Persons who have not been online for a year (Abandoned Trees)

Post deleted by Private User on Jan 15, 2011 at 11:15 AM

I don't know who has the profiles. Until now I discovere a great number to 2 curators and every time I see their name as manager under one of my profiles I request transfer of management. They accept that every time, but if Geni does this in one time then that is much easier !

Post deleted by Jennifer Rossing on Jan 13, 2011 at 2:08 PM

Beth, I gotta agree with you. Just because someone has to step away from their hobby for an extended period does not mean they've permanently "abandoned" anything. Fred's case is just one example of a very good reason that an account may not be touched for a year or more.

I wish that all would remember that it is not the end of the world if someone doesn't approve your merge immediately. The "big tree" will ALWAYS be a work-in-progress, and not everyone can dedicate as much time to geni as we'd like. There is no point trying to rush to get "finished". Be patient.

So this is inconvenient for you? So it keeps you from making your own tree larger? So it is frustrating? I understand, I do!

But none of these are good enough reasons to effectively *steal* someone else's account, and their relative's personal information, from them.

I don't understand why there must be managers for public profiles such as it now works. It works bad, very bad ! I can understand that masterprofiles have a manager or even a curator, but the way to masterprofiles must be free, so that everybody is able to merge everything until the status is there that you can say, now it is a good masterprofile . Managers must be cancelled, now immediately !

Eldon said: "I wish there was a way to take care of the data conflicts without Geni taking you out of the merge center".

Eldon, you CAN!
I don't know which type of computer you use, or which web-browser, but pretty much all of them now support what is called "tabbed browsing". You can open multiple pages in the same browser window, and then either with the keyboard or mouse tab between them.

I have a PC and use Firefox (and IE - Internet-Explorer). In BOTH of these, I can open a new tab, by clicking with the MIDDLE mouse button on a link. So when I go into the Merge-Center, I can scroll down the right column of data-conflicts (or whatever), and click each "View Profile" link...

This way I can open up to 20 at a time, and even save the waiting time while they load (because I'm still looking at the list). I then can flip through them all and either OK them or cancel. Try it!

Shmuel-Aharon: Glad you use Firefox :-). I use multiple tabs right now I have 4 open in Geni but never thought about using it that way Thanks for the tip

Jennifer, no one is "stealing" anyone's data, it is still there. It is being shared which is one of the things Geni is about. If in my merging, I find a profile that is abandoned, I request management and if anyone wants management rights I give it to them
Yes it is inconvenient when someone does not complete merges but merging is not not to make ones tree larger. Merging actually makes a tree smaller by removing duplicates.

Fred Bergman (dutch curator) you are my 16th cousin 4 times removed :) I hope you get your issues straightened out. And I'm sorry that your wife was ill. Welcome back.

In IE instead of opening a new tab, I right click and "open in a new window" that puts the page infront of the one your working on.

Post deleted by Private User on Jan 20, 2011 at 8:18 AM

Is JB still active??

Post deleted by Private User on Jan 15, 2011 at 11:44 AM

JB has been absorbed..

Post deleted by Private User on Jan 20, 2011 at 3:35 PM

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Post deleted by Private User on Jan 20, 2011 at 8:21 AM

I have a branch I would like to add to a tree of someone who has not been online since last spring. Is it possible to work backward from a "leaf",( ie and individual's profile) I would like to add and hope that I can then merge with the existing tree when I have the new branch completed? In other words, is there any way on Geni to start with a new profile of someone (other than yourself) that is not yet linked in some way to the big tree??

David,
I'm not sure I understood your question.

You CAN create a free-floating branch. Just temporarily add a profile (from either end of the branch) to your own tree, for example as your own "brother" and then just go into "Edit Profile" ==> Relationships, and remove that profile's connection to your parents. Just don't forget to bookmark a profile in this branch, or you'll have a hard time finding it.

As to attaching this to someone else's tree without their consent, that is trickier. If this part of the tree is public, then a Curator can attach it for you.

Had to chuckle -- Fay says "JB as been absorbed."

The Geni Borg moves on - you will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

@Shmuel-Aharon Kam - Why didn't I think of that??

Post deleted by Private User on Jan 20, 2011 at 10:21 AM

Jason FISHER

New feature! On the profile page under More Actions there is now a Report with the option to report abandoned profiles. Hope it works.

WHOOOHOOO!!!GREAT

Good news! Maria, I always enjoy your points of view.

Nikki Dietz

Kathy, I hope it works also. I am reporting the ones I listed here then deleting the messages. I will leave the Initial posting to keep the discussion alive.

Post deleted by Private User on Jan 25, 2011 at 9:54 AM