Australia, Project Guidelines - Living Notables

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Contents 1 Important General Information 2 Existing Unlisted Living Notables and Family Profiles 3 New Living Australian Notables as per Help:Living Notables 3.1 Eligibility 3.2 Creating Living Notables 3.3 Creating Living Family of Living Notables (LN) 4 Trusted Lists of Living Notables

Important General Information

For comprehensive guidelines on living notable profiles, see:

• The Notables Project page
• Requirements for Profiles of Notables
• Help:Living Notables
• Help:Living People.
• Please note: These guidelines may be amended from time to time, and this page will be updated accordingly.

In consultation with the Notables Project, the Australia Project leadership has developed this page to clarify the management and privacy of all living Australian notable profiles, and ensure compliance with legal and privacy regulations. It includes guidelines for both unlisted and opened Australian notable profiles.

WikiTree's policy is to only create profiles for living people if they are:

• Close relatives and friends personally known to you, if you can reasonably assume they would not object, or,
• Living Notables that qualify to have limited opening, and any living family that are needed to connect the Living Notable. See below for additional requirements for these profiles.

Existing Unlisted Living Notables and Family Profiles

• The Notables project has requested that all profiles for existing unlisted Living Notables are co-managed by the Australia Project and the Notables Project. All profiles for existing unlisted living family of Notables should be managed by the Australia Project.
• If you manage one of these types of profiles and it is not yet project-managed then please:
  • Add the Australia Project as co-manager:
    • Click the Privacy tab on the notable profile.
    • In the "Add to Trusted List" section, enter wikitree-australia-projects@googlegroups.com and press ADD THIS PERSON.
    • Return to the Trusted List section and select the "Add as Manager" link next to the Australia Project Wikitree icon.
  • Notify Margaret or Gillian, by WikiTree or Discord message, that you manage the profile and have added the AP as co-manager. They will attend to any other recording and privacy requirements.

New Living Australian Notables as per Help:Living Notables

• The Notables project has requested that all profiles for Living Notables (both unlisted and opened) are co-managed by the Notables Project and the Australia Project.
• Australian Living Notables (both unlisted and opened) can be seen at Category: Australia, Living Notables.

Eligibility

• The notable person must be at least 18-years-old.
• The notable should have Wikipedia pages in at least three languages.
• Their Wikipedia entry should include information about at least one nuclear family member (i.e. parent, sibling, spouse, or child), in at least two languages.
• We are not aware that the person would prefer not to have their profile on Wikitree.

Creating Living Notables

• MUST only be created if eligible to be opened as Living Notable, see Eligibility
• MUST be co-managed by the Australia Project and Notables Project.
• Family profiles required for connecting MUST NOT be created until the Australia Project has been added to the Living Notable profile.
• These actions MUST be done at the time of creation:
  • Add the Australia Project as co-manager:
    • Click the Privacy tab on the notable profile.
    • In the "Add to Trusted List" section, enter wikitree-australia-projects@googlegroups.com and press ADD THIS PERSON.
    • Return to the Trusted List section and select the "Add as Manager" link next to the Australia Project Wikitree icon.
  • Notify Margaret or Gillian, by WikiTree or Discord message, that you have created the profile and added the AP as co-manager. They will attend to any other recording and privacy requirements.
  • Remove yourself as profile manager (unless you are a close family member, within two degrees of connection). Otherwise, just the Notables Project and the Australia Project will manage the profile. You may stay on the trusted list until your editing is complete.
  • At a minimum, add a 'notability blurb' and a link to the Wikipedia article
  • Refer to the Notables Project Requirements for Profiles of Notables
• Names of any living people, including living family members of Living Notables, should never be listed in the biographies of the Notable unless the living person has a currently viewable Wikitree page. Children under 18 should never be mentioned in the biography.
• Do not include any content in the biography that could be viewed as contentious. Members should think of themselves as acting on behalf of the notable person until the day that the person becomes a WikiTree member and takes over management of their own profile. It's important to remember that just because Wikipedia or a news article has stated certain private facts about a Notable, it is not a reason for us to include them on WikiTree. We are held to a higher standard.

Creating Living Family of Living Notables (LN)

• MUST only be created if REQUIRED to connect the Living Notable to the tree. (As an example, if the LN is able to be connected via the spouse, then living parents, siblings and children should not be created.) AND if the profile is in accord with WikiTree policy:

Profiles of close relatives of notables may be created if their identity and relationship to the notable has been made public and you can reasonably assume the subject has had the opportunity to have their name removed from your public source. For example, acceptable sources would include obituaries, interviews, and other reports where the subject has a right to have their name removed. It would not include official records if the subject does not have that right. See: Help:Living Notables

• MUST only be created AFTER the related LN has been created and the Australia Project has been added as co-manager to that profile.
• MUST be managed by the Australia Project.
• These actions MUST be done at the time of creation:
  • Add the Australia Project as co-manager:
    • Click the Privacy tab on the notable profile.
    • In the "Add to Trusted List" section, enter wikitree-australia-projects@googlegroups.com and press ADD THIS PERSON.
    • Return to the Trusted List section and select the "Add as Manager" link next to the Australia Project Wikitree icon.
  • Notify Margaret or Gillian, by WikiTree or Discord message, that you have created the profile and added the AP as co-manager. They will attend to any other recording and privacy requirements.
  • Remove yourself as profile manager (unless you are a close family member, within two degrees of connection). Otherwise, the Australia Project will manage the profile. You may stay on the trusted list until your editing is complete.

Trusted Lists of Living Notables

The Australia Project has the responsibility for managing and monitoring the Trusted Lists of Australian Living Notables. The trusted lists will be closely monitored and only people approved to work on a particular living notable will be added to the trusted list, and only for the period they are working on the profile. The Australia Project leadership are responsible for adding approved members to the trusted lists. Contact Gillian or Margaret if you would like to work on a particular existing Living Notable profile.