Somehow an unknown person to us has managed to make many changes on our family tree. This person is using the name of Sadranka S. abbreviated as Jadra. This is an example of what this person has done "Jadra merged duplicate profiles for '?????' (where ???? are a list of names on our family tree) and 8 others. 8 hours ago" Any other Geni.com users had anything similar on their tree? I have obviously blocked this person but not sure what impact this will have and certainly don't know how to stop something similar in the future. Been using Geni.com for about 6 years and never had any problems before.
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Bjørn P. Brox Jadra is one of our trusted voluntarily Curators/Superusers in Geni, and merging duplicate profiles and correcting errors is one of the "jobs".
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Nikos Polydorou Unfortunately in doing that he has created a lot of problems on the family tree including loss of names, here is an example of a message I posted today:
Nikos Polydorou gave (No Name) a birthday cake for his birthday. 9:07 AM
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Jeff, Geni Curator Nikos, Jadra is a Geni Curator, tasked by Geni to help build and manage the world tree and to merge duplicates on Geni. If you feel the merge was in error, then please contact Jadra, otherwise, she's doing what Geni management has asked her to do and blocking her would be problematic. You spoke of problems - is there a problem with your tree, or is it just that Jadra is merging duplicate profiles? Merging duplicates is a common and the desired function and goal of Geni. To learn more about the World Tree and why they merge, please see this page: https://www.geni.com/worldfamilytree/learn-more I'll let Jadra know of this post, but she'll be unable to contact you about it until you remove the block. Do know that Curators are selected based on their integrity and the quality of their work on Geni, formally appointed, and sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with the company to ensure they protect data confidentiality.
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Nikos Polydorou There is a problem on my tree as some of the messages posted had the target name removed and replaced with "No Name" which means people cannot see messages sent to them. At this stage I am not aware of any other problems but it would be nice if we warned that this is happening, especially as we get a summary of all the changes that Jadra made - to us it looked like it was an outsider
How can I contact Jadra? Is it by unblocking her and sending a message?
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Jeff, Geni Curator I actually think the (No Name) might be a bug, because both profiles actually go back to you. It looks like you might have had two trees on Geni and she merged them into one. Geni is just failing to remove the second entry - we can report that. Perhaps it is due to the data conflict resolution that needs to be done. Try to resolve this - maybe it will go away. http://www.geni.com/merge/resolve/6000000005410529539
I'm sure Jadra would be happy to help and work through any technical problems that come up in the process, as would I if you need any help. To contact her, you'll want to unblock her (or she won't be able to reply), then just send her a private message. You can remove a block from here: http://www.geni.com/account_settings/blocked_users
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Nikos Polydorou I am not sure that is correct as it has happened with others too Andreas Polydorou gave (No Name) a birthday cake for her birthday.
and the no name on this occasion is a lady
Anyway, I have sent a message to Jadra and fingers crossed the issues will be resolved
Thank you for your support
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Jeff, Geni Curator Sorry, when I referenced the (no name) going back to you, I was speaking of one that was listed under managers. Both the examples you posted should not have done that - that's a Geni bug and I'm reporting it now. It should never have happened.
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Nikos Polydorou Thank you Jeff, I am appreciate all your help!
Nikos
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Jadra (Geni Curator) NIkos and I are collaborating, it is all under control. The problem was in time difference - I would have otherwise responded sooner .
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Kathleen Lo PINTO VIGNOLINI I Too have had "curators" - add or change profile data on my family. I've requested time & time agian for them to lay off my lines - when they have NO idea aout my family. Someone's also added duplicates on my family! How? Why?
Instead of a "Genealogy" site, this is more like it's FaceBook partner. It doesn't follow the Genealogical Sandards set up on line in the 1980s. The person who puts up the lines & has done the research - should Own those lines, not any "Curator" or bystander.
One fella had me as my own "half-sister" my husband as my "half-sister's husband" & my kids as my "nieces & nephews"! Another gave my Mother 4 or so "No Name" children" ? But I've also had family members add incorrect data, on the Research I did. It's one reason I do believe I should be the only one to add, change data & persons to my line. And IF another wan't to change or add to that data - I should be contacted & able to "deny access.
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