Joe Stennet
Honor Code SignatorySigned 19 Dec 2017 | 4,458 contributions | 203 thank-yous | 486 connections
Signed 19 Dec 2017 | 4,458 contributions | 203 thank-yous | 486 connections
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Joe P. Stennet
Born 1960s.
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| Created 17 Dec 2017
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John Williams
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Great job sourcing last month! Thanks for all your help, it’s very much appreciated.
I am confused why you removed the tags from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Merritt-2008. Are you related? Was the data incorrect? I'm pretty sure not, as all those links used to work. Now they do not. I don't know if you broke them or if they broke before and maybe you just found out, but I'll put them back. Also if it was a format thing you didn't like, you should put those on Suggestions.
This is important because: John here is the father of that guy , Willard, who started our genealogy. He's the guy I took over from. That three page document IS the start of our genealogy. By removing the tags, you removed the reason he is connected to us. So it's important to me that these tags are correct. Hopefully this is just a bad edit. Thanks.
Mike Merritt
PS - checking out that thing, I bet you just found a broken link. While a heads up would have been nice if not required, I did repair it. Appreciate the help in this matter! MM
edited by Michael Merritt
In the sources section there is a references tag <references /> which brings in references from the <ref> <ref /> tags. These <ref> tags need to be in sections above the <references /> tag to work properly. Because your tags were below it, it caused a flag to be thrown and ended up on a Data Doctor report. These reports are used by some of us who volunteer to help clean up various profiles on Wikitree. Because your citation looked more like a source, I decided to remove the tags and make it more like a normal source. If it looked more like an inline citation (i.e. making a reference to a source within a biography) I would have just moved it to the Biography section as a whole. In the spirit of a Wiki, I made the change to the public profile, but the change has been tracked, so you can always roll it back if you feel it is appropriate, but note that if a <ref> tag shows up below a <references /> tag in the next database query, it will show up on the Data Doctors report and something similar may happen again.
Please note: I didn't change the link, any of the data in the profile, just the ref tags. This should not have broken anything, it only stopped the circular reference back to the same Sources section. I didn't validate or change any data or sources on the profile, that would have been done more along the vein of a Sourcerors project.
While I am not the most expert here, I am happy to try to answer any other questions.
Joe
MM
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources
Here's an example of a properly formatted simple profile (please don't save changes): https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Example-2&action=edit#text
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Merritt-2016
If so, I can see why the alerts are on the page in question. It's way broke.
Thanks!
server error, posting a second time, sorry for repeats
I am not the most expert, but from what I understand, the Biography is for referencing sources inline with summary text (ex: According to the bio of his grandson, "...Richard Merritt, was born near Hanover, Va., but came to Kentucky about the time of the organization of the State, and was one of the pioneers of Lincoln County. His death occurred in Garrard County..." <ref> Rootsweb: Bio of WT Merritt [1]</ref>)
And that the sources sections is for things not referenced in written text like: * 1800 - Richard listed in Lincoln County KY Tax List
I'll start by fixing that one page. Also I see your points on the page I referenced. I appreciate that you checked it out.
Have a great evening! - MM
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John Williams
edited by [Living Williams]
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