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Profile Improvement Project Resources

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Date: 13 Sep 2023 [unknown]
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Profile managers: Kay Knight private message [send private message], Debi Hoag private message [send private message], and Robin Shaules private message [send private message]
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Profile Improvement Project Resources

See the Profile Improvement Project for goals, and steps towards improved profiles.

Follow any of the links below for guidance on how to improve profiles. Look in the column for the general topic, then see the specific item. Click here for the Honor Code.

WikiTree Help Biography Sources Data Fields Apps and Tools
Profile Managers Copyrights and copying text
* Copyright and public domain in the United States 		Source each fact Uncertain Status Tree Apps
Communication before editing Formatting biography content Reliable sources Name Fields
* Last Name at Birth
* Project or location specific name field guidance
* Name Status 		WikiTree Sourcer
What is the Watchlist
* Watchlist 		Recommended Wiki Markup Tags
* Do not use HTML and CSS 		Good source citations Location Fields
* Location Status
* Project or location specific location field guidelines]
* Historical boundary information
** United States Counties
** Scotland Places
** England County Guidance
** England Counties
** France Locations
** German locations 		WikiTree Browser Extension
* Automatic GEDCOM cleanup
* Bio Check using WikiTree Browser Extension
Suggestions GEDCOM created biography cleanup Evidence Explained style Date Fields
* Date Status
* Estimated dates
* Estimated Date Research Note Box 		Bio Check App
G2G Forum Categorization Sources style Relationship Status
* DNA Triangulation 		RootsSearch
Collaborating with projects Stickers Source Details
* When is a profile unsourced
* Sourcerers FAQ 		Grammarly Chrome extension
Review profile changes Adding links
* External link templates
* FamilySearch links
* Ancestry links 		Inline source citation
* Repeated use of the same source 		Ancestry citation builder
Merging Images Pre-1700 Profiles
*Reliable Sources for Pre-1700 Profiles
Example person profiles Images/Photos US National Archives NARA citations
Image template FindAGrave
* FindAGrave citations
Research Notes




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  • Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: Kay Knight, Debi Hoag, and Robin Shaules. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
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  • Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)


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Gill Whitehouse
Might it be better to link to the England project Counties page? https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_Project_Profile_Standards#Counties_within_England
posted by Gill Whitehouse

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