Mexico Project - Project Protected Profiles

Date: 2022
Surnames/tags: Mexico Mexican Roots

Contents 1 Mexico Project - Project Protected Profiles (PPP) and Project Managed Profiles (PMP) 2 Criteria for Project Protection 2.1 Process for Mexico PPP Management 2.2 Existing PPP's 2.3 New PPP's to be managed by the Mexico Project 2.4 Discretionary Project Management 3 Profiles Managed by the Mexico Project 3.1 Suggest a profile for Mexico to manage 3.2 Guidelines for Improving Mexico Project PPPs and Managed Profiles 4 Notes for Project Members 4.1 Google Group

Mexico Project - Project Protected Profiles (PPP) and Project Managed Profiles (PMP)

The Mexico Project will eventually manage a large number of profiles. Some will be project protected (PPP) and others will be managed by the project (PMP) but do not require project protection. The criteria for a PPP is that the profile must be at least 200 years old or notable, and it must be contentious, duplicated or potentially duplicated.

Project Administration:

Project Leaders: Mindy Silva

Profile Management Project Coordinator:

Criteria for Project Protection

The Mexico Project follows the Wikitree guidelines for project protection. You can read here what a Project Profile does and why it was created for projects. The members of the Mexico Project will receive the feed for the Mexico Project so that you know what others are working on, and can join in and help where needed.

Process for Mexico PPP Management

Definition of Controversial or Duplicated

The biography or comments indicate that there has been dispute about the identity of the person, or key details of the person’s life, or their descendants or ancestors OR there is a previous G2G post requesting that the profile be locked. This includes disputes about the Last Name At Birth or the full name for the person.

Existing PPP's

There are a number of Project Protected profiles, that are not managed by any project, or are managed by the Notables Project. If the Mexico Project decides to take on any of these, we will post to the profile to notify the profile managers that the Mexico Project is taking on management of the profile, and invite them to contact the Mexico Project if they would like to discuss it.

New PPP's to be managed by the Mexico Project

The Mexico Project is able to project protect and manage any profiles for people born in Mexico that meet the criteria (especially controversial and duplicated) as required/requested. To suggest a profile for Mexico PPP management please contact (to be chosen) or a project leader with details of the profile including how it meets the criteria. Members of the Mexico Project should post to the Mexico Project google group requests/suggestions for profiles to be managed by the project or project protected.

Discretionary Project Management

The Mexico Project may choose to manage other profiles as agreed after discussion by the Mexico Project Leaders group. Profiles or groups of profiles submitted will be posted to the Mexico Project Leaders google group for discussion and approval. These will generally be of persons considered to be notable or historically significant. Assessing whether a profile meets these criteria can be quite subjective, if unsure please contact the coordinator or project leaders.

Profiles Managed by the Mexico Project

This includes PPP profiles and other profiles managed by the Mexico Project.

Suggest a profile for Mexico to manage

You can suggest a profile for the Mexico Project to manage by contacting Mindy Silva.

Guidelines for Improving Mexico Project PPPs and Managed Profiles

Our goal to ensure that all PPPs are developed to the highest standard including:

• Resolving contentious or conflicting information.
• Ensuring that all facts are supported by evidence and have appropriately sources (critically appraise sources as to their validity, accuracy and relevance). Please do not introduce unsourced user trees or webpages as sources.
• Adhering to Wikitree style guidelines.
• Creating well written biographies relevant to the profile.
• Adding a 'Research Notes' section if necessary to explain contentious issues or problems encountered in the research process.
• Collaborating with others in a respectful manner.

Notes for Project Members

It's important to remember that the older profiles managed by the project are common. This means that thousands of WikiTree members will share them. Working these profiles, with accuracy, can be tricky, requires a high degree both of genealogical knowledge and familiarity with WikiTree procedures. Sourcing and Collaboration is key to the success of this project. Project Members share a responsibility to drive accuracy through these profiles are we all depend on them.

If you are new to WikiTree it is strongly recommended that you work on more recent profiles first. This will give you a feel and understanding for the requirements of the project, particularly sourcing requirements and naming conventions. To work on pre-1700 profiles WikiTree is going to require you first take and pass a certification test, which is available here. This "test" is not too hard but will introduce you to additional features and requirements that may be new to you.

If you have an interest in profiles in the pre-1500 period, you must apply for Pre-1500 certification. This certification is to provide us with assurance that only those that display solid genealogical practises are allowed to work profiles prior to 1500; profiles on which all future profiles depend. To receive the certification, you must have made contributions to pre-1700, demonstrated collaboration through the G2G, and work on project-protected profiles. All of which will demonstrate a practical understanding of the principles behind our Honour Code and Pre-1700 Self-Certification, especially regarding sources and collaboration in high-conflict areas. You will invariably need a sponsor to achieve this certification and you should discuss your interest with one of the Project Leads. You can find a link to read about and apply for the pre-1500 certification here.

Google Group

We use our Google Group for discussions on the project and/or profiles. Posting your questions there will allow the others in the group to participate in the discussion.