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Losing Resources Due to Users Wishing for Research Purity -- Reference Forest Needed

Neil Landis

April 08, 2011 22:12

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1) Geni should provide private sections that other users could read, but not merge or alter, just so "Global Tree" users didn't lose such valuable resources of research of people who are designing a tree with a specific or personal specifications such as only information that the account owner has documented and verified, etc.

2) Geni should provide private area profiles with an option for each entry to "Update/Append information to Global Tree" for all users and "Update/Append information from Global Tree" for the owner/manager of that private tree.

Otherwise, all Geni.com users are losing valuable resources of trees that are created by some stellar researchers. Allowing them a method to maintain the purity of their research while also providing a reference library of privately created trees would be beneficial and ideal for all users.

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  Jacqueli Charlene Finley May 31, 2011 04:19

  I have noticed that a lot of my citations and sources have been removed and/or edited by users and then bad information added.  This suggestion would be helpful.

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  Dan Cornett August 08, 2011 20:37

  Or ... perhaps more flexibility would be possible by adding the ability to associate information with a 'provider', and that 'provider' has to accept or reject any modifications ... with perhaps a couple of caveats, such as:

  a) if the 'provider' no longer is an active Geni user, the overall profile manager takes over the 'provider' role for any such details.  (They may not be the same, over time.)  Sort of like a profile merge, but applied to modifications of profile details.

  b) if the 'provider' rejects the change/merge directly, the requester can still, if they wish (and it is a public profile they can edit), add the change as a "secondary" note or comment or "fact".