

I believe I can add you to the list since I created it in the first place, but I'll also give the Categorization Project a heads up that there are other interested folks. If you'd like me to add you, that is!

There are lots of differences between WikiTree and other wikimedia platforms. For example, a lot of the info I've added on the early Baha'is is focused on family tree and records rather than a more detailed biography which would be more appropriate for entries Wikipedia and Bahaikapedia (which I try to link where appropriate).

Kind regards,

Vicky Majewski