I have a technical question.
As long as I have access to a single profile, I have always been able to check for duplicates around that profile, even if it is surrounded by "private" profiles. I then got a window with red or blue boxes that can be dragged and dropped upon each other:
For instance, the window may look like this:
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John Olsons parents (2):
Ole Olson Elizabeth Johnson
John Olsons siblings (3):
Andrew Olson Karen Olson John Olson
John Olsons partners (2):
Bertha Johnson Bertha Johnson
John Olsons children (3):
<Private> Olson <Private> Olson <Private> Olson
If you don't see any duplicates, assign parents.
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Children have always been locked in this dialog, while partners, siblings or parenta have always been available for drag-and-drop, resulting in a window where I can compare the possible duplicates, and click "Yes, request to merge" at the bottom of that window.
Recently, the same window has started to look like this:
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John Olsons parents (2):
<Private> Olson <Private> Johnson
John Olsons siblings (3):
<Private> Olson <Private> Olson John Olson
John Olsons partners (2):
<Private> Johnson Bertha Johnson
John Olsons children (3):
<Private> Olson <Private> Olson <Private> Olson
If you don't see any duplicates, assign parents.
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This makes it impossible to use this dialog to check for duplicates, as long as the other profiles are not "related" or managed by me or someone in my family group. It is now even impossible to request a merge of two identical partners, which is often needed after tree matches of a second, third- or fourth cousin's partner are merged, and there is no tree match of the second, third or fourth cousin itself.
I have a habit of checking for duplicate profiles every time that profiles of my interest are merged, and I have done this very often. So I am absolutely sure that something has changed lately.
(There is still a workaround by editing a link of the type https://www.geni.com/merge/compare/id1?to=id2, which leads directly to the dialog where I can request a merge).
My question is if this change is a bug, or if it is a deliberate change to improve privacy. Is it just me who am experiencing this? I hope that there is someone out there who can answer this question.
