ATTENTION Curators, please assist

Private User

Chén Fènggé 陳鳳閣, 諱:考（巧），字:仲義，號:景夷, 125, 84, 37, 1G

Is finally deceased and public..

Angus Wood-Salomon, Thank you very much.

It looks I am in a circle
I have duplicates of the tree starting with
Leon van Geuns

With some profiles I got "2x". I don't see any reason for that.
Please help
Regards Robert

Fixed - we have a curator option called: "Fix duplicate Partners".
The reason is probably an old dataconflict in a spouse connection, so you should correct if the correct information is stored there

Thanks for fasr response

Bjorn,
Do curators also have a "fix duplicates" option for parents, siblings & children also??? If so I will request curator help for those & partners in the future. This usually results from a merge that has created the problem.
Thanks.
Pat

Not as simple as that, that specific command is a fix for a specific old error, and it is just a couple of times per year I come over a situation where I can use it. Most curators have never used that command... ;-)

Hello Angus Wood-Salomon ... For William Lawton's profile (posted URL on 7/9 at 9:54pm in this thread) I still cannot edit the marriages (I'd like to put specific dates) and I only see the About and Basics tabs but not Relationships. His profile seems to be locked to those edits my managers only. I have sent messages through Geni to the managers. No Reply. Can a Curator make me a collaborator so I can have more edit privileges?

Private User

Please check your messages

Private User, to be able to edit values that is not yet under revision control, like marriage info, you have to collaborate with a manager of that profile. All are active managers, but unfortunately one week since the last one was active.

I am collaborating with all of them, and probably many others, so it is probably faster just to tell what you want to be changed, hopefully with a source reference.

Hi Pat,

Most cases of duplicate parents, partners, etc is "merge needed." Every Geni manager should be able to do those merges, it's not a curator task ... Would be impossible.

Hi Erica,
No, I was talking about profiles that must have already been merged & resulted in duplicate spouses, parents, etc. I have sometimes done merges with no problem (& say "Yah Hoo"), but then others have resulted in duplicate spouses, parents, children which meant someone who could see more had to go in to get rid of those "extras". Because of those merges, I have hesitated to do merges for "fear" that someone else is going to have to "clean up" the resulting merge I did. Which would "you" (or a fellow curator/pro) prefer--I do the merge & you "clean up" or you do the merge to begin with??? Or maybe I should ask which is easier to do: 1) the potentially problematic merge or 2) "cleaning up" one done resulting in duplicate family members??? I just don't want to create more work for others.

I will monitor duplicate profiles that need to be merged & do those that look like one I can handle & refer to someone else if it looks like there may be challenges. A few times when I have found multiple profiles, I have sent a message to the profiles' curator if there is one or to the managers. This has happened several times on ones that I am not yet a manager...(on profiles I was getting info on as I expanded my tree.)

Can those w Pro membership see more than those of us with Basic membership??? I know you curators are busy, busy, busy both with helping everyone as well as working on your own trees & projects.

Thanks for all of the help & advice you have provided in the past (& I am sure you will provide in the future)!!!
Pat

Pat

When one tree is merged with another, there "will" be duplicate spouses & children etc that "will also" need to be merged.

Anyone should be able to do those merges & they benefit everyone.

Data conflicts can be resolved, after merge, to conform profile data points to source.

PRO rights are needed for disconnects, not for merges.

Curator rights are needed to solve tech issues such as zombies, ghost relationships, and the very rare error Bjørn described above.

We want everyone to be able to do what they "can" do:). Usually it's just not knowing how.

Erica --
re: "When one tree is merged with another, there "will" be duplicate spouses & children etc that "will also" need to be merged.

Anyone should be able to do those merges & they benefit everyone."

In my experience -- Actually, no -- if they end up all within your Max Extended Family, then yes. BUT - quite likely they will be private profiles which you can then click "Request Merge' -- but it may then hang. Either because the initial one you did was hanging for long time, and the manager no longer active, or manager regrets starting it, or possibly they have someone else for manager, who is not interested in jumping in and okaying completion of the merge. So yes, it can cause a mess.

Personally, I believe in contacting managers (via Geni-messaging) before merging - that way both sides can discover if compatible, see if all can be merged, etc.

Lois - your points do not apply to the historic tree. We are talking 4th generation or further back in time. So "everything" I say refers to prior to 1850 and "everyone's" ability to research should be as good as the next.

I dont want to be contacted for every merge. I would lose my mind. Just merge if it matches & resolve the data conflicts to the left.

Erica,
I will work on those merges more than I have in the past. Guess part of my problem is that I am still learning "how to...".

Pat: Yellow triangles in Tree View are your 'friends' ... but you can always check visually (i.e. bring up the 'stacking merge panel' by clicking on the little word "more" (in Tree View) & selecting "Resolve Duplicates".

There is a “?” against this profile. Chén Fènggé 陳鳳閣, 諱:考（巧），字:仲義，號:景夷, 125, 84, 37, 1G.
Probably it could be the longevity of his life. I have checked this out against the source at http://www.chens.org.cn/fengtai/show.aspx?id=195&cid=11. For those who could read Chinese, he is quoted to live that long in the reference.

rvk done

Hello Curators - I thought my free Geni Pro trial lasted through today 7/13/2014 and I intended on canceling the subscription before charged.

I was not pleased with the free trial and would like to cancel and not be charged. Can someone please assist and cancel my subscription today and remove the charge. Thank you.

Private User

At the bottom of most pages on geni there is a link called "Help". From the "help" pages you can search for various help articles including this one:

http://help.geni.com/entries/20475611-How-do-I-cancel-my-free-trial-

A summary of the help item indicates the following:

"...You can cancel your trial at any time during the 14 days. Just click the "Make changes to your Geni Pro subscription" link in your Premium account settings.

Then click "Cancel my trial" and save your changes..."

Please read the entire help article as it includes special instructions if you paid using pay-pal and a way to contact geni customer service if you need to.

Hi,

This profile for Agnes (Private) should be merged with this profile for Agnes (Unknown Profile). Additionally, this profile for Michael (Michael Vertes) should be merged with this profile for Michael (Unknown Profile). I requested that they be merged a while ago, since their daughter Vivian currently has duplicative parents (and grandparents), but the manager has not acted on my request. I'm not sure if he even uses Geni anymore. Are you able to complete the merge?

Thanks!

Private User sad to see my 13th cousin go but if that's how you feel...

Maxwell Charles Preston - Done.

Maxwell Charles Preston Done

Do any of you know the story behind this user?
Jonathan Edward Stanley Paracy

Specifically the garbled "message" in their Overview?

I'm looking to merge some profiles in the medieval tree but trying to guess exactly who is whom is quite a challenge in this persons tree. Some of the links seem wrong, some are right others i assume are wrong but are the pure fiction, original research or just incorrect placements?

"... are they pure fiction..."

Alex Moes that is Jonathan Paracy, or one of his profiles. He was a user for a while, but nobody could ever read his stuff. Much of his tree is like that, however, there are some areas that are legible.

It's somebody using a nonroman alphabet, possibly tribal, possibly also using nonroman sources (some Cyrillic clearly visible).

That he's from British Columbia strongly argues for one of the native languages from that area, but I have no idea which one.

On the other hand (and after Web-searching him a bit), he could be spouting glossolalia....