ATTENTION Curators, please assist

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000001205129184?return=merge_...

Bjorn are these the same??

Well, I have just added a curator note to that profile and undone that pending merge

Someone had already merged together grandfather and grandson and also two brothers Halvdan and Harald.

http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000001475414603

William Sprague. There are many merges to complete in here. I attempted, but got an error. There may be some locked profiles preventiing the merge(?)... whatever it is, can a curator fix?

Tim - working on it :)

I think things should allow you to continue now. If you run into any additional blocks let me know. I have a lunch date so I have to run but will be back on in an hour

This William Mulins profile has two William Mullins profiles showing as being married to each other (as husbands):
William Mullins, "Mayflower" Passenger

Such errors usually fix itself when viewing the tree.

Post deleted by Carole (Erickson) Pomeroy, Vol. Curator on Sep 25, 2010 at 12:22 PM

Carole, it's done.

Carole I have a Joan Fitz Alan married to Willaim de Beauchamp. She was born 1375 the daughter Richard Fitz Alan . Is this the one you are talking about.

Post deleted by Carole (Erickson) Pomeroy, Vol. Curator on Sep 26, 2010 at 1:53 AM

Can somebody please fix the Thomas Wyatt the younger mess (Sir Thomas Wyatt, The Younger). Somebody merged somebody with a completely different name into him so everything is all messed up.

Carole - Henry is reconnected to his tree. Thanks.

Post deleted by Carole (Erickson) Pomeroy, Vol. Curator on Oct 1, 2010 at 3:18 AM

@Patrick Hays
You can't fix anything without merging down the stack first, there are 8 profiles in the stack start merging them!! As far as I can see nr 7 don't belong, but I have nothing on the branch at all.

Tim Stamps

http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/4966998201670125656 is looking much better now, but please continue to help there.

Trying to resolve merge on this and the other profiles in this family, i keep receiving "We are experiencing technical difficulties"
I think that the profiles are bad merges, and should be cancelled.

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/4684339864240022009?return=merge_...

Michael
Can't make that undo eighter - think you need to make a ticket!!

Michael, there is indeed a technical problem there. It's unfortunate that someone (Ruby) has started some incorrect merges, but someone on the Geni engineering will need to figure out how to cancel that pending merge. Mike Stangel? http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/4684339864240022009

There are 2 lines that are in real need of help... The Thomas Paine line (connected to The Mayflower Rogers line), and prior, going backwards, also the William Towne line (Joanna Blessing, wife) are terribly messed up. We need a curator there.... Both are very messy... I would like to see some sources for all the wives and husband involved in these lines... I just do not believe that one man can have 5 or 6 wives... Many have no marriage details available

The concept of the Master Profiles is very good. Could it be organised that if there are many profiles, that the Master Profiles shows up at the top? That would focus everyone on it immediately.
(I wonder where this kind of remarks can be made best)

This discussion is fine.

Where do you mean that the MP shows on top? The logo itself on the top of the profile?

I want to see the MP logo in the "conflict resolution wizard" so we know how to stack and keep bugging geni for that. :)

I agree with a desire to see the MP while conducting merges.

I REALLY miss seeing the profile manager's name (including mine.) After 3 1/2 years of actively working on Geni, I have come to know and trust many users to have reliable information and would like to stack accordingly!

I seen many merges creating main managers that make no sense - Not to mention losing control of many of my direct ancestors. :'(

Jennifer,

With the "master profile" idea, the "primary manager" loses importance. For the important historical profiles curators essentially take on some of that role, and they will gradually be locked down in phases as we refine the profiles. I mean, it's not likely 400 managers for Charlemagne add any value at all. :)

Erica,

Sorry for not being clear. I mean that the MP should be the first in any listing, like the list that the merge cntre generates or the list from a search.
For instance, if you search for Charlemagne, I get 656 people on 33 "pages" . The MP is on page 26.
I do not think many people will have the patience to go through all these pages and thus will ignore the MP.

And what is a Public Profile? It is sometimeson mentioned on top of a profile and it is somewhat confusing.

A "public" profile is a deceased person or public figure available to you through a "collaboration" request. Then you can become a "manager" or "editor" of the profile and add it to your family tree.

I believe the search engine in geni will update with a great many "Master Profiles" the next time it is re-indexed (a couple of times a week). I've marked hundreds. A drop in the bucket, but there are 40 or so curators. :)

Just to also clarify: a "private" profile is intended for living people or more recently deceased as a share private family tree's information. They show in the search engine with no details available when you click the profile itself.

I understand the reindexing process, but will the Master Profiles be put on the top of the list?

I hope so! Geni staff will see this discussion and I'll also raise it as a separate question. The MP's were just released a couple of weeks ago (ahead of schedule) and I assume will go through a refinement and tweaking process.